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I had begun working on teh landscape of our home yesterday. When I complete a project I always keep the remnants in a color coordinated bag or box, depending on how many I have. This time I had an interesting selection.

I sent many whatsapp messages and made some calls. First to the soldiers, They are all fine thank goodness. Then to high school students and then to the younger ones. Everybody is in good health but were very upset emotionally of course. We decided on a spontaneous zoom meet up to catch up with each other.

I spent all day today working on that moonscape, I really enjoyed creating it. As I said I was tasked with creating a technique where no ironing,and precise measuring is necessary. Anyone who knows how to do basic sewing can create a strip collage patchwork piece.

I have worn these pants many times and they are ready for a new life. So its time from pants to a bag. I reconstructed them into a multi pocketed tote bag. I also wrote a tutorial for it.

Contrary to what I usually do, that is, have the colors fixed in my mind before beginning to work, this time, I first pulled out colors in a certain mix and then thought of the design. I played around with the fabrics and built something that I think will work for a moonlight landscape.

I discussed colors with my students this week. One of them had a project where she had to paint a somber, serious, heavy landscape and she asked how to choose colors for that. She is a student who is always happy, dancing and laughing all the time and she said that she never feels sad so she is having a hard time choosing colors for the project.

How Small is Small I always enjoy finding ways to use up all of the remnants and scrap pieces when working on a project. Like Rumpelstiltskin turning scraps to gold

Last week I worked in spring colors creating some boho fabric. I had a selection of spring colored strips and decided to create more scrapfabric.

I don't sew items for people, I also don't mend clothing. I teach. But I told her that I would sew a bag for her baby stroller and use the pictures to write another tutorial. I have to make samples when writing my tutorials. This was perfect. I love that I am making something and that it won't just be sitting in a box and that somebody will get good use out of it.

I was creating with carnival colors last week. A new fabric technique. This time it can used for art but lends itself to practical items as well. Boho pillows for home decor and also for usable items like a large boxy carnival boho tote bag which is always a practical piece.

I wanted to create a rustic, bohemian piece of carnival boho fabric with lots of texture. And of course I didn't want to spend any money purchasing more supplies. I have pieces of lace and some floral appliques but I didn't want to use anything purchased. How would I create this if I was unable to access any stores. I looked around my studio and I have a LOT of supplies, small scraps, stored by color in upcycled plastic bottles.

As I said before, I am on a roll. All those ideas and techniques that I have in my head are being created and then put down on paper or rather on the computer screen. I am working on a number ofnew boho bag tutorials at the same time so my table is covered in colors.

But lately I have been having many different clothing ideas. I love jewel colors so when I saw that I had lots of black, purple, pink, turquoise and green t shirt scraps, I decided to make a t shirt which I could use as an over shirt in autumn and winter.

I have MANY t shirt strips so I decided to make a shirt, which I originally thought of as having a cowl neck and 3/4 length sleeves, a more wintry piece. But I ended up making a shirt without a collar at all, and elbow length sleeves, some progress. It is too hot to wear in our Israeli summer but it will be perfect as a layering piece over a solid colored longer sleeved t shirt or even a t shirt with a collar.

Whenever I sort through my fabrics I come up with many different creative ideas. I find that I need a break from creating art techniques and wanted to create some practical pieces that still have that special touch. I looked at this pile of fabrics, lots of jewel tones in there. I added blacks and an interesting idea germinated. Something practical from scraps that I will get a lot of use out of.

I hadn't even noticed, I was so engrossed in sewing, that the bobbin had stopped filling up. I dismantled the unit and found a surprise at the bottom. The rubber band on the bobbin winder had torn. Lesson learned things happen. These small inexpensive items can ground your flight. I will purchase a few and keep them in the tool box.

That pile of UFO's. In one of the groups that I am in on facebook we were asked if we have a pile of UFO's Unfinished Objects :) That got me thinking and I took a tour around my studio to see what my current situation is. I try very hard to focus as I really don't like living with piles of fabric out in the open. My home studio is an open space in the house so I try to keep things organized. Projects in boxes, not huge over flowing piles.

and created an orange sunset with fabric scraps

Each one shares from their abundance or their skills. I have skills :) and upcycled fabrics. So yesterday I decided to recreate and turn some sheets into 2 practical tote bags. Most times I use scraps from the students fabric box and can create crumb fabrics. This time I remembered that I had a box of long thin summer colored fabric strips. So I decided to create striped colorful patchwork fabric, to create a bag for sharing

2 more classes to go till summer vacation and they have so many projects that they still want to finish sewing. This week they worked on finishing their projects, some worked on their aprons, some chose summery bright fabrics