Scrap Happy April 2022

the horn bag (tsunobukuro) started last month is finishedI lined it with more indigo dyed cotton thinking it would make the bag stronger

and finished the top with handmade bias binding

traditionally the bags are not lined

  I should have known that the Japanese, who have been making and using them for generations, are smarter than me

the lining pulls up when taking things out (imagine the mess with rice or beans) and now I am thinking of a way to secure it

oh well, it is good to “live and learn”

and a bonus – the cloth I often use as a background when photographing is woven rags made 20 years ago and still looks new

today I’m starting page #13 of the Ann Wood’s inspired 100 day challenge – that’s day 61 – over the half way mark

celebrating Spring – page #8

and just finished

page # 12 – pockets with some very special scraps

from the top – a sample from my Kawashima classmate Flora Ito, the weft is her handspun shifu paper thread

below it is my shifu woven scrap

and finally –  silk, hand reared, reeled and kakishibu (persimmon) dyed by Bryan Whitehead at the Japanese Textile Workshop

the crocheted piece is an orphan from my Mother’s box of lacy bits

and

finally a quote – sorry, I don’t know who wrote it

“Art washes from the soul the Dust of everyday Life”

update — thanks Jule  newboudoir.wordpress.com   the quote is from Pablo Picasso

Here are the links for everyone who joins ScrapHappy from time to time (they may not post every time, but their blogs are still worth looking at).

Kate, Gun, Eva, Sue, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy,  Tracy, Jill,
Claire, Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Claire, Jean (me), Jon, Dawn, Jule, Gwen,
Bekki, Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera,
Nanette, Ann, Dawn 2, Bear, Carol,
Preeti, Edith, Debbierose and Viv