. . . . . . + . . . . . (part 014) SNEAK PREVIEW

Tina and I were mentioned in RUM today in connection with the The Biennale for Craft and Design 2013 which opens on the 29th of June at Rundetårn in Copenhagen. Process photos here, here and here, more to follow on this project later in the month.

"nålepude" / "needle-cushion"

Just finished this "nålepude" filled with very fragrant pine needles (from our Christmas tree). It's made from 2nd hand shirts and a delightfully strange and very Canadian scarf my old friend gave me. It's a present for my ailing grandmother, so she can experience a small bit of Canada via touch and smell (it's roughly the size of two hands) when I go visit her in Copenhagen next month. It felt good doing some patchwork again, it's been a while. Was very inspired by Tina's cushions and happy to keep working with stripes and flowers.

////// + ///// (part 015) (finished stripy + floral pot)

finished the floral + stripy pot, nearly ran out of floral fabric, so had to make some changes in the distribution of the pattern.

// E Y E - J O Y //

these are a few of the things I've been delighting in lately while working on the ////// + ///// part of the project; I've enjoyed looking at the mix of patterns and use of //// in old traditional Japanese clothing. The book was a 2nd hand find from Copenhagen, the bottom photo is by Shōmei Tōmatsu.

////// + ///// (part 014) (even more stripy + floral)

Stripy sketch pot #4 is getting close to being finished; managed to salvage the old frayed label from the 2nd hand floral tablecloth and stitch it on the pot.

////// + ///// (part 013) (more stripy + floral)

////// + ///// (part 012) (stripy + floral)

Have started experimenting with combining both stripy (more here, here, here,  here and here) and floral (lots here, here, here, here and here too) fabric for the project and am having a lot of fun; meanwhile in Denmark Tina's busy working on some lovely stripes too for another project :)
(apologies for the bluish light, am having some technical difficulties today...)