Shesays has hit Australian shores. And in doing so, a designated forum for women with a creative spark has been created
The inaugural event saw Claire Waring share highlights from her business, Craft Shmarft (). Claire’s talk got me thinking. Like Claire, I love to tinker away on randohttp://craftschmaft.com/m craft activities. Yet I get frustrated when they are too complex. I get bored if they take too long to complete. Whilst I enjoy the creative process, I thrive on seeing an end result, and soon!
Claire’s business is based on sock toys. Her ever-growing collection grows as she continues to experiment with simple and fun sock formations. Claire inspired me to pursue my ‘sewing bliss’. But I wanted a simple and fun creative experiment. I wanted my own ‘sock toy’ to tinker with. And so the patchwork pillow idea was born.
Having raided a second hand clothes store at Kirribilli markets, I got my hands on two skirts that screamed patchwork potential. They had random laces, sequences and mix-matched patterns galore!
The fun part was designing which lace section would compliment what mix-match pattern. The challenging part was actually fitting it all together. And this part definitely pushed my sewing skills further than I have ever dared.
Three hours, and 14 inter-connected patches later, I had my pillow. One side of the pillow was definitely messier than the other – I like to think that it offers the it a bit of character!
Possibly the best part of this creative splurge was passing the pillow onto my mum for her birthday. It now sits of her ‘creative chair’ – so I’m sure creative energy will flow between mother and daughter.
My appetite for simply and fun sewing experiments has been re-awakened. I have some black and pink polka dot fabric that’s just begging to be experimented with.
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