Today was our doll club holiday lunch. We do a swap every year, and this year I suggested that we might do pincushions. That was what prompted my article on make-dos for the club newsletter. Here is mine in progress-
I piled up some of my wool scraps in the bottom. Here it the finished object-
I was VERY inspired by Kristen’s pins- my version!
wow, 2 finished projects to post about in one day!
Here is the finished “make-do” pin cushion for Tina.
I glued the pin cushion to the glass but also put these strings on. I thought it would be a good reinforcement and I also like how it looks-
And here is Little Red Ridinghood 2-
a detail of her face-
and body-
and here she is flat- “I fell down and I can’t get up!!!” - sorry, don’t quite know if anyone would be interested in this view but here it is anyway-
I put up some more dolls and postcards on my Etsy shop if you’re interested.
This is what I brought home from NIADA-
It is called “Church Hat”, is about 6″ tall with the pedestal, and is by Annie Wahl. If you are interested in seeing some more photos from NIADA- much better then mine- Deb Wood posted her’s here.
Since I’ve been home my mind has been spinning with ideas. I am inspired to do another gourd doll… a bit late for the NIADA show, but I don’t do well when I feel I am trying to fit my work into a challenge prompt. I cleaned a bunch of gourds and who knows, I might get around to painting them…
I had several things on my list of things to do, even before I left town. I had promised my sister a “make-do” pin cushion. She picked out the glass and the colors when she was visiting me last month.
I got it finished today. Here it is in bondage, no I mean being glued in place-
and now another Red Riding Hood. I’ve got to work through some of the bits I’m not satisfied with on the first one-
I was so excited to see that my first Red Riding Hood was on Whip Up! Welcome anyone that has found me through Kath’s fantastic blog!
So I just did a group of postcards. I had fun drawing little doodles on fabric with Micron Markers. We had a family field trip over to Utrecht to buy art supplies for Peter’s summer classes. Surprise- look what I found! These fantastic markers were on sale, only .99 and in such beautiful colors- So much for Peter’s art supplies!
Well, the new markers inspired this little project that I did today. I was thinking it would be fun to make myself a sketchbook with cloth pages instead of paper. Then, I could snip out little drawings when I wanted to do the applique collage postcards or atc’s. I made myself 2 piles of fabrics and put sheets of freezer paper between each layer of fabric. I machine sewed an edge and then sliced them into sketchbook sized pieces. I’ve ended up with a total of 5, so I am probably set for life.
The fabric “sketchbooks” are way too floopy to use, so I decided they needed some kind of support structure. I made a little portfolio cover to put them in. Here are all the parts layed out. The colors in this photo are accurate- the next photos are sort of washed out. You can see the cardboard covers and spine on the right of the photo.
Here is the front- it has a pocket for my pens and pencil-
and the back- it closes with a wrap around tie-
here are some pages. You can see the layers of freezer paper. This pad has lots of colors, the other side is mostly white. The 2 pads are held in place with bulldog clips.
and I put a strip of fabric in the back so my little moleskin can have a place too.
I did this using the same technique that I used on this project- wonder-under onto cardboard. I am still amazed.
I have been so behind on so many things. I got these 2 wonderful atc’s a few weeks ago, before the trip to North Carolina (windy world). These traveled from Holland and are the work of Anne-Floor. There are lots of photos of her work at her flickr account.
My project this week has been this messenger-type bag-
I have been thinking about trying to make one all summer. I wanted something smaller then what I am currently dragging around, but I wanted it big enough to hold my sketch book. It still needs a buckle or something to finish the strap but otherwise is done. I copied the design from an old bag I already had (I made it slightly smaller)- a danish school bag it was called. Once I find the right closure, I will have to test it out and see how I like it.
I will be leaving again today. Heading down to Connecticut until late Wednesday.