The Crazy Quilt Journal

I participated in the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2012 and I decided that the crazy quilt block made each month would accompany and wherever possible highlight the events which were my life in 2012.

All the pages were stitched into a fibre journal of 2012. I recycled fabric from laundry bags for the pages and the fabric of a pair of lightweight denim trousers was used to make the cover. Cardboard from cereal boxes were sandwiched between the pages to give better shape to the pages and most of the fabrics and embellishments were from my stash or my mum's stash. Its amazing how much you can find in your home if you set out to look around.  

The pages and the covers have a raw edge.The raw edge has become a signature of my work. It features in my scarves too.

The page for July.

This one is for August. I tried to keep up with the TAST challenge in an informal manner and incorporated a stitch I found interesting into the Crazy Quilt block or the journal page from time to time.

September.

I've started making fibre books in 2008 and the Crazy Quilt Journal Project counts as my fifth fibre book.

Each fibre book is unique and has a special meaning for me. 

There will be yet another fibre book created in 2013. Its going to be a fibre book page swap based on a theme which I hope will start next month.

Here are the links to the individual pages in the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2012 if you'd like a more detailed look.

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October, November, December 2012

The Take it Further fibre book, the two volumes of Take a Stitch Tuesday and the fibre book on Leaves  are on show at Madder Moon in Singapore through February so if you happen to be there go leaf through these fibre books.

Madder Moon, 16 Ann Siang Road, 01-01, Singapore 069696.

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Madder Moon

                               

I have news folks. Exciting news about Madder Moon opening in Singapore at the end of the month to promote Indian contemporary design and my work is part of the first curated show.

Should you happen to be in Singapore on the 30th of November, save the date and do try and make time to go to 16, Ann Siang Road. My fibre books as well as my hand embroidered scarves from the Maps and Travel collection will be on show along with work of heavy weights from the fields of product design, lighting, ceramic design, film and animation and art and illustration.

Read about Madder Moon in the press here and here. 

I'm going to take a short blog break to be with family. Will be back with more about Madder Moon. 

Traverse

I've not been very active in this space but I've been stitching feverishly so I can have the scarves and fabric books ready for Madder Moon and I'm happy to report I'm almost there - a tag here,some last minute photography and an email there and I should be all set.  

The last scarf - Traverse.

Traverse is a cotton silk scarf with sequins and embroidery.

Hope your weekend is fantastic, Id Mubarak to all those who are celebrating. 

CQJP March

March is spring in the garden city, all the trees burst into bloom. There's yellow, pink and violet of the jacaranda. So the colours and forms of flowers came to bloom on the crazy quilt part of my journal for March.  The printed patch is from my sister's shirt and I went out and got myself some floral laces, two of which I used and I've included the Barred Chain stitch and Running stitch which were two of the stitches in March for TAST.   

 That's a look at the CQJP and the journal half of the double spread for March.  

The journal page for March.
I spent a week with my parents so I could be there for my mum's birthday. Winning the Cleosara giveaway on An Indian Summer was exciting.
Great sense of achievement in being able to make super soft idlis. I was given this little steamer by a women's group in Kerala because I wanted to steam my natural dye experiments.From rice idlis I've moved on to Ragi idlis.
The first quarter of 2012 is over and I have three CQJP pages done so I've decided to start assembling the book.  Shall show you the progress in my next post.