This first red square was more rusty than red …

But Acey’s next prompt seemed to call for a truer red, so I looked in my cloth stash and found not one, but three …

Each one by itself looked to be a “true” red, but put together they sorted themselves into light, medium and dark.
As I stitched, I recalled the wonky log cabin blocks that I put together for P’s coverlet. It seemed like a good way to go …

so I did …

And I don’t know where it will end up, but then again, neither do I have any planned “use” for this …

except to simply be in the moment with it.
That is very red! Nice to see you stitching 🙂 And a leaf! Lovely red leaf with a dark stitched stem.
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we get so few red leaves here … it had to come home with me
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what a beauty!
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It will probably end up sliced and diced … but for today it just felt good to stitch long seams with Deb’s thread
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and here i am loving these reds!
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so good to “see” you …
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So warmly beautiful, Liz.
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they put me in mind me of Christmas colors … poinsettias especially
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Stunning assortment of reds. Beautiful, Liz
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I miss thrift store shopping … but I confess to having an inordinate stash of linen shirts and blouses to draw on (although some of my best thrift store finds made their way into our clothes closet instead)
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Oh these reds are beautiful; and I love the wobbles. Somehow they add even more life and vibrancy to what is already harmoniously alive. Wonderful colours and as ever, stunning stunning stitching. I would love to come visit and sit and stitch with you just to work out how to do such beautiful stitching.
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how wonderful it would be to sit together and stitch … at least we get to see you and Barry in the video clip about your letterpress printmaking …
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I love that these exercises spoke to you as strongly as they have. I smile each time I’m able to inspire you because you go your own way with such things in a way that’s enormously inspiring. the giving of that self-imperative. I also think the way you contained ‘stability’ energy by way of also speaking the skews in involved with creating somebody stable in the midst of instability. I looked at the image and nodded happily at the Liz-ness of it all.
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Liz-ness was a long-ago name given to me by a good friend in high school … what a kick to see it reappear so many years later … ha!
anyway, whether because of my lack of hearing or just how my inner logic works, I usually get side-tracked during classes or workshops … even recipes, come to think of it. My mind latches on to something and goes where it will … totally oblivious of whatever direction has been given
thus it was that I read Grace’s thoughtful post
https://windthread.typepad.com/windthread/2020/11/my-entry-13.html
and smiled ruefully … off-track again, but happily so
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such a wonderful colour scheme !
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not my usual, which makes it fun for a change
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Hi LA – looks like the power of red is leading you in its direction – enjoyable to follow the lead. Go well. B
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I confess to feeling ready to move on to calmer waters
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very cool!
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several wash cycles in I am realizing how much thinner the thrifted linen is … so I’m now considering two layers for a future trial
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