Sunday, December 28, 2008
Mentrual Pads
Flannel menstrual pads with diaper cloth flannel inserts that can be singled/doubled inside. If you click on the photo and look up close, you'll see that there is a flap that opens for inserting rectangular pads. The wings have snaps.
Row House "Holder"
In keeping with the colourful row housed in St. John's...I made a hangable piece that has houses that can hold things - like letters, keys, gloves, etc. - thinking it would be best used by a door, bathroom, or work space. The roof tops flap open and the windows have been made in insert pictures of people. A Christmas gift for someone this year.
Gift/Lunch Bags
I put chocolate and jelly beans in here as a gift to some of the kids' teachers. Made from remnants of old cordoroy pants and saved jean pockets from old projects.
Knitting Needle Case
Closed with an elastic that wraps around.
A pouch for pattern sheets (for those who like to make notes or photo copy their patterns).
Several tiers for various heights/types of needles..and two small pouches at the bottom (one has a see-through plastic window).
Cloth Gift Bags
To replace wrapping paper....this year for many of bags, I used cheap thrift store pants and cut each leg into two pieces and made a bag from each one (adding some left over fabric from other projects).
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Whoa!
Scott did this with the kids while I away...looks way more inspiring than anything I've cooked in a long time.
A Community Living Depiction
Inspired when we lived in intentional community with two other couples almost 7 years ago.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I love food...
I adore food - in general. I particularly love food from Thailand, India and Japan....but there are very few foods that I don't like. 
Polar Bear Carpet/Cozy
One size is cozy furry, the other side has a space to tuck the forehead, hands and feet ....each extremity has a symbolic colour (red=fire, white=air, blue=water, brown=earth).
Painted Mailbox
I replaced our rusty mailbox with a row house (stereotype of downtown St. John's) job with some fabric and 3-D fences on it (coated in a waterproof sealer).
Quiltagami Tsuru (Crane)
For Christmas one year, I made a bunch of quiltagami (merging quilting with origami concepts) cranes for wall-hangings....a blending of my Mennonite and Japanese heritage....and peace work.
Scarf of Scarves
Made for a friend who kept scarves from her mom - she thought it would be nice to have a scarf of scarves in memory of her mom.
Audrey
This was made with another friend as a house warming gift for an Audrey lover. I did the fabric part and my friend did hand-stitching and beadwork.
Birthday Party Gift Bags
My daughter's party was relatively small so, I made bags for each kid (with their name on the side) and a recycled pocket from ripped/stained shirts/pants on the other side.
Recycled Clothing...
Made into a bag. The handles are taken from my dad's old button-down Thai shirt. Then I used a photocopied picture and rubbed the image onto the muslin fabric (durable and good for washing). This was a gift bag for a kid's birthday gift (good friend to my kids..hence the picture of them on the side).
Collaborative Tricycle Quilt
Four friends each made a square for a friend who just had a baby girl. We used the same tricycle image...and each corner of every square has a button hole so that the blocks could hang individually, in pairs, or any combination possible.
Reversible Bag
I only have a picture of the one side....the inside is a totally different look. Made it large for my friend who has a lot to carry around.
Inspired by magnetic words for the fridge...they can be rearranged by the buttons. This was made for a course project. 
Office Fish Tank
My university office (shared) had a one-way glass window that we converted into a fish tank.
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