Work in Progress: Memory Blanket

Memory Blanket is a 'quilt' made from squares of card or paper - chopped up artwork, with a memory written on the back of each square. I'm stitching it together with gold thread. I like the way quilts hold memories, often made from scraps of fabric, meaningful or leftover. I think this is kind of a literal interpretation of a quilt.

I began it when Feets was about 1 and I'd come to the end of the diary I had for her. Her squares are blues and greens. When Bean was about 1, her achievements joined the blanket too - they are pinks and purples. And memories for both children are white.

It's a work in progress and I don't know when I'll finish it, but the other day I decided I had enough squares to lay them out together and see how they looked. Sadly the stitching is far from finished, but one thing I look forward to seeing is how the blanket hangs, for example over a chair, in all it's angularity.

Plastic bags, a child and a lampshade

A little break from these pages; a little break too from the creative journey ... but still, a lot to share, if I can only find the time!

We moved house last summer, and I took the opportunity, finally, to share my love of plastic bags with Feets, as we made a lampshade for their new bedroom.  It was a brilliant project for the two of us, as we could both cut plastic bags, without rules or expectations of the shapes, and when she was weary of that, I cut and she stuck.  It's a quick, fast activity.  We ironed it together - a bit of wow, a bit of danger ... Then one evening, I finally managed to sew the thing to an old frame and voila!  She was pretty pleased.