The dried teasels in the garden are a beautiful sight to me. They inspired me to make this piece. It is a textile collage of strips of old fabric samples, pieces of old clothes and a towel. Lots of stitching went into the teasels. Personally, I quite like the frayed edges and the wrinkles. They give some life to the piece, I think.
I love that song "Les cactus" by Jacques Dutronc!
These cacti were a very fun holiday knitting project. The pattern is by Atelier Marie Paula. I used local organic plant-dyed wool (I don't think there's a brand). I love the natural green colours, they look so "real".
Standing in their little pots, they look so cute! The whole world may be a cactus, crafting and making to me are the perfect antidote!
I recently participated in a series of online speedcrafting sessions hosted by the Shetland- based artist Helen Robertson. What a great experience it was, especially in these times of social distancing, to make something in a group, in this international setting. And a lovely group it was too!
We got the materials sent to us in advance and on Wednesday evenings we crafted, via Zoom, some very nice original things for two hours or so.
Some of the crafts I never did before and were a very lovely surprise. Because of the time limit, you don't think too much and just get on with it. That in itself is liberating.
We ended up making some jewelry with seaglass and sea pottery, some broches from wool fabric and tweed, a fabric landscape, some little knitted houses (on these I'll write a seperate post soon) and a scallop shell decorated with decoupage.
Helen also hosts knitting workshops and retro and Christmas-themed speedcrafting sessions., which I highly recommend joining : you get to work on original pieces, with great materials and in a friendly atmosphere and you learn some great new skills!
the broches:
seaglass jewelry:
