Year One - Finished Soft Toy Cats! (Inspired by Laurel Burch)

The Year One students were very excited this week to take their finished soft toy cats home.  They did a great job of sewing them - hardly any needed extra sewing to patch up 'missed' spots.  The cats all looked wonderful and had such individual personalities.

    

Year One - Laurel Burch Inspired Cats (Part two)

The Year One's have had fun using edicol dye and fabric crayons to make a fabric version of a Laurel Burch cat.  I don't usually like to use templates but provided the outline of the cat to the students so that they would not be too small....even after using a template it is lovely to see the variety of different cats created.  We will be making these cats into our very own soft toys - today we started sewing...when they are completed I will post some photo's of the finished products.

 

 

 

 

 

Weaving - Pillows and bags

The Year Two project for this term was creating a piece of weaving which was then turned into a pillow or a bag.  First the students had to paint their fabric, then weave it with fabric strips in either cool or warm colours.  Finally they embellished their weaving by sewing on some sequins and/or beads.