Well ...tulips are not my most fav flowers in the world, which reasons I won't entirely share, other than when they are thrown at you in a rage, they kinda of lose their appeal....... Anyway I have this scrap material thats been hanging around for a while and have no idea where it came from, but every time I am on one of my tidy up missions it turns up, and each time I just don't want to throw the damn thing out.
Its kinda funky in a egg yolk yellowy way and poo brown combo. It also reminds me of the curtains in my friends house when I was growing up, with their lime plastic green co-ordinated bathroom and windmill and clog adorned walls..... The patterns in that house are in-printed into my brain.
What I am trying to get to was... does anyone have any ideas on how to use this fabric? Its 2 pieces sewn together at the top and only about .7 metres sq each.. just to add, I am a terrible sewer! so if you have any ideas let us know...
did dad write this?
ReplyDeleteNo.....me (rex) maybe I am sharing too much.....?
ReplyDeleteI know you gave me a pot plant of tulips once. What to I take from that!! I thing a curtain blind would be good with this material on a firm material like 'duck' would be cool cause you need to see it
ReplyDeleteA little skirt for a little girl? A drawstring bag for books. Keep sewing the square and make it like a placemat for centre of table with bowl and stuff on it.
ReplyDeletehead scarfy thing, basic bag for groceries. Some ideas I hope
thanks guys, I dont have enough for blind unfortunately ( hope those tulips are still flowering)! I knew you would have some great Ideas Tania, just wish we lived closer so you could show me how to do the sewing,,,,The drawstring bag and head scarf sound good and I think I should be able to work out how to do those...mmmmm.
ReplyDeleteThere are some great things online if u google that can help. I just found a knitting one called ravalry. Its from all sorts of people and their brilliant creations. Goodluck!!
ReplyDeleteOooh I love Ravalry, thanks for reminding me Tania! I vote for book bag :) or an art smock for mana?
ReplyDeleteIf you find someone who loves that fabric, I have some curtains for them :)
ReplyDeleteI like Tan's idea, would make a great little skirt.
Curious about the tulip thrower now, ha ha.
x JL
long story.... I would love to make mana a skirt but she is a pink frilly princess and balks at anything browny, greeny ...yellowy!!! Which colors I happen to love.. so for some one who always thought pink stinks ...I have alot to get used to!!
ReplyDeleteI could see that material being used in a multi-media textile hanging. I have done a few, some are posted on my art blog and some posted on tess's textiles. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteGood idea teresa, I love your paintings they are so beautiful, I have not done any textile work before but they look so lovely.
ReplyDeleteHey Rex, ehem, I'll have you know that those colours I grew up with have come full circle - especially the particular shade of green of the moulded plastic bathroom features my parents put in. egg-yolk yellowy poo brown combo? nice. Our curtains were actually a burnt orange/earth brown combo - yah, funny what time does to the memory. Slip in a bit of poo brown? Why not.
ReplyDeleteOk.. ms king..true, it is funny what time does to the memory...but tell me did you or did you not have a dining table that had large circular type patterns in a similar brown combo colour covered over with a thick clear plastic cover??? and did you use to wear a blue shinny rain jacket with a zip at the front that matched my red shiny one with white pin stripes down the side....???? mmmm ( I saw all your older paintings had been put on your website, I nearly cried at the familiar images and the memory of it all) have they all gone?
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