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Me Musing .
. . November
15, 2008 . . .
Another
week has whooooooooshed by!
I
was 'out of the Valley' a lot this week on errands, so am happy
to just be home enjoying quiet creative time.
Last
night I made a 'pocket purse' (which
brings back childhood memories of calling Grandma's purse that!)
. . . I drew off a design that would normally be used for a pocket
and decided to make it into a purse.
The outer fabric
is one I made a jacket from a few years ago.
The inner fabric and handle are a suede-like fabric that I made
pants, skirt and jacket out of about the same time.
I
liked the design and shape; however the fabrics didn't have enough
body to them for a purse and when I picked the purse up to carry,
it sort of caved in! Unfortunately I had already added my eyeglass
pouch on the back so was at a loss as to how to stiffen the whole
thing.
I
decided to get the jacket out and see if perhaps it could use a
big pocket (which could also double
as a purse!). It could and I did!
I removed the
handle and sewed the 'pocket'
onto the jacket just down the sides of the pocket.
The top area behind the flap is open so it is possible for me
to insert my hand and reach my glasses out of their little pouch!
On the flap behind the button is a magnetic closure which works
really well
as the flap just 'jumps' down to meet the other magnet!
That
'design switch' seemed to open the door for more 'looking at
other possibilities'.
A
few years ago I bought quite a bit of raw silk, some in natural
colour and some already dyed. Having just passed 'pumpkin season'
and leaves now falling of all the colours I am naturally drawn to
. . . I pulled out the pumpkin-gold raw silk and wondered if it
would go with a silk scarf I had dyed with indigo around a wine
bottle (while in Portland in September) and then overdyed in a pumpkin-gold
colour.
The overdyeing
turned the indigo
to a softer charcoal colour.
Not sure yet what the pumpkin-gold raw silk will become
but 'Big Red' likes the change just now!
That, of course, led me to check out the autumn gold wool I bought
in Ashland this past week. I only bought a yard as had thought maybe
I would combine it with the orange wool I bought there a few weeks
ago. The orange had felted nicely with not a lot of shrinkage. The
autumn gold, however, went from 36" x 54" down to 27"
x 45"!!!!! So I won't have a lot to work with.
It
does look nice with a soft tapestry fabric I found the other day
also. So maybe the two can combine for something interesting. Will
be difficult to choose between the tapestry and the circle-squares!
Both look nice with the autumn gold wool
Back
to the pumpkin-gold raw silk . . . I washed and dryed it and decided
to cut off about 1/4 yard and try using the discharge paste on it
to see what colour would appear.
I
had been out raking leaves earlier and found a few interesting ones
~ one with some 'eaten' parts that I thought might make an interesting
shape. I thinned the discharge paste and attempted to use a squeeze
bottle to outline the leaf. I got some unexpected drops on the fabric,
but figured they would add 'filler' between the leaves!
(Plus this was a 'let's see what happens' piece
anyway.)
This is while
the discharge paste was still wet on the fabric
I
let the fabric dry, then steamed it with the iron and it took on
a whole new look . . . which I was really happy with. (I
wasn't sure if maybe it would come out pink or some other 'not in
my wardrobe' colour!)
I can live with
this!
Tomorrow I will figure out what pattern I want to use and rough
cut the pieces out of the pumpkin-gold raw silk, dye discharge it
in areas and see what the end result will be.
Great
FUN!
Until
soon,
Che'usa
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