Every other Friday, our daughter Meg comes over to work while her house is being cleaned. And while I know she most likely won’t appreciate these candid photos …
I love that they capture her focus, her multitasking, and the ease she finds in simply being here “at home” with us.
A bit of hand-dyed muslin from our former Hill Country house was the perfect match for the Buck Pottery mug from The Barn in Gruene …
seen here on a rare rainy day when I was stitching instead of yardening.
Process note: the stitching was a freehand mix of Jude’s split backstitch, running stitch and glue stitch worked variously with one or two strands of variegated thread …
following the dye-lines in the cloth …
I just wish Meliss could live close by, too …
I'm Going to Texas (version 2.0) 
You’ve brought back feelings & memories of how good it felt to go/be ‘at home’ at my folks house, then condo. Even though I never lived at the condo, there was still that feeling. I miss that. Those thread colors are great.
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I used to make solo visits to my folks’ house when our kids were, well, kids … usually once a year for a weekend … sadly, more often as their health began to fail
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Awesome mug, cloth and thread! Isn’t it fun to acquire these lovely shades – earthy!
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this thread line is fun to work with … although they are two-tone and more regular than Deb’s wild threads, I do like their pairings
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such beautiful colours!
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I swing between subdued and vibrant colors these days … both bring joy
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You’ve captured the marks and the flow on the mug so well with that combination of stitches!
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it’s a toss up … do I like going with the flow or making the most controlled stitches possible … the answer is “yes”
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LA – such beautiful simple thing to bring the presence of a person into one’s space – a mug and a patch – gorgeous. B
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finding scraps of cloth that match the vision in my head had become more and more challenging … I guess I should make a patch to celebrate finally organizing the smallest bits by color to make them more accessible
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The candid shots are fun! Curled in the chair. Two screens to check. And of course, a mug.
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I remember “take your daughter to work” days … now I feel like it’s “take your mom to work” … she was working from home before Covid even happened .. I’m in awe
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