- Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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Collections often start with regrets and missed opportunities. This collection began with one simple little jug. It matched some cups I already had. My godmother lovingly packed it and sent it from Scotland for me. It was beautiful. It still is beautiful, but in transit a small shard broke from the rim. And so the collection began.
I started to look through trade-me to find another one, with it's pale blue interior and curved belly. Feeling a little like goldilocks the collection grew in no particular order,
Together they look beautiful. I feel temptation should be spelt P-O-O-L-E to match the china I keep gravitating towards. Sometimes they hold milk and little teaparties. But best of all, they hold flowers, spilling over the top, hiding the little shard that started the whole process.
I started to look through trade-me to find another one, with it's pale blue interior and curved belly. Feeling a little like goldilocks the collection grew in no particular order,
too big,
wrong blue,
right size but wrong color,
until finally
right color, right size but part of a pair.
Together they look beautiful. I feel temptation should be spelt P-O-O-L-E to match the china I keep gravitating towards. Sometimes they hold milk and little teaparties. But best of all, they hold flowers, spilling over the top, hiding the little shard that started the whole process.
- Friday, October 11, 2013
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Printed, Zipped Pocket
These pockets are the result of an afternoon of printing with kids aged between 4 to 8. Armed with painting shirts, and precut fabric we were able to make stamp pads and explore printing with everyday objects.
Each artwork was then turned into a zipped pocket. I have simplified the steps and used pinking shears where ever possible, to streamline the construction. It took about 3 hours to sew all 12 pockets together (only 15 minutes each!).
I am planning to enlist the kids to help me make some more for Christmas presents for their friends and teachers.
We had a great time making them. If you have any questions, suggestions or even photos of the ones you have finished, please drop me a line - seven.stitches.amy(at)gmail.com .
A few notes to start
- The images display best in Adobe Acrobat. They show up a little blurry on Google Drive
- The measurements have been given in imperial first with metric in brackets.
- Tuesday, October 08, 2013
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