Make sure you aren't "h-angry"
Apples cooked in butter on top of pizza dough with cheddar and a drizzle of honey.
Then go spend the afternoon in the garden.
And then take the scissors to the bag you started, fit it to a pillow form you made, cut a back out of the leg of an old pair of pants and assemble into a new pillow.
"Wildflowers don't care where they grow." Dolly Parton
(But Camellias do...)
Did I finish 10 things?
No, but I did finish this (more sides shown here) + 5 other things.
I am not counting cups of coffee.
One of the other things included a scrap of fabric sent to me by Nancy.
The print with flowers and birds on a white background.
Thank you! I love having pieces of community in this.
It's for us all in a way.
And yes there is snow.
I think 5 to 6 inches at the moment and still coming.
And there is a little trouble too... I blame not finishing on her.
My current journal is a 2019 Daily Planner that I thought I'd use for work but only did sporadically.
Between blank pages there are the occasional work notes.
I doodle over them, around them, through them...
some I leave as reminders.
This morning while stitching on my quilt block I thought about getting along, what it takes to be a good companion when there are differences.
How we can work together when we disagree.
And finding common ground.
(The vaccine is a hot topic at work.)
Mostly I am quilting with silk thread.
For the way it catches light.
This morning's 15, a word hunt:
Rearranged.
Yesterday's walk:
(I thought it was misting, liquid sunshine)
(But really it was snow.)
(Stopped to look for trolls. I have been told Martens live here.)
It's a neighborhood trail, but part of a larger trail system. Not heavily used, but busy enough that you will cross paths with a few people. It's a commute route for some, jogging path, bicycle path, dog walk...a place to take a deep breath on a lunch break.
The part that I usually walk encompasses several blocks.
With COVID, the dance of mask up, mask down.
Some just leave their masks up.
A few no mask at all.
GOOD enough COVID 19 neighborhood block.
This week I was out on the playground with a group of 5 or 6 preschoolers for a bit.
One of them told me the moon was in the sky.
Another said, "It can't be, it's daytime."
Discussion followed.
One of the children ran up and said, "I have a present for you." I opened my palm and something invisible was placed in my hand.
He said, "It's the moon."
"Oh that's wonderful, I replied. "I am am going to put it in my pocket."
One of the other children said, smiling at me...
"But you know, it's not real."
And I said, "That's okay, I still love it."
Moon patch from Jude. The fabric for the patches to the left and right was a gift of white wool from Jude, Grace or Deanna that I dyed during some of my first experiments with indigo.
P.S.
That child's smile is going to live in my heart forever.
Still working with the indigo vat.
This yarn was given to me by a friend who found it at a thrift shop. It was a white/gray mix originally.
I was going to add it to the insomnia blanket but am reconsidering. When I am done with the knitting I plan on felting it. This yarn is 20% acrylic though and I am not sure how that will go.
So...a test swatch is needed.
Another consideration, do I want to mix this yarn with the 100% wool? With the local yarn? The answer is yes if it felts. It was a gift and it exists.
It needs to be used.
I have a plan B if it doesn't.
In the meantime casting on the next section with the help of Widget for today's 15 or maybe more minutes...
It's a good project for today, while I consider the word "history" and how it is past, present, and future.
I am really not sure where today went...
nothing much that I planned to do happened.
And I am not sure how I feel about that.
Maybe it was what I needed.
I did spend 15 minutes sewing.
The button marks the front of a skirt and the wonky patch the back neckline.
It's kind of like "This side up."
The intention? To make nine items of clothing in 2021 (inspired by The Make Nine Challenge) using material that is in the stash... which is mostly bits and pieces left over from other sewing projects.
There was one exception. I had three yards of this fabric.
First attempt was dress length. (What was I thinking?)
Second attempt tunic length. Not there yet.
Third attempt shirt. Yes, this I will wear.
And everything that was cut off? It would make a good lining for a vest or jacket.
Along with the sewing, I also went for a walk in the sunshine. The creek at the park was running fast.
I think I could make yarn this color.
I am not sure that I will ever look at winter the same way after this year...looking for colors other than dark green has been very worthwhile.
And there was winter pasta.
Pasta + dried tomatoes + oil cured olives + canned artichokes + thyme + feta + olive oil.
15+ minutes of mending.
This has a longer story...I am only telling pieces of it tonight.
The quilt square is called "Peace and Plenty."
The chambray was cut from my grandfather's shirts. That's pretty much what I remember him wearing. Jeans, a chambray shirt, a vest, zippered hoodies, boots of some sort...
The other colors were chosen because they made me think of sweet peas.
It will be time to plant them soon.
My mending often reminds me of scar tissue.
Most gardeners have some...