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Tea Towels

My mom gave me some of her old “vintage” tea towel calendars. I used some of them to make huipiles. Here’s Chiara modeling a tea towel huipil (unfortunately  she put it on backwards! Oh well). Soft Toy Dog called Shane made … Continue reading →

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Clare Galloway and making a dream come true.

Last year the platform I used for my blog unexpectedly bit the dust and I lost all of my archives.  Pity as a lot of interesting information is now sadly floating in cyberspace. For example, that of Clare Galloway. Clare … Continue reading →

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The needlework of Kagoshima City’s Nui Project

SHOBU, Fascinated by the creative attitude overflowing sensibility of people with disabilities in school solar Iris Society social welfare corporation is engaged in creative activities focusing on contemporary art, music, crafts and art The needlework of Kagoshima City’s Nui Project, an … Continue reading →

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Mend & Repair

In the past 100 years, the world population has quadrupled. This means we have more and more people using our limited natural resources.  So it’s only logical that we try to repair what we have instead of throwing things away. … Continue reading →

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Paint By Numbers and Muy Marcottage.

  The artist Carine Légeret is modelling “Paint By Numbers,” a Muy Marcottage dress. This dress was made from secondhand clothing found at the San Lorenzo outdoor market in Rome. The top part was a boring white summer dress that … Continue reading →

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