Thursday 26 April 2012

Windsor A - Z project (week 2)

More fab creations from the kids and their parents this week:

B will be for Boats on the rover, going under the bridge

V for Viaduct is progressing well


Q for Queen had some serious planning




X for Alexandra gardens with the Windsor Wheel is starting to take shape

 And T will represent our school

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Tuesday 24 April 2012

Broom Farm 23rd April

So much happening at Broom Farm this week - it was great!

I didn't get pictures of Vanessa, Jane, or Sally's projects, but did get pics of Katie starting the binding on her table runner:

Catherine finishing a Humpty Dumpty:

And Holly, Anjeeta and Sarita staring I Spy Quilts, while Sofia learnt how to use her sewing machine!




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Friday 20 April 2012

Making Molas

Mola designs originate from South America, apparently they started with women painting their bodies, but the missionaries put a stop to that, so instead the ladies made their designs from fabric.  Made from up to seven layers of fabric, using reverse applique and a needturn method, they would design the back and front of a blouse.  when the blouse got too worn to be used, the design would be cut away and sold to collectors. (See Wiki for more info, and samples)

Our interest at Chersey Museum's Fun With fabric class started because Deborah had brought in this sample that her mum bought in Mexico

Having tried needle turn applique before, we all felt that it was not a very satisfactory method, so I decided to use felt instead.

These two need some work doing, but should be fab

And these you can see are coming up really well already.



We tried a number of ways of layering the fabric, but the best way seemed to be the way Scarlet did this cat.  She draw the image onto freeze paper, and ironed that onto the background (framing) fabric, in this case black and cut out the design.  The cut away freezer paper was used to gauge the necessary size of the next layer, and the orange felt was cut bigger than the freezer paper cat, and was then put behind the opening, and details were cut out.  She is now sewing different colours for the nose, eyes and ears, and will then stitch down the yellow, cut the same size as the black, to hold it all in place



Not bad eh?

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Wednesday 18 April 2012

Windsor A to Z project

The school where I work wanted to make something to commemorate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this year, and after lots of thinking, we started today!

We have 26 family groups interested, and have allocated a letter to each family.  They are going to make a 10 inch block showing an icon of Windsor representing "their" letter!

For our first session, today, we started with 5 families, and used lots of felt, much of which was kindly donated by Daniel's, the Windsor department store, and we had two helpers, kindly donated by Legoland Windsor

Two families escaped before I managed to photograph their creations, but here we have

D for Diamond Jubilee
 

X for AleXandra Gardens (which hosts the Windsor wheel)


And C for Copper Horse and Castle


Thanks to our two Legoland volunteers - we hope you can come back!


This project is supported by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead's Family and Community Learning scheme.


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Tuesday 17 April 2012

Binding a Quilt

We have looked at binding quilts at a few of the sessions, but don't really have enough time for a full demo.

I have found these two links which give a good explanation, one in pictures, and the other in diagrams -- I hope they help!


They do work, so take it step by step if they panic you!!!



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Monday 16 April 2012

Broom Farm Finishes

 One finished Christmas advent calender



 And one crocheted square turned into a cushion . . .

. . .  with a great time and hassle saving bodge from Catherine
She used an existing cushion cover with a zip, unpicked the front, and used the back of that behind the crochet, then reattached the back, giving herself a zipped cushion cover without having to put in a zip!!!

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Saturday 14 April 2012

More Lovely Yellow blocks

The fab ladies at Chertsey Museum have been busy, and another two yellow blocks arrived this morning:

This, from Iris


And this, from Denise



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Thursday 12 April 2012

Adult Education in RBWM


If you fancy joining a weekly Fun With Fabric course in Windsor . . . 
The Council’s Family and Community Learning Service offers courses for leisure, personal development and also as a starting point to further learning at local colleges.  Courses are funded in partnership with the Skills Funding Agency . There are many learning experiences  available in local community venues. A range of courses is offered from First Steps in IT, Customer Care and Office Skills, Fun With Maths, Sewing, Beauty and Craft workshops, Pilates Fitness, Bollywood, Dance and Yoga to Internet Shopping, Indian Cookery and Flower Arranging. If you are interested in learning a new skill or taking part in a new activity, book your place on a course by telephoning the relevant contact number in the prospectus or by sending an email to adult.education@rbwm.gov.uk.

Our latest Adult and Community Learning Online Course Guide  promoting part-time courses for adults in Maidenhead, Windsor and Ascot from April to July 2012 is now available and can be accessed from the homepage of the RBWM website www.rbwm.gov.uk.   Click the link on the right of the home page for the latest courses. 

Please  contact us as soon as possible to ensure your place on a course.  If there are insufficient learners to run a course your name will be kept on a waiting list and you will receive information on a similar course in the future. 

For general information and advice about learning opportunities available in the Borough please contact the Family and Community Learning Service by telephoning 01628 796 584 or by sending an email to adult.education@rbwm.gov.uk.

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Creative Kids

Yesterday was the last children's Holiday Fun session at Chertsey Museum for these holiday, and I had 10 kids 'customising and accessorising' clothing that they brought in - mostly-shirts:


I love the dots on this one, and both these girls did most of the sewing to stitch their blue fabric onto their t-shirts
 
and then carried on to decorate the backs too




"Beware there is a monkey about"


Lovely decoration on this one (left), but rubbish photo, sorry, and some super button flowers here on the right

 I love the frogs jumping here, and the owls and the pussy cat on the vest


 No clothing brought in for daughter here ... so mum very gamely agreed to have her jumper customised and accessorised

Two slightly older girls joined us and these are their creations:


 They were all so creative, and even the little ones were sewing this time




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Sunday 8 April 2012

*more* lovely yellow blocks

My lovely postie has been bringing me yummy packages again . . .   I got these from Victoria who came to the Chertsey Museum Fun With Fabrics last month



Thank you, Victoria, these are great


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Wednesday 4 April 2012

Kids Creating Cushions

Photo heavy - sorry, but the kids at Chertsey Museum made such great cushions today, I couldn't bear to leave any photos out!





















 


How's that for a fun day!!!!


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