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Here are some more shots i found from Grangecon from the previous day"!

Sewing the birds!!!!

		Sewing the birds! Flour paste wallhanging VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

		Waxing and painting the sewn birds!! VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Work from today painting the birds and the wall hanging, these children just keep stepping up to the mark, no matter what they have to do.

		Some bags on display and the wallhaning being painted VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

I have to say I am very exited by some of the work this group is producing. They are a very mixed group in terms of previous experience, but everyone is really improving. The ones with more experience are inspiring the others as they are all so nice!

If anyone is looking for filling for dolls or cushions I got 4 hollow fibre

pillows in Guineas in Waterford for 7.99!!!

I did not get around to taking photo’s of Sade’s trial bag, which looks really cool or Mary’s Tote bag which  is going to be lovely. The Batik pieces turned out lovely but I forgot to photograph them before they took them home but I will when they come back.

Wioletta and Enika Did two lovely Batik Pieces

Work in Progress

Beatrice is nearly finished her bag

Katherine is working on tidying up a few pieces including her Batik and her doll

Angela is working on her doll and is going to concentrate on practising embroidery stitches on a cushion.

Here are some shots of some more of their work I took a few weeks ago

		Some finished bit and some design pieces VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

Check out the amazing traditional Rumanian needlework!!!!!!!

Serviette stuck to Aldi bag!

It was last friday when I was here, just getting round to writing it up now. I did spend time at the weekend doing the evaluations though!

The children Drew a bird and then drew it onto some cotton. the six junior infants used embroidery hoops and they all sewed around their shapes. We will cu them after we have filled them with capoc and painted them, having doubts about whether we should have painted them first or not???? Twill work!!

		Sewing the birds VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

		More sewing VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

We also started a wall hanging for the entrance hall in the school using flour paste, the children took it in turns to add their own art to this it will be true child art and collaborative. Next session they will paint it!

Today we had to do the bodies,

		Day three Tullow NS VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

These are to be added to the heads. I have decided to do this for the children as it is hard to sew into the plaster.

We also did the backdrop, we discussed what we needed to include then Ann and I drew this and we waxed it as time was short and allowing 26 children access to the wax pot was too worrying! They did wax their initials all round the edges and then painted the piece!

I just put one of the puppets together to see how they look …pretty cool I think!

It was very hectic so I did not get to take as many shots as i would have liked but I did notice Ann taking pics so I will get them from her later.

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 as usual.

Ironed bags with their drawings

		Grangecon Bags!!! VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

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 ALL

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 their imagination in painting them. We had Mount leinster Ranger horses, Green horses, pegasus, Firebreathing  and pink ones!!!

		Miss Murphy’s Class VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

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