I’m counting down the days until spring arrives, but there are signs that it’s on the way! Daffodils in our front yard, planted for the fairies to make their homes. My younger daughter is a firm believer in fairies and I’m encouraging her.
And since I’m out of my mind, I agreed to do another auction project with my daughter’s first-grade class (they have two per class). I have been thinking a lot about batik lately and thinking of ways to make batik fabric without hot wax. Then I saw this lovely experiment from Jennifer Judd-McGee, which led me to this brilliant tutorial from That Artist Woman. So many creative people out there. I did this quick sample and will be making fabric designs with the kids next week. I’m thinking of a vertical patchwork wall-hanging that could also be used as a table runner, with some color inspiration from A Stitch in Dye. More on the project soon.
You are not crazy. You just love to share art, right? 🙂 This idea is absolutely wonderful. I love the patchwork look on A Stitch in Dye and wonder if it would be fun to have a group of kids each make their own fabric and then use the fabrics to make a patchwork pillow for each using one square from each project. That may not be ideal for your auction, but it would be fun for a small group like scouts or a team.