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T shirt Tunic
I look at the colors before recreating. My wardrobe is color coordinated so I decide which pieces of clothing I will wear this with. This will be part of my camo, khaki/olive set. I have enough short t shirts there so I decided to make a t shirt tunic this time

Sharon Prigan
Dec 5, 20202 min read


Mosaic Table Mat
This piece started out as an experiment. I had a very small amount of remnants in colors that I like from other projects and decided to...

Sharon Prigan
Dec 3, 20201 min read


Creating Art with Remnants Part 2
This is part 2 of creating art with remnants. When sorting my fabrics I sort according to color first and then size the piles according to longer wider strips, rectangles, squares, odd shaped pieces, circles and last of all the very narrow strips.

Sharon Prigan
Dec 2, 20202 min read


Creating Art with Remnants Part 1
I am going to share some of my thought process when I create fabric art. I am inundated with fabric and ideas. One of the "problems" that...

Sharon Prigan
Dec 1, 20202 min read


Children Sewing Quilts
One of the larger projects that the children learn to sew in their annual sewing class is a patchwork quilt.
About 3 months into the sewing year once they have mastered the machine and made a pillow, pouch and bag they take on a project that they will get much use from. They children are sewing bed sized patchwork quilts.

Sharon Prigan
Nov 23, 20202 min read


Wave landscape patchwork - children
He worked on his wave landscape patchwork this evening. Next week he learns to create binding and to bind his art work in the children class. He picked fabrics from the random remnants box just to learn the technique.

Sharon Prigan
Nov 21, 20201 min read


Mosaic Patchwork Hoodie Dress
I have been wanting a 3/4 length zippered hoodie with pockets for a very long time and decided - even though I had made that pact with...

Sharon Prigan
Nov 19, 20201 min read


A Study in Grey
"Grey or gray (American English alternative; see spelling differences) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 31, 20201 min read


Teaching children quilt art
I teach all of my tutorials to the children. Many of them surprise me, they catch on quicker than a lot of the adults. Children, I find,...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 26, 20201 min read


A Green Layered Outfit
I am really enjoying this monochromatic challenge. I am seeing exactly what I have in my modular closet. I began my layered outfit with a...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 24, 20201 min read


Purple Layer Day
Today is purple tie dyed layer day. 2 different shirts from Carol Kinney at https://www.facebook.com/HighHopesDyes remade into a bolero,...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 21, 20201 min read


Plum and Pink
Today is a pink and plum day. A scarf upcycled from mens button down shirts worn with a plum t shirt and plum jeans. A scarf is a chic...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 20, 20201 min read


Its going to be green today
Its becoming a bit cooler here which calls for layered dressing so today I chose greens. A short sleeve green t shirt with a shirt/jacket...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 18, 20201 min read


Deep Ocean
"And on this summer day, deep she dove, down, till she came upon buried treasure, a garden blue and green at one with the ocean . . ." G....

Sharon Prigan
Oct 17, 20201 min read


Charcoal
Temperatures are dropping so today's monochromatic look is charcoal. Its a color that is difficult to wear in warm weather. Long sleeve...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 17, 20201 min read


Purples again
Today's look is a refashioned sweatshirt. I loved the colors but not the cut so the baggy sweatshirt became a versatile little jacket . 3...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 16, 20201 min read


Andalusian Sunset
This is today's color of the day. An upcycled overdyed jeans jacket from the hands of the master Carol Kinney. While scrolling through...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 15, 20201 min read


Green today
Greens today. Scrub pants which I purchased a few years ago at a charity store. I still have to add welt pockets to them, I need to find...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 15, 20201 min read


Orange - Autumn
its getting colder at nights - time for layering in warm autumn colors. Purchased one more tie dyed shirt - again that was too large -...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 13, 20201 min read


Purple - the color of today
Today's monochromatic outfit. This purple tie dyed jacket was purchased a while back from Carol Kinney at https://www.facebook.com/HighHo...

Sharon Prigan
Oct 12, 20201 min read
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