zaterdag 12 juli 2008
Around the World in 20 Quilts, the tree
Very busy but still doing other things
Bijna vakantie, heerlijk, daar heb ik zin in. Ik realiseerde me ineens dat ik eigenlijk kort na de vakantie een heleboel dingen af moet hebben. Eind augustus de Dierbaar-Speelgoed opdracht van Willy, begin september de eerste opdracht van Around the World in 20 quilts en begin oktober de Mandala opdracht van de Dutch Bag Ladies. Alleen de mandala is al in wording, de rest zat alleen nog maar in mijn hoofd. Tijd om dat er eens allemaal uit te halen dus.
Almost summer holidays, wonderful, I am in the mood already. Suddenly I realised that shortly after the holidays I need to finish a lot of things. At the end of August the Beloved-Toy project Willy gave us, in the beginning of September the first project of Around the World in 20 Quilts and in the beginning of October the Mandala project of the Dutch Bag Ladies. I only started the Mandala, the rest was just in my head. Time to let it all out.
For the Toy quilt back to what I liked most in my youth, my barbies. Looking at today's youth (Talking to you is fossil Sandra) it’s most likely to have 20 barbies than 1. I had two and my sister got 1. So that makes 3. I alredy used these three ladies for a Dutch Bag Ladies Project. But better good steeling than bad thinking, so they good be reused as Barbie.
Eerst een lap stof geverfd in lekker vage kleuren.
First dyed a piece of fabric in vague colours.
After that I tried something new, airbrush foil. It’s a foil with a bit of glue on the back, thin and easy to cut. With the stencil burner you burn through the top layer but not through the paper backing. It’s went well. With the foil I covered the shape of the ladies.
vrijdag 11 juli 2008
Yes, it's becoming a mandala
Daaroverheen losse blaadjes en allerlei geborduurde stukjes. De buitenrand is gedeeltelijk doorgestikt, namelijk het deel dat open blijft staan. De rest moet nog.
Nieuwsgierig wat de rest van de groep maakt? Zie de weblog.
Curious what the other members of the group are making? See the weblog (partly English, most of it Dutch)
donderdag 3 juli 2008
Mandala ???
In the mean time I started my mandala quilt. It's a good thing that at least I know where to go because when you look at the picture you could think ‘oh it’ll come to nothing’. But it will!
I construct a 3D mandala. The brown parts will be treated first. I already made a felted lime green fabric. It will be in the hole. The idea is that the points will curl around.
woensdag 2 juli 2008
Creatieve dag / Creative day
Willy heeft een hele grote tuin zodat we ons werk lekker om ons heen konden leggen.
Ondanks alle ruimte presteerde Emmy het om lekker door de verf heen te lopen.
Today a wonderful creative day with Emmy and Willy. We where dyeing. With yesterdays temperature it felt like dying. It was over 30 degrees. Messing around with some water seemed a good idea. Willy has got a large garden so we laid everything flat on the ground. Despite all the space around Emmy paced through the dye.
In stead of putting everything aside for a while we left the fabric outside. So they dried to speedy and the dye didn’t soak enough into the fabric. After washing we had a set of pale fabric. We don’t know how Willy’s fabric looks because she is more patient than we are, her fabric is still dyeing. We guess they look fabulous.
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