I want to thank:
Patricia of the Full Circle Yarn Shop in Ballard for her support of the Recycouture classes and her window.
Lou Kinner of Nelson's Sewing Machine for repairs on the machines that were donated for use by
The Wallingford Senior Center, Marcella and
The Northwest Senior Center who also provided the space to work in,
and to the wonderful people I had the pleasure of guiding as they turned out some really great, creative pieces.
Andrea, Beatrice, Carol, Christine, Debra, Nicole, Vija and Vivienne!
You all are an inspiration and a lot of fun.
Thank-You
Monday, October 8, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Price of SuccessEXCESS
Hi I just finished this wall hanging quilt based on a photo of my son and motifs from the innocent images (naive) of the 50's . I think using fiber art to explore social and political commentary has a fine tradition. The first US flag was a fiber art construct sewn up by Betsy Ross to be symbolic of the colonies statement of freedom from tyranny. Burning the mass produced models later down the timeline was also a statement.
This piece uses about 80% re-purposed and leftover fabrics so it's legit here. I used hand and machine stitches, fabric paints, freezer paper stencils (great for reuse and easy) photos that were photocopied and transfered, (the toy soldiers from the 60's, stitched to the lower right corner) appliquéd bits, embroidery, trapunto, fabric markers, beads and torn apart silk flowers which make great ready made appliqués. I also had to dye some pieces to get the color to work across the scene. It took a chunk of time to do, but was really satisfying. As ideas emerged and changed so did the work
If you get inspired and fabric is your medium go for it!
Class photos coming soon!
Thursday, September 6, 2007
sheer strength
Re-purposed curtain with a ready made border
I was just playing when I painted this piece. The paint bled through, so I blotted it with a fold and got the shadow image. Embroidery and blocked areas then played out the story of strength in vulnerability and the attempt at balance.
PS the classes are over now but new ones will start in January. Watch for a window display of recyked and ecowise garments at the Full Circle Yarn Shop in Ballard This will be up through the Sustainable Ballard festival on the last weekend of September. See you there!
Friday, July 6, 2007
Sew Basic and REcyCOuTuRE classes
Hello Recycouturiers,
The class intro is Monday July 23rd for both the Basic Skills Sewing and the Recycouture classes.
Wednesday the 25th is the next Recycouture class and the following Monday resumes the Basics ...and on until the 27th and the 29th respectively. The hours for all sessions are from 2-4. I am sorry if there has been some confusion. I can't wait to meet you all.
The full class information is posted on the Sustainable Ballard website. Copy and paste the long url
http://sustainableballard.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Events&year=2007&month=07&day=23
or just go to www.sustainableballard.org and check out the events list or the home page calendar; where you can click on the 23 which is the date of the free introduction class.
I found this semi finished dresser scarf at an estate sale and added the figure and the lamp from a blown up photograph. A good skirt or apron panel perhaps ...right now it hangs awaiting inspiration.
See you in class!
Mixed Greens Gallery
The 3 postings under this one are all photos of reclaimed garments from the Shoreline Community College costume closets 2005 clean out. The Rachel and City Birds Skirts were once mens slacks; I leave the waistbands and pockets adding darts and nipping in side seams and center backs to focus on the fun of the applied designs. The old menswear wools are machine washed to assure durability, shake out moth damage and just because I won't work on it otherwise. I like recycled fabrics but the residual body traces need to be eliminated, thank you.
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