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Me Musing .
. . November
17, 2008 . . .
My
plan to figure out what pattern I wanted 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 got stalled. I have noticed
that sometimes happens. You decide to go in one direction
and before you know it you are going in another direction . . .
or even . . . no direction at all!!
One
honours One's Self
and One's Lineage
when the seed of creativity
which lives within the Inner Heart
begins to sprout . . .
sending forth the footprints of
Life's pattern . . .
to be followed
and
traveled
in Joy and in Trust.
I
couldn't quite decide if I really wanted a jacket out of the raw
silk as it is pretty flimsy and couldn't quite decide what to put
the pumpkin gold wool with . . . the tapestry or the circles . .
. so I remembered what Grandma used to say: "when
you can't decide it just means that you don't have enough information
at that particular moment!"
Soooooooooooo
I let it all rest for awhile, still leaving it all out on the table
to peek at each time I walked by.
I
realized I only had 1/2 yard of the circles, which was plenty for
a tote and small 'inner' bag. The brighter side seemed a little
bright for the tote, so I used the 'wrong' side (which actually
may have been the 'right' side as it was upholstery fabric). Then
I used the brighter side for the smaller bag. I didn't have to use
an inner fabric as the weight was just right for a tote, making
the whole project go really fast.
I have gotten
so used to having the little pocket
for eyeglasses on the outside
that I put one on this tote also.
Sure handy!
For
now the tapestry fabric and wool are still ?????????s.
The
piece of raw silk I had dye discharged was laying on the table so
I decided to try doing some rubbings with Paintsticks. They are
oil and if left to dry, can be heat-set on fabric.
I
had a piece of plastic grid and did a little rubbing to find out
what the result might be. I'll have to let it 'cure' for 24 to 72
hours before I heat-set it, so have no idea what the finished 'look'
will be.
I'll
report back on that!
The dark marks
are what came out by rubbing
the Painstik on the fabric with the plastic grid underneath.
Sort of fun . . .
and much easier than 'drawing'!
This got me to wondering what ever happened to the photo of me taken
about 1956 in an outfit that Mother printed fabric for coat lining
and dress. It was some kind of mother-daughter Fashion Show so she
also made herself a dress out of the same fabric.
After
a little searching, I found it. What a hoot!
Who
IS that
girl ????
As I recall, part of the printing was done with one of those old
potato mashers! (Taken before colour
film!) I
especially love the bangs and 'self-belt' as they were called! Seems
like every outfit we made had one of those.
Guess
the
seed of creativity got
planted really early in me!
Until soon,
Che'usa
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