Monthly Archives: April 2012

More from Ferrybank and ironing the bags for Grangecon


We had a quiet day today a lot of the women were doing other stuff. I planned to review what is done, what needs finishing and what else is needed to do. We did a bit but not as much … Continue reading →

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Ferrybank Textiles.


We spent last week working on designing and looking at working out problems, making design decisions. Now we have to pin down the 5 pieces and finish and evaluate the work. Designing and adjusting and re-inventing VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD … Continue reading →

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Bally Murphy NS


These were done from a painting of mine to show the children how to graph up or down a picture. Even though they all worked from the same image they were encouraged to make their own of them. to use … Continue reading →

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Day two Tullow


Today the children painted the puppets heads and started sewing the bodies together. They then put hair on the heads and they look amazing.   Making the heads VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL  

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Handpainted and Nuno Felted Silkand silk chiffon wraps and Handpainted silk scarves.


Wraps and Scarves VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

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Preparation for Tullow


I Just thought the best approach for this project as I have 26 7/8 yr olds that I have never met, was to have the heads at various stages to show the children how to make,these hand puppets. Step one … Continue reading →

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Confusing pages with posts!


I keep uploading things to pages not posts on my Android HTC Wildfire. Sometimes I need to pay more attention! I have been busy doing new scarves. I had wanted to make larger scarves but it was very expensive to … Continue reading →

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Final day of Art Camp!


    Easter 2012 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL   All done and the children seemed happy. to any moms you need to let the paste fabric dry completely then scratch off the paste, then iron the fabric to seal … Continue reading →

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Day two Easter Camp


Today we started two items and Started and finished another. I am amazed at the ability of these children to just do what they are shown, bear in mind one of the them is preschool and the eldest is 8! … Continue reading →

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Grangecon Finally!!


Bags in batik done by a group of children from Junior,Senior, First and Second Class, how brilliant are they? I decided to just photograph the pieces as they are so far. They still have to be ironed and I will … Continue reading →

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