Challenge # 13 The Message is in the Quilt Femina - latin for woman is a very broad topic that we will be focusing on for the next three challenges. I have decided to focus on how women throughout history have used textiles and fibre arts to communicate messages, in times of confinement, slavery and resistance.  Documentation throughout history has shown the use of textiles and fibres arts have been used as a method of recording the current events and sending messages to others. In the...

Challenge # 12 Femina - latin for woman is a very broad topic that we will be focusing on for the next three challenges. I have decided to focus on how women throughout history have used textiles and fibre arts to communicate messages, in times of confinement, slavery and resistance.  Documentation throughout history has shown the use of textiles and fibres arts have been used as a method of recording the current events and sending messages to others. For this first piece, I have focused on...

Challenge # 11 For my 3D project, I have taken a smock dress that I wore as a child, also worn by my children and grandchildren.  It was...