patchwork display

 

 

on a windy winter sunday morning

the girls and women from our church,

that participate in the sewing project,

displayed their work from the last few years

 

we start with their patchwork "sheets" 

which was their project for 2011

 

it started with applications

they choose from existing examples

and asked for different aplications

which we designed together

 

after that, they put the squares together

and sewed everything together by hand

 

there is no batting in between the layers

1. i don´t know where to get that here

2. way to warm when you want to use the patchwork as a bedcover

3. if availabe here it is NOT affordable for the women

 

i decided to use material

they can afford

and easy to find

 

if they want to start something themselves

it needs to be possible for them to start

without spending a lot of money

 

for the applications we used 

sewing threat which they doubled or tripled

 

12 rolls of sewing threat (different colours)

you can get at the local market for a bit more than €1 less than US$ 2

(turns out 10 eurocent per roll)

 

 Anabela, Helena, Esperança, me, Loloca, Sifa, Aticha, Joana (and Deborah), Rabia

 

i bought  a few capalanas (local fabric)

and we used scrap pieces and old clothes

 

after piecing the blocks together

and adding the back

they started quilting

with embroidery

 

 

proud ladies

 

all of their work is for themselve

and not for sale

 

but recently the girls started

on their very first order

 

soooooooo

exciting

now they shall earn some money

with their work

 

later more

about the other things they made

 

enjoy your weekend!