It is raining for the first time in 45 days, so I went outside to smell the scent of it and to uncover the new baby tomato plants, which have never before experienced rain …
which lasted all of five minutes … poof!
We’re also growing swallowtail caterpillars which are exceedingly fond of parsley … 15 of them at last count …
And I have no idea what this is all about, but I love it all the same …
On the other hand, I wasn’t loving the paper piecing experiment, so I disassembled it …
Georgia O’Keeffe, that is … and her quote about fitting what you want to do into what needs doing (in my previous post).
How I needed to do laundry. But I really wanted to stitch.
How I needed to go to the grocery store … twice, because the first store didn’t have everything on my list. But I really just wanted to stitch.
How I needed to make lunch, and cut up the melon and pineapple and bananas that I got at the store. But I really, truly wanted to stitch.
Because I’ve been thinking about Georgia and New Mexico. And feeling a little guilty because it didn’t take me a whole day to get groceries in Espanola as Georgia once did. Really, I should be able to find the time to stitch.
But oh do I ever envy her the drives she made between Ghost Ranch and Abiquiu and Espanola. Where the rocks rear up out of the land into a crystal blue sky, each bend in the road more incredible than the last …
I just wanted to stitch a memory of being in that magical place, of the colors and angles …
But no, not that exactly. More like this maybe …
Paper piecing on freezer paper, sketched in pencil on a piece 18” x 18” … we’ll see how it goes … if and when I can get to it.
But first I need to hang the wash … then I need to make the pickles, pasta salad, and chicken salad for dinner tonight.
You may recall my post last month about making ornaments with English paper piecing (EPP), one of which was made with a dress from the 1970s and a shirt from the 2000s …
Both have been relegated to my cloth stash and are components of this latest patch.
Since the ornament gifts have now been given, there’s no longer any need for secrecy. So here’s a better look at how the 3-D EPP worked out …
Pieces of clothing that Ellis has outgrownBohemian bits of whimsy a Hokie gift (aka Virginia Tech colors)and a Soccer Mom tribute
which was constructed from 20 teeny tiny hexagons and 12 pentagons …
Last, but not least, I riffed on one of Don’s wooden houses to make a miniature version …
and experimented with a more 2-D version of the Boho stars …
All worth remembering …
when it’s time to start making ornaments next Christmas!
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