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Whenever I teach a class I create samples of my own and this week I taught fabric flowers so I created my version of fabric flowers - where there are flowers there is hope.

I ended up with a large pile of elements for my southern landscape piece. At this stage I would normally iron all the elements flat, but this time chose not to. I want the landscape to have a rugged, rough uneven look

I had said that I would create until either ideas or fabrics ran out. I don't know when that will happen. Scrap fabrics have a magical way of multiplying. It doesn't seem to matter how much fabric I use when sewing there is always an endless supply which seems to grow larger rather than smaller.

Never underestimate the power of those with sewing machines. A sewing machine is a magical tool, the knowledge of how to use it gives people superpowers.

There are many forms of meditation. The ones that I find therapautic are when I create. Doing repetetive relaxing motions. First of all choosing beads or buttons. Tactile sensations. Round objects, smooth textures. and the colors this time are soothing. Ocean, sand and sea shades.

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

I wanted to create a rustic, bohemian piece of fabric with lots of texture. I first created textured strips,and then I wove some pieces and sewed some pieces. A tactile and colorful quilted patchwork piece depicting the terrain down south in Israel.

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.

This is the mood that I wanted, A landscape patchwork combat moonlight piece.

This time it was quite a challenge, some of the fabric pieces stretched a lot as I was curving the waves and I had to iron quite agressively to flatten the puckers but it was worth it as the end result is what I wanted and its quilted!

More progress but its already night time so I will leave the quilting for tomorrow as I want to see the true colors and for that I need daylight.

For this project, different from some of my others, the iron works over time. The ironing is the difference between a professional and an amateur looking piece. When I have to iron and use steam a lot I prefer to iron outside as there is fresh air and a breeze and its healthier. I had hoped to finish it today but it started raining and it was too cold to continue working outside. So tomorrow is another day.

The first piece in the series that I am creating around combat colors I will call The Remains.

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.

It is as though there was a reason that I had kept all of these remnants for the colors of my now.

We are going to work on practical items in combat colors next week. Key rings and zippered pouches which they are going to give their brothers and sisters. I decided to create some pieces of my own before the lesson. I too am angry and heartbroken and working on my art is what helps me.

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 wanted to create my vision of a sand to sea to twilight sky of Israel and here it is .

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.