Sunday, August 30, 2015

Next Challenge: Remember Pender

Here we are on Mortimer's Spit
baking in the sun
CHALLENGE:  Remember Pender!

ITEM: a bag with a specific purpose (any size or kind)

THEME: “a gradation with an interruption”
Ie. Gradation(s) of any type: value, size, colour, texture, contrast etc.

SPECIFICATIONS: use one (or more) of the Pender retreat project techniques somewhere in the bag (can be any size sample of the technique). May use the items you made on Pender if you like, or do something new: i.e. flower pounding, weaving (any kind), foundation piecing, or felting.


CONTRIBUTIONS: choose any textile item from your stash (not paper), and send a small piece to each person (fits in a regular envelope). Each contribution must be visible in the finished bag. If you can find a piece with some sort of gradation on it, great. If not, just choose anything you like.

TIMELINE: Post textiles by mid-September. Finish next spring/summer.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Tiny weavings

Ruth's project: weaving a tiny tapestry

Materials: coloured threads, ribbons, local found objects, a tiny pre-warped loom and a yarn needle. 

Skills needed: weaving in the first end; beating down with a fork; leaving ease in each pick; changing colours; and weaving in the last end.
Results: Each weaving was unique. Louisa made a deliberate colour gradation. Lesley used some wiggly dried roots. Miriam used ribbons that stuck past the edges. Others used ribbons and stitched the ends under. Anna tried two colours in the wefts to make coloured shapes. Then we mounted them in the cards, Miriam, Lesley and Ruth stitched around the opening with colours to match the weaving which gave a completely different look to the card. We made envelopes from pages of an out-of-date road atlas.