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Green Green Grass
So many things to create in green. When I create, sometimes I have a vision and a particular technique in mind, Other times I look at the...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 27, 20211 min read


Creating in Greens
It has taken me a while to get back in my groove again. Not all my fabrics and buttons are available yet. The first box that I began...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 24, 20211 min read


Saving tiny fabric scraps
People often ask me what I do with all those fabric scraps that I save and how do I store them. When I sort fabrics I first do so...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 23, 20211 min read


הפעלת תפירה
הבוקר יצאתי מוקדם - ארזתי מכונות תפירה, ארגז בדים, חוטים, מחטים וכמובן 2 בקבוקי כפתורים ותוכנית לימודים. כפתורים בכל צבעי הקשת כך שכל...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 21, 20211 min read


How Many Different Shades of Green are there?
Unpacking, slowly, after our move. I explained in a previous post how I sort. According to season, then color and also group the notions...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 14, 20211 min read


Artist at Work
Last week I taught a hand sewing class and I saw her sitting there with a glum face. So I asked her what was wrong and she said that she...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 10, 20211 min read


Sewing again with a vintage machine
Unpacking and again going through my machines and finding surprises. I have had this little vintage sewing machine for a number of years and decided that its time to sew with it.

Sharon Prigan
Jul 8, 20212 min read


In Pink
Don't make the mistake of underestimating me because I like pink. Pink is a many shaded color, it can be soft and fluffy, summery or very...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 5, 20211 min read


Slow Stitching Saturday
Every week should have a day of rest. Our designated one is Saturday, I don't always strictly keep to it but I do find that there is an...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 3, 20211 min read


Rust fabrics today
When the mood takes me I group fabrics together with notions. Cottons, fabric lace, strips of lace, zippers, cuffs, buttons, fabric yoyos and coordinating threads.
It is time consuming to build color portfolios. Building the color mix is therapuetical but takes a lot of time so once I have done that I group them together in plastic bags in color sections in the seasonal boxes.
Rust fabrics today

Sharon Prigan
Jul 2, 20211 min read


Using what we have
When opening the boxes this morning I found some t shirts that I had put aside to use for teaching. I decided many years ago to never buy...

Sharon Prigan
Jul 1, 20211 min read


Getting in touch again
I don't know how many of you have moved your studios and been unable to create for weeks on end so I don't know how many of you will be...

Sharon Prigan
Jun 29, 20211 min read


Moving and packing
A huge amount of sorting and packing. The packing wasn't really the problem I have a huge amount of used t shirts and t shirt pieces...

Sharon Prigan
Jun 26, 20211 min read


Scrap Sewing
The pieces in the scrap pile change every week as they are remnants from the week's sewing work

Sharon Prigan
May 7, 20211 min read


Infinite Ideas
Ever since showing them my black infinity dress they have been asking that I teach them how to make a dress and a shirt. Some of them...

Sharon Prigan
Apr 27, 20212 min read


Fabric Art Cuff
Most of the jewelry that I wear are pieces that I create myself and most of them are made from remnants left over from other projects....

Sharon Prigan
Apr 16, 20212 min read


Created Fabric Pouch
I teach how to make new fabrics from scraps. When sewing I end up having a lot of fabric remnants in a variety of sizes. In the past I...

Sharon Prigan
Apr 9, 20212 min read


Painting with fabric - Confetti quilting
Now to see what happened to those glued pieces. After giving it a good shaking so that the unglued pieces would fall off, this is the...

Sharon Prigan
Apr 7, 20212 min read


Painting with fabric
Today I decided to paint with fabrics using my version of the confetti quilting technique. Throughout the year I collect all the remants...

Sharon Prigan
Apr 6, 20212 min read


Sing the Blues
I taught a sewing class this week and whenever I do that I end up with a lot of remnants from all of their projects. These remnants...

Sharon Prigan
Mar 27, 20211 min read
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