Beading Arts No Sew Purse! - Meet Furoshiki Hi there friends! I can't wait to show you what I've recently learned. Have you heard of Furoshiki? I hadn't until a week a go, and I'm in love. Furoshiki is a Japanese technique, like origami, but for fabric! They are a type of Japanese wrapping cloth, used to transport food, gifts, or other goods. Isn't that cute? What you'll need: - any square piece of fabric (yes, it must be a square) Mine is 1.25 yards -Flower for embellishment Here we go: Step 1: Lay down your fabric with right side facing up. Step 2: Fold it into a triangle, wrong side out. Step 3: Take the right hand corner, and bring it up to meet the center of your triangle, bunch it together to make a roll. Step 4: Tie a knot at the base. Step 5: Do the same to the left side. Step 6: Take the top of your triangle and open it up. Step 7: Flip the whole thing over, wrong side up. Step 8: Tuck your knots and straps into the middle. Step 9: Pick up both ends and put them together, your knots are inside now.
An Altered Obsession Adult & Children Activities & Programs- City of Linden Registration Fee: $5.00 (non-refundable) All Linden mothers with children from 1-3 years old are welcome to make and take home an arts and crafts project. Arts and Craft Theme: Mother’s Day Registration Begins- Monday, April 7, 2014 Registration Ends- Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Instructor- Miss Patience Smith All locations accept checks, money orders, Visa, and Master Card Classes will be limited to fifteen (15) mothers. Thursday, May 8th, 2014 from 10:00am-11:00am The class is held at: Linden Multi-Purpose Center (in the Multi-Purpose Room) 1025 John Street Linden, NJ 07036 For more information, please call (908) 474-8639. (Fliers available at Recreation Centers) Saturdays- May 3rd thru June 14th and Tuesdays- May 6th thru June 10th Further Information please call: (973) 916-1882 or (908) 486-0952. Dates: April 12th start Times: 9:00 am Location: Wheeler Park Turf Field Ages: Boys / Girls 4 & 5 years old Cost: $25.00 plus $6.00 Insurance fee - (one time yearly payment) Deadline: April 4, 2014 Jr. QUESTIONS?
Sprittibee — homeschool photography parenting mommy christian Faux Antiques and Reproductions All Handmade by lynndavis Mommy Cooks: Furoshiki I've been doing a lot of crafts lately, especially fabric-related things, it seems -- don't worry, we're still eating. I've been in a bit of a slump, cooking-wise, it seems, and anyway the weather has been so dreary for the past few weeks that photographing it would be next-to-impossible. ("No, honey, you can't eat it yet. I'm waiting for the sun to come out.") So I spare you. This morning I made a furoshiki, the Japanese cloth wrap originally used to carry bundles, tie up clothes, and whatnot, now used mainly as a way to wrap gifts. This fabric is a beautiful dahlia print by Kaffe Fassett called "Floating Flowers". The furoshiki can be made in pretty much any size to suit the particular gift, although different folding methods can be used to adapt a large cloth to a small package. Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth) 1 yard of fabric, for a cloth approximately 35 inches square Launder and press the fabric according to the manufacturer's instructions. Top-stitch the folded edges into place.
Revolutionaries: A Project for Fall! Hello my blog friends! I'm so pumped to share a project I finished today! It's simple, cheap, quick, and fall-y (yes, that is a word). Why? [Side note: please pin from the original source so the credit goes to the right person! But I also love projects involving trees/branches like these: Then, I saw this yesterday and even though it's not made from toilet paper rolls, I thought, hmm.... color behind the toilet paper rolls? So basically... What you need: 1. 3. How to do it: 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 5. 6. It's so.. fall. And I love that I used things I already had in my craft stuff and I recycled toilet paper rolls! Would it be bad to keep it up all year? Update: here are some more pictures that I took in better lighting! Looking for more toilet paper projects?
O'Neill Girls February Monthly Challenge About the Art Conceived under the most unusual of circumstances, and nurtured in a remarkable setting at Broadway, The Cotswold, England, this painting is overwhelmingly held out by the public -- then as well as today -- to be the most favored painting of all his work. It is universally believed to be one of his masterpieces. Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, the title lifted from the light-hearted lyrics of a popular song, is a triumph of John's use of light which would never be equaled in quite the same way. About the Artist John Singer Sargent was an American painter by birth-right. He was born in Florence, to American parents and traveled extensively throughout Europe. He was schooled as a French artist, heavily influenced by the Impressionist movement, the Spanish Master Velazquez, the Dutch Master Frans Hals, and his teacher Carolus-Duran. His output was prodigious. Challenge Color Palette: The Prizes: