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Friday, September 21, 2012

under Amel's watchful eye

This morning I worked for awhile on this bit of cloth.  I listened carefully to see what it wanted me to do, what it thought it was meant to be.  I felt such a tug lately, to mend and make right and remember. Today as I stitched, I was taken back to a time as a child when I had this worn out old blanket-- holes, frayed edges, broken stitches, faded and falling apart-- but it was comfort. It was what I would tuck beneath my cheek when I went to sleep at night, or curl beneath with a book or one of the various stories in my head.

"That is what I am meant to be,"  it told me.



And so, under the watchful eye of Amel, (Jasper was busy guarding the orts) I continued to stitch, waiting to see if there was a particular story that I needed to stitch into the cloth. 


We will see what whispers come to me as I continue to work.



Dye pot that is cooling now.  Tea dye and flowers and greens cleaned out of the flower beds in the last handful of days. I am anxious to unwrap these later today.


Meanwhile, a little more backstitching to do on Tangled.

And another pot of coffee to consider.