søndag 23. januar 2011
Candy for the eyes
søndag 16. januar 2011
Aquarius
søndag 31. august 2008
Playtime...





tirsdag 22. januar 2008
More colours than green
I have now started working on the next City & Guild course. If you enter the DesignMatters' website, you will find the description under "Online Courses". I am now taking the "7922-03 Level 3 Patchwork and Quilting Certificate". Just as in the first course, we start by dyeing fabrics. Of all the things I have learned the last year, "Low immersion dyeing" is one of my favourites. On the picture you can see the fabrics during the dye-treatment in plastic bags and small containers.
After dyeing, it was time to rinse out excess dye. Rinse - and rinse - and rinse once more. The exciting part is when I unfold the fabrics before hanging them up to dry.
En ting har jeg lært - man vet aldri helt hvordan resultatet blir før stoffet er tørt! Ofte blir det lysere. Dette stoffet tørket jeg med strykejernet - høyre side er tørr, venstre side er ennå ganske fuktig!
One thing I have learned - you never know how the result will be until the fabric is dry. Quite often it will turn out much lighter than you thought it would! This fabric I ironed dry - the right side is dry, while the left side is still quite moist.
Jeg farget noen enfargede stoffer, ettersom det inngikk i oppgaven til studiet, men lekte meg også med to farger. Mor ymtet frampå om jeg kunne lage henne en ny veske i bursdagsgave - ser du noe stoff her du kunne tenke deg, mor?
The course activity was to dye plain colour fabrics, but I also had fun using two colours. My mother would like me to make her a new handbag for her birthday - do you like any of these fabrics, mom?
Og så hadde jeg mere farge til overs, og hadde brukt alt det hvite - da var det å gå i stoffhylla og se om det var noe jeg kunne farge over. Og det var det!
I had used all my white fabrics, and still had more dye solution left - so I looked at my fabric stash and found some that I could overdye.
torsdag 17. januar 2008
Using it all up...
I had som fabric left over from my final City & Guild assessment. Handdyed fabrics in beautiful shades that had to be made int something. They were cut into squares, and put together to make a rectangle. One of the lessons at the C&G course was to make chevron pattern out of fabric strips. I appliqued this on top of the rectangle, added a border, and quilted the runner. Black, pink... favourite colours :-)
søndag 13. januar 2008
Dragonflies
Først hadde jeg et stykke stoff som ble håndmalt. Gullprikkene er malt med Lumiere fra Jacquard.
First I handpainted a piece of fabric. The gold dots are made from Lumiere by Jacquard.
Deretter brukte jeg en ferdig kjøpt stensil fra Panduro for å få malt på øyenstikkere med Shiva paintstiks og tannbørste.
Then I used a stencil from Panduro to add the dragonflies, using Shiva paintstiks and a toothbrush.
Nå begynner stoffet å bli litt mer spennende!
The fabric is beginning to look better!
Stoffet ble quiltet på maskin, øyenstikkerne fikk perlepynt, og jeg påførte noen små biter av folie hist og her.
The fabric was machine quilted, the dragonflies got their beads, and I added small bits of foil.
Til slutt ble mappen sydd sammen. Som mønster brukte jeg en liten gaveeske med kort jeg kjøpte.
Finally the case was folded and sewn. The idea was taken from a small box with giftcards bought in a store.
onsdag 2. januar 2008
Inchies...

Og her er vegg-pryden. Lagde hull i hvert hjørne, og bandt de sammen med ståltråd. Originalt!
And here is the wall-hanging. I made a hole in each corner, and tied them together with a thin string of wire. Original!
lørdag 29. desember 2007
Rosa, rosa, rosa...
Utgangspunktet var 30 stk stoffbiter (PFD), 30 cm høyde og halv stoffbredde. Alle ble merket med nr. 1 til 30.
It was finally time to dye some fabric. I wanted to use one of the Colour Gradation kits I bought earlier this fall. As this is concentration work, it was neccessary to have plenty of time on my hand!
I started out with 30 pieces of PFD fabric, half fabric width, 30 cm long. Each of them was numbered 1 - 30.
Each piece of fabric was stuffed into a plastic glass marked with the same number as the fabric.
Fargepulver ble blandet ut etter oppskrift, og helt over stoffstykkene (takk, Kari, for hjelp til fotografering!)
The dye was mixed according to the recipie, and poured over the fabric. (Thank you, Kari, for helping with the pictures!)
Etter en time var alle fargene blandet i fin gradering, og så skulle det stå over natten.
After one hour I had mixed all the colours to the required gradation. Then I had to let it stand overnight. Etter å ha stått "lenge nok" skulle all overflødig farge skylles ut dagen etter. Det tok sin tid, det og! Her er alle stoffbitene etter de er skylt, men før de ble vasket.
The next day I rinsed out all the excessive dye. It was time consuming as well! Here you can see the fabric after rinsing but before washing.
Og så skulle jeg vaske det. Men ooops! Det sto en teskje såpe, ikke to spiseskjeer... det var rosa skum i hele vaskemaskina - og det kom ut av maskina...
Then I was going to wash the fabric. But - oh, it said one tsp soap, not 2 tbsp... the washing machine was filled with pink suds - coming out of the machine...
Det er alltid spennede å se hvordan resultatet blir når man farger stoff. Denne gangen ble det ikke helt som forventet - skulle bli mye mer blått enn dette. Hvor ble det av blåfargen? Jammen bra jeg liker rosa og lilla :-) Og jeg skal nok greie å finne på noe å lage av dette også.
It is always exciting to see how it turns out when dyeing fabric. This time it did not turn out quite as expected - it was supposed to be much more blue than this. What happened to the blue colour? It is a good thing that I like pink and purple. And I am sure I will think of someting to make from this batch.
Så var det dette med å sveve på en rosa sky, da. Dette stoffet må da være et godt utgangspunkt for en quilt med et romantisk tema :-)
In Norwegian, the expression "Cloud nine" is called a "pink cloud". This fabric will be a good basic for a romantic theme, don't you think?



