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Sharing

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

Sharon Prigan

Jun 27, 20232 min read

girl standing wearing her summer colored patchwork apron

Finishing Projects

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

Sharon Prigan

Jun 15, 20231 min read

sewing machine, hand holding buttons zippers and a book cover

Textile Waste - Deconstruction and Reconstruction

When teaching I make a point of only using upcycled and second hand fabrics. I teach deconstruction and reconstruction and use up every bit down to the threads so that there is no textile waste.

Sharon Prigan

Sep 26, 20223 min read

piles of vintage floral sheets and quilts

Not so classical quilting

I provide most of the fabrics, upcycled sheets and clothing but they have to bring a few personal pieces to incorporate into the quilt. They have 2 options, they can either stich a rag quilt with flannel batting, or a squares quilt with a fleece or flannel backing. Not so classical quilting.

Sharon Prigan

Mar 25, 20221 min read

Magic Square

I still use classical quilt techniques but modified to my style especially when I teach sewing. I use the log cabin block and call it a magic square when teaching sewing. The first project of students is to create a square and then a pillow cover from that square. They get to use scraps availabe in the scrap box that week to create their squares and pillow covers.

Sharon Prigan

Mar 21, 20221 min read