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What have you created lately?

Posted by alive @alive, May 30, 2025

I love working on creative projects! Over the years I have done gourd art, calligraphy, cross stitching, made purses and bags from recycled jeans and have created locker hooking tapestries.

This week I have been attending virtual arts and crafts workshops and have learned so much! Since I am working on a lot of projects made from recycled clothes, I especially enjoyed a workshop on making a landscape picture out of fabric. Here’s the piece I have just finished. It’s only 5x7, but it was a lot of fun making it.

I hope others will share their latest projects!

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | 1 day ago
In reply to @alive "@sueinmn that’s very pretty! What color is it going to be?" + (show)
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@sueinmn that’s very pretty! What color is it going to be?

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@alive Think greens, golds, reds, turquoise, some orange. But it is a patchwork of pieces of sari silks and other fabrics, so impossible to describe. The backside is a medium brown and the long hand quilting stitches are cream, which will blend beautifully with the old, crocheted lace edging I plan to use.
We have a large active arts community in far South Texas, anchored by a the 90 year old Upper Valley Art League. Membership is about an equal mix of Winter Texans and local people, with a gallery offering a new show each month as well as maker space and classes for all levels and ages. Members range in age from around 20 to the mid-80's, with some family members as young as 11 displaying very skilled work. We have painters of all kinds, photographers, sculptors, metal workers, beaders and jewelry makers, glass and woodworkers and fiber arts from traditional quilting to highly original. All only 4 miles from my tiny winter home.

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zenren14 | @zenren14 | 23 hours ago
In reply to @alive "@zenren14 very well said! I work mostly with donated denim and cotton clothes and make bags..." + (show)
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@zenren14 very well said! I work mostly with donated denim and cotton clothes and make bags out of them. I get them at Goodwill, their last stop before going into landfill. I like giving them a second life. It’s very different from their original designation, but unique and beautiful.

As a leukemia survivor, I also see myself as someone who has gone through the rough process of transformation. I’m not the same person as I was before my illness and deal with limitations, but I’m very content with my second life!

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@alive

admirable patchwork

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alive | @alive | 21 hours ago
In reply to @sueinmn "@alive Think greens, golds, reds, turquoise, some orange. But it is a patchwork of pieces of..." + (show)
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@alive Think greens, golds, reds, turquoise, some orange. But it is a patchwork of pieces of sari silks and other fabrics, so impossible to describe. The backside is a medium brown and the long hand quilting stitches are cream, which will blend beautifully with the old, crocheted lace edging I plan to use.
We have a large active arts community in far South Texas, anchored by a the 90 year old Upper Valley Art League. Membership is about an equal mix of Winter Texans and local people, with a gallery offering a new show each month as well as maker space and classes for all levels and ages. Members range in age from around 20 to the mid-80's, with some family members as young as 11 displaying very skilled work. We have painters of all kinds, photographers, sculptors, metal workers, beaders and jewelry makers, glass and woodworkers and fiber arts from traditional quilting to highly original. All only 4 miles from my tiny winter home.

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@sueinmn your jacket color combination sounds beautiful. I have never used sari silks, but can imagine how much they will add to your jacket!

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kayraymat | @kayraymat | 19 hours ago
In reply to @alive "@zenren14 very well said! I work mostly with donated denim and cotton clothes and make bags..." + (show)
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@zenren14 very well said! I work mostly with donated denim and cotton clothes and make bags out of them. I get them at Goodwill, their last stop before going into landfill. I like giving them a second life. It’s very different from their original designation, but unique and beautiful.

As a leukemia survivor, I also see myself as someone who has gone through the rough process of transformation. I’m not the same person as I was before my illness and deal with limitations, but I’m very content with my second life!

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@alive
"a second life," what a great way to put it. At one time I showed a film on creativity as part of a class & the memorable line to me was
"creative people look at one thing & see another " ...meaning possibilities
of course.
I like to buy skirts and make scarves out of them as really they are just
a few yards of fabric that is easily disassembled. = FUN!
Hurray for the Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc! K

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quilterfingers | @quilterfingers | 16 hours ago

quilterfingers here.
So happy to see all the sewing artists. I have dabbled for 20 some years as U can see from my name.
We just had a mtg on making jackets out of quilts and tablecloths. It is the new thing! It is a great way to cope.
more later

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