Now that they are becoming a quilt, though, it brings to mind (vaguely) Japanese boro quilts.
Tag: projects
Friday in November
It’s Finished! Here’s the quilt on our messy bed. It’s exceedingly warm due to the wool backing. |
Here it is, backing side up. I had to cut the wool piece up and rearrange it just a little bit to make it more bed shaped. It weighs a ton. |
It looks a little creepy to stick an eye ball in a flower. |
Add a little linen…. |
He’s one of my latest owls. Here he is in progress. Very colorful for a dreary winter’s day cheering up. |
Back in Business
One of the latest and longest lasting projects is my log cabin crazy quilt. It’s inspired by the amazing quilts by the women of Gee’s Bend. I was really taken with their corduroy quilts. Here are some close ups of my attempt. |
The itch keeps you warm, you know. | |||
The backing is a wool remnant that I bought at Gayfeather Fabrics. It’s very warm but pretty itchy. So I decided to edge it with velvet to off set the itch factor, at least around the edges. I’m hoping that one pair of velvet pants will do the job. |
Keep your eye on this space to see what I plan to do with all this vintage bark cloth. |
Woollies
A stuffed animal is a purse with eyes!
OK, also arms, ears and a tongue and no purse strap.
But, it really got me started on a whole new obsession. I’ve been taking tweedy wool coats and cutting them out around the pocket to make an adorable mouth.
Then I add vintage button eyes and some trims and sometimes the
old woven tags from inside the coats and they just seem to come alive.
This frog’s head is from the lapel of the tweed coat used to make the dudes above his head.
This old skirt just wants a big hug.
There are a couple left at Confectionique.
My next step is to move beyond purse shapes to more complex
critters with heads and more shapely bodies.
I’ve sold a bunch through the library of all places.
They were available at a Susan Komen event about breast cancer awareness.
It wasn’t my original intent but they have become great comfort items for people who are going through challenges – both in terms of health and personal issues.
I guess people have been using their pocket mouths to
hold important talisman type items to assist in healing.
Latest Project
They have coffee and/or wine, good food and lots of local and fair trade crafts.
I had a great time yesterday making a new display.
Display in progress.
I was a little intimidated at first, I’ve never re-lined a suitcase and was planning to use fabric. But I found this site that used paper and went for it.