Tuesday, February 3, 2015

come back to the interrupted and carry on


it's different now
it's not the same as when they were babies, teens, newly launched
but it's still there
the demands, the listening carefully
but not hovering

the being able to drop the work I care about for the people I care about (my family) for a week - 10 days - a summer - and then come back to it.  (the work)

come back to the interrupted, carry on

a skill I learned in the early years of marriage.
I still need it.

6 comments:

  1. Judy,

    I have read that you work with a foundation piece and attach your work to that piece of fabric. Is that how you are working with the lovely velvet squares?

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    1. Yes Tina.
      It's actually a two step process. For this velvet work, I've been using harem cloth for the foundation. First I string piece by hand strips of velvet onto a length of light weight cloth -(harem cloth in this case) using a back stitch and tugging a bit so that the velvet gets a bit bunchy.
      Once I have a new fabric made of strings of velvet...then I cut that into strips about one and a half inches wide, and sew them to each other on a larger foundation. again I use back stitch. I use the back stitch because it doesn't unravel as much as a running stitch does - but there is still a fair amount of mending needed.
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  2. Thank you! Do you use batting in your work? I have always used batting in my quilts. My beginning quilts are more traditional and explore optical illusions. I like to start with more traditional piecing, it really grounds the work for me.

    I am learning so much reading your blog and others from your blog scroll.

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    1. Most of the time yes - I use batting. Usually bamboo. Lately I've been using wool batt. I also love to use a cotton batt. It depends on the effect I want - and what the fabric in the top is. Once or twice I have made quilts with no batts.
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  3. It is good to do something that can bear the weight of interruptions. It's glue for marriage. Love how you say (perhaps in another comment on another post) that you often start with traditional piecing because it grounds you. I feel that in my bones.

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    1. Yes, I love that quilting - any kind of hand stitching really - takes a long time and that it can be put down, carried with me to visit my dad, carried with me to work in the car, put down over night and then will greet me in the morning. It's really comfortable.

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I hope that we can have a conversation about creation. Thank you for taking interest. x