He leaves the sewing machine and runs to the garden. Feels the sun on his face for the first time, his lungs full of air
the wind blowing softly on his ears while he slides, and decides that he wont ever be a piece of fabric again…
(based on a model by Hannelore Mish for “Kuscheltiere Selbst Gemacht”)
They lived scared, afraid of being caught by hungry Xmas mouths looking for a ginger flavour.
Eles viviam assustados, com receio de serem apanhados por bocas de Natal famintas de sabores a gengibre.
they kept hiding and changed their colours, a total disguise in an effort for not being seen
mantiveram-se escondidos e mudaram de cores, de forma a disfarçarem-se e não serem reconhecidos
one day they climbed to the top of the garden
um dia treparam até ao topo do jardim
and the rainbow came and took them away, to a place free of xmas mouths looking for a ginger flavour!
e o arco-iris chegou e levou-os para um sitio livre de bocas de Natal à procura de sabores a gengibre.
It has been difficult to end my task! the “quilt wannabe” lies, on one bed – unfinished, in quite a provocative manner. It is getting too big and too heavy and I am not sure about the combination of materials.
I´ve been checking some sites, checking other peoples unwise ideas on quilting but couldn’t find anything similar.
Is that good? I suppose it is. Or maybe not. Yes it is, not it’s not. It is. Not…
But the past weekend was rather nice. Gaetano joined us, from Italy, and designed some beautiful trims that are on the way to the fabric. I´promise to show it soon. I like them. And I liked spending time with him.
Next time we will work on the softies. There was an interesting argument between the 2 of us. He can not understand why an object with no utility should be produced. And even the squid he designed long time ago, and that I have always considered a funny doll and thought of ways of making it with that purpose on mind, well, I’ll make it alright, but we had to compromise – it is now going to be a sleeping bag!!
This is just one example of why this blog was named “the big craft disaster”…
I have decided to play with old jeans and wool.
Mixing knitting and quilting, and a bit of recycling.
I am cutting uneven pieces of jeans and knitting uneven pieces of yarn and just playing with them on the table before feeling brave enough to sew them together.
The original idea was to make a bed spread out of jeans pockets! Re-using all the old jeans that we have around each messy closet.
Well it did not work! But I haven´t given up on that idea.
I gave myself the deadline of Wednesday to get this done. Let’s see what comes out!!!
The Great Craft Disaster brings together all attempts, albeit well intentioned, in constructing something varying from outstanding success to the most redundant weakness.
Here you may also find the most marvelous buttons made in South East Asia; and if we’re in a good mood we may even sell them to you. Having though this out better, we might as well sell everything that appears
here, of course that is if someone feels like making up the packages and spending hours in line at the post office.
This page is an experiment, which means that if we reach the conclusion that no one visits our page and that the products presented provoked little or no interest, we may also decide that the best is to continue our endeavour and to gloriously contribute to the Portuguese private initiative fiasco. We are counting on you… or not!
The Great Craft Disaster reúne todas as tentativas, bem intencionadas, de construir qualquer coisa e que pendem entre o sucesso estrondoso e o fracasso redundante.
Aqui podes também encontrar os botões mais maravilhosos feitos no Sudeste Asiático. E, se estivermos bem dispostos, poderemos até vendê-los. Pensando bem, poderemos até vender tudo o que aqui aparecer, dependendo é lógico de nesse dia alguém estar com disposição para fazer embrulhos e passar horas nas filas do correio.
Esta página é experimental, o que significa que se chegarmos à conclusão de que ninguém aqui vem e que os produtos apresentados provocaram pouco ou nenhum interesse, poderemos então decidir que o melhor é levar mesmo isto para a frente e contribuir com toda a glória para o fracasso da iniciativa privada Portuguesa. Contamos contigo. Ou não!
I like buttons! I like fabrics! I like patterns!
I like the frustation of not knowing how to put them together!
I like needles and the wool!And don’t know more than two types of stitches!
I like not knowing much!
And trying to be creative with it all! I like to look at what I have made!
And the feeling of pleasure one gets when these things leave our hands. And would love that all things in life were so Plain and simple.
Like tea in little packets with scones and jam.
Gosto de botões, gosto de tecidos, gosto de padrões, gosto da frustração de os não saber combinar. Gosto de agulhas e lãs e não sei mais do que dois tipos de pontos. Gosto de não saber muito e de tentar ser criativa com isso. Gosto de olhar para o que fiz e sentir o prazer que se sente quando as coisas nos saiem das mãos e queria que tudo na vida fosse assim. Plain and simple! Como chá em pacotinhos e scones com compota.
Este blog está em construção e é coisa para durar uma semana ou até quem sabe nunca ser terminado.
entretanto, se estiverem entediados, recomendamos um blog fantástico da concorrência chamado BLOGUI!
até breve!
This Blog is under construction. It may take us a week or God knows, it will never be finished!
But if you are kind of bored, you can always check BLOGUI! We heard its fabulous!
See you soon!
The Great Craft Disaster 