Memory Quilt - Finished

I'm so proud of this one.
Thank you very much to Mel and Jessica for giving me the oportunity to make this for them and thier family.

Mel supplied me with photos which were scanned in. The images were digitally sepia toned in Photoshop and printed onto fabric. Each photo was placed as the centre of a crazy log cabin block.Lace was caught into the seams as the block were constructed.

After the quilt was sandwiched and quilted the dress was hand appliqued into the centre of the quilt and lace motifs were hand appliqued.

The back features a printed label, a hanging sleeve and a spare block which was made into a pocket on the back of the quilt for keeping specials items.

The binding is straight edge and put down by hand.

Artistic Snobber is alive and kicking

A good read can be found here:
what is Art? What is an Artist?

Textiles were seen very much as a craft until recently.

Where is the difference between art and craft?
Is a life well lived an art in itself?

Is the soap wrapped in a facewasher any less a creation of an artist than the work of a well known painter.
Has the creator of each piece taken pride and creative satisfaction from creating these pieces. Has thought and problem solving skills been used for both? Is each a unique piece created by a unique person?

I sat in a committee meeting where selection of "craft" was discussed for a local craft fair. Many of the committee members where unhappy to include the facewasher wrapped soap. These "crafters" sat in judgement of their fellow "crafters". It reminded me of the hens in my chook pen. They were establishing the peeking order of "craft" and those that didn't measure up where peeked to death.

Artistic snobbery is just as offensive as any other form of snobbery. It is used to exclude and demoralise.

To my shame I didn't stand up for the soap wrappers! It shows my lack of understanding of what art and craft really is.

Handdyed wool My first Attempt

And here it is crocheted up :)

New Soakers for Miss Lilly

I bought the Dandelion Dreamers Crochet Soakers pattern. With the Skooter Skort.
It was very quick to crochet up. The directions were very clear and easy to follow. I changed the waistband by adding an extra row. I think next time I make them I'll use a smaller hook in the soaker body as I like a tighter stitch.