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Simple salves…they are the best, in my opinion, because they can be super effective with only a few ingredients. With as little as three ingredients, even. Two of my favorite herbs to create salves with are calendula (Calendula officinalis) and plantain (Plantago spp.). Both have wonderfully healing properties, including being anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and […]
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A huge thanks to all the fans that turned up on Saturday to play and watch the #PatternPuzzle. This weeks puzzle was less complex than most but a favourite for the wardrobe. Our post this week has t
For this week's sewing 101, let's talk about facing. Facings are so easy to make and give your garment a professional finish, without a full lining. Of course you can face and line a garment,
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To make plans (or even just discuss about what you did over the weekend) with Deaf friends, you need to know how to sign time of day, as well as days or weeks.
Hi..it is Marsha from coolquilting again...with a shorter post than last week!! So, if you want more detailed info on the stitching and dyeing processes, check out last Saturday's post. Most of my curved stitched shibori for this week is based on the traditional Japanese larch or Karamatsu design. This traditional design is stitched on single folds in the fabric to produce alternating rows of concentric circles. When doing the stitching for the larch design, the threads can be either tied off after each set of concentric semicircles, or the threads can be carried across the entire width. My first modified "larch" design was on a long and narrow piece of silk habotai with blue colorhue dye. For this design I added a single semi-circle in between for fun and only did 1 row of circles: Because of the extra semi-circle, I decided to tie off the threads separately for the 2 sets of concentric circles. An extra twist with my design is that I folded over the habotai many times so the stitching was being done through 8 layers of silk at once...this lead to large differences in dye penetration. The advantage of the 8 layer stitching was that it made for very easy stitching and fast results. The middle photo was taken when the dye was still wet and the scarf is still folded in 2 and the bottom photo shows the dried silk opened up. A few years ago I did a larch design on cotton with indigo dye(a pre-reduced indigo dye kit from Jacquard). This design was stitched through 4 layers of fabric. For some reason I just can't follow the traditional instructions and do the stitching just through a single fold!! The bottom photo in the collage shows the detail of one of the circles. I like the way the indigo is many shades. If I had done 2 separate stitchings on 2 separate folds there would have been much more even dyeing of the center areas of the fabric. In Janice Gunner's "Shibori for Textile Artists" book, she showed a slightly different larch design which I wanted to try. The design was in semi-circles instead of whole circles, so it had to be stitched on a single layer. I wasn't sure how I should stitch this... to do each semicircle independently or to carry the threads across the width of the fabric. So I tried it both ways: 18 short threads tied off on the top stitch set or just 3 long continuous threads tied off in the bottom set: You can see that the upper set with 18 threads did not tie up as tightly as the lower set with just 3 threads. There was much greater/nicer resisting in the lower set with 3 continuous threads and I am happy about that since it is way easier to do. This first attempt was done on silk habotai with colorhue dye and I want to continue practicing to make the design more consistent. I also tried some freehand doodling for curved stitches. However, I guessed that the rows were probably too far apart and wouldn't resist very well, so I decided to layer 2 fabrics. I used silk habotai and silk gauze...pinned together for stitching, but ultimately they would be 2 separate pieces: The design is a bit weird since my doodling skills are very minimal. But what I found most interesting was how differently the 2 fabrics dyed!The habotai dyed purple while the gauze dyed blue...I used a blend of blue and red colorhue dyes for this. I also wanted to try the curved stitching on raw silk. My first piece was a spiral doodle...simply stitched in 2 curved lines on a single layer of fabric and dyed with a very bright yellow/green colorhue dye: For my last piece I wanted to see what would happen if I did a tight series of concentric circles. This would essentially be a combination of mokume(which is traditionally done with a series of straight lines) and a larch design. I did some curved stitching on a single fold, each "semi-circle" being about 1/4 inch apart: This gave a result very similar to mokume wood grain, except the pattern radiates from the center. I really liked this effect! I can see myself doing a large piece with lots of these radiating mokume. That is it for me! See you next week with parallel stitching on a fold.
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I wanted to share this great activity I have been doing for years at the very beginning of each year. It is a Self-Portrait activity where students get to draw themselves, compare themselves with another student, and present to the class. I love to tell students they are drawing “Selfies” because it makes it more […]
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How is school already around the corner? Summer has seriously flown by. I love having the kids at home, having no type of schedule and hanging out at the water park all week. However, I'm ready for a little more consistency in our life. I think my kids are ready for it as well. I
Hi All! This week I finally got back into the swing of things, sewing-wise, and made my very first Emery Dress - finally! I've been saying I was going to do it since it was released last fall! However, I'm glad I waited until after I learned a bit more about fitting. I did have to make several changes to the bodice, although the original form was passable. But that's why we sew, right? Or at least that's one of the reasons - to have a well-fitting garment. I'm going to talk about my fitting changes in a separate post, since they may be helpful to some of you. None of the changes I made were difficult to do, and many of them were changes I've learned I need on pretty much any pattern. But there were some surprises in there. I'm also not going to show you any pictures today of me wearing the dress, as I've just gotten back from a very long walk and don't quite have the energy to take photos! Here it is on a hanger though: I'm very happy with it :-) I got several questions on Instagram about whether or not the fabric is vintage. It is in fact quilting cotton! I believe this print is no longer being produced, but it is called "Boxed Dozen" by Martha Negley. I'd been in love with it for quite a while, and when I came across it on clearance last year on Fabric.com, I immediately bought 4 yards. Instead, today I thought I'd share how I did the lining on my sleeveless dress. I did a little google search and couldn't find any tutorials (on the first couple pages) for lining a sleeveless dress to the edge - most of what I saw was bias binding for the armholes. I'm not a big fan of bias binding, looks-wise; I much prefer pieces that are lined to the edge. But I can never remember how to do it and always have to look it up! So as I was making this dress, I made sure to take pictures of each step to share with you and as a reference to myself in the future. Because I think there will be many more sleeveless Emery dresses in my future :-) Lining to the Edge on a Sleeveless Bodice 1. Cut out your outer and lining bodice pieces, front and back. Stay-stitch the necklines on all these pieces, as per the pattern instructions, and then sew and press the darts. 2. Sew the backs to the fronts on both the outer and lining pieces at the shoulder seams. Press these open, and trim the lining shoulder seams in half. 3. With right sides together, sew the lining to the outer at the neckline, starting and stopping 1.25" from the edge. I made a little mark at these positions to make it easier on myself. *EDITED TO ADD: After I made my second Emery bodice, I decided to try understitching the entire neckline at this point, after trimming and clipping the curves, but before sewing up the armholes. Worked great! I didn't do it that way the first time because I was following the directions from the lining book. 4. Starting and stopping at the armhole curves, trim 1/8" off the edge of the armhole on the lining piece only, making it slightly narrower than the outer bodice. They will look like this: 5. Pull the edge of the lining over to match up with the edge of the outer, then sew the armhole seams. 6. Grade the armhole and neckline seams, then clip the curves. However, make sure not to cut away any of the neckline seam at the 1.25" you left unsewn - you'll need it to be there when you install the zipper. 7. Now turn the lined bodice right side out, pulling the back through the shoulder to the front: 8. Once the whole bodice has been turned right side out, give everything a nice press, making sure that the lining is pulled to the inside a bit. This will be really easy to do at the armhole edges, since a bit of extra was trimmed away. It will look like this - just a scant 1/16" of outer fabric showing: Here's the whole bodice so far, pressed and ready to go on: 9. Now, pin the lining side seams and outer side seams right sides together. Sew this as one long, continuous seam: Make sure to have the armhole seam allowance folded towards the outer side, like so: Press these seams open. Now you have a bodice that is completely constructed and lined to the edge, but open at the center back for the zipper installation. 10. Assemble the skirt as per the instructions. Then attach the skirt to the outer bodice only, keeping the lining pulled up out of the way: 11. Finish the entire center back edge on both sides - I like to serge these edges. Still keeping the lining pulled out of the way, install the back zipper as per the instructions. The 1.25" opening you left at the neckline will make this easy to do. Once the zipper is in, you can finish sewing that last 1.25" of the neck seam. 12. Press up the waist edge of the lining 5/8" to prepare for attaching it to the waist. Then flip the lining piece to the outside of the bodice so that the right sides are together. Line up the center back edges and sew the lining to the zipper tape using a regular zipper foot. Note: you don't finish the center back edge of the lining, because you want to minimize bulk here. 13. Trim the corner, and also the remainder of the neckline (not shown here), then turn out the dress to the right side. Give everything a good press, then sew the waist edge of the lining to the waist seam of the dress by hand (or if you prefer, by stitching in the ditch from the right side). Now all you've got left to do is to hem the dress! You shouldn't need to do any understitching, as the trimmed armhole on the lining should keep the lining from peeking out. If you want a little insurance understitching at the neckline, you can do this before closing up the lining in step 13. You won't be able to understitch the whole neckline, but you should be able to do most of the front. Or, you could understitch later by hand if you enjoy doing that - I sometimes do. I'm very happy with the finish I got using this method, which I learned from Connie Long's Easy Guide to Sewing Linings. I hope this will be helpful to some of you too!
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As I mentioned with the worksheet I shared last week, it's often easier to work backward when we're framing our story. At the very least, knowing the ending often makes it easier to see our character's arc.
The first week of school generally consists of getting to know one another, in addition to discussion and practice of classroom procedures and routines. We also got our creative juices flowing by creating summer reflection writing pieces, squiggle stories, and "All About Me" mini-posters. Students are getting to know one another and me, and we are learning to work together to build a successful and positive classroom environment. On Wednesday, I wrote out six questions, all having to do with how to make our classroom and ourselves function to the highest level, on six pieces of chart paper. Students, in groups of three, spent two minutes at each chart, collaborating and responding to each question on a sticky note. After all groups visited each chart paper station, I hung all of the charts up and we discussed each answer and noticed some very interesting trends. Here's the finished product, which you can click on to enlarge: Inspired by Life in 4B To tie into the previous activity, I was inspired by my wonderful teammates, Mrs. Fadden and Ms. Mattox, to develop at class pledge with my students. We reviewed our responses to the above questions, and then we put all of the ideas together to form a cohesive paragraph that we have all agreed will help us to remember why we are here at school and what our common goal is. Below is the rough draft of our class pledge (which I will type up, make pretty, and have all of my students sign): Since we were able to develop a class goal (to achieve success in third grade), I also had each student determine an individual goal after reading the story Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni. I displayed our "Hopes and Dreams" for third grade near the classroom door, so that we can refer to, and revisit, them throughout the year. Lots of students are interested in learning how to sharpen their cursive skills, multiplication and division skills. I was very impressed by the number of students ready to take on our 40 book challenge! More on that later! Here's our class display of our hopes and dreams for third grade: Lastly, I read a book called Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The premise is that everyone carries an invisible bucket everywhere they go. When your bucket is "filled" you feel happy.When your bucket is "empty" you feel sad or upset. People can fill buckets by lending a helping hand, smiling, being kind, including others in games, and more. People can empty buckets by teasing, being ungrateful, acting disrespectfully, and more. I encourage my students to recognize the actions of bucket-fillers by writing them quick note and sticking it in their bucket display. This helps make everyone feel good. When we feel good, we want others to feel good. Therefore, kindess is passed from person to person. This is our bucket-filling display, complete with ways we can fill buckets and ways we can empty buckets: I look forward to more of these types of meaningful activities that promote teamwork, kindness, and achievement with your child!
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