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This week in T Shirt Workshop 2 I decided to teach them how to make t shirt tube necklaces. I brought a bottle of upcycled wooden beads which were a hit

My contribution is to teach of course. They don't know how to sew yet, not even sewing by hand. I had to be creative when thinking of how to keep them occupied and interested for 2 hours. I am going to do a series of workshops teaching them how to create interesting items with t shirts. This is the first T shirt workshop.

Who says pouches that are practical can't be pretty. I have been working in these colors for the past month together with my students.

This is a study in colors for 2 boro rectangles for my zippered pouch.

They are all in shock. They are finding the creativity helpful. Most of the meetup was spent talking about good and evil in the world and why the children?

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.