Friday, May 7, 2010

Cosmosaic

Maya and submitted a hooked rug for a gallery exhibit entitled "Hooking Our Heritage" (soon to be posted on http://www.fiveisland.ca/index.php). Scott is our link to the Irish heritage theme...and so we opted to do something that captures our family's collective heritage. The concept was actually inspired by Scott (as he kindly reminded me this week) - and the rug is divided into four quadrants: Innu tent in Labrador, downtown Tokyo, Mennonite farm country in southern Ontario and Irish countryside (all shown respectively below).





Scott and Maya.
Joanne and Maya.
Myself and Mom.
Maya.
Mom/Grandma and Maya.

Obi-inspired hot/cold packs

An obi is the fabric that wraps around a traditional Japanese kimono.


Granny Apron

The idea is to fill the pouch with clothes pins for hanging laundry.

All for the doll....

Maya desperately wanted a specific doll for her birthday.....and so I made some matching clothes....including making clothes to match clothes Maya already owns. Here are some of the clothes: