Father Christmas was extremely clever in finding some interesting things for me this year (I must have been very good!) This small book is a wonderful resource of ideas and inspiration and I'm especially intrigued by the "multigarment" formed from a rectangle of fabric with a few slits cut in. Reminds me of my teaching days, when one fun project was to get all the children making waistcoats to wear, made from paper laminated with Marvin Medium (PVA) They loved the whole process, were totally absorbed in the idea of being able to wear their own artwork and wore them proudly out of school on the last day of term.
A record of my journey towards
"An elegant sufficiency, content,
retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,
ease and alternate labour, useful life"
Not there yet. Some way to go!
I knit, I sew, I embroider, I paint and draw and occasionally keep a journal. I do funny things with paper, paint and glue, I make books and other stuff. Not much of this is of any use (with the possible exception of the socks I knit) but I find fun in everything I do. I love colour, texture, pattern and want to do it all perfectly - preferably in the next five minutes.
When I'm not making stuff myself, I'm teaching someone else how to do it (or teaching someone else to teach someone else to do it)
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