I was feeling guilty about using paper sacks for my daily lunch,. So I made a tree-free lunch sack with some mojo of its own. I started with a plain muslin duck cloth commercial lunch bag, then made it "Fluffy-ized" with tiedye colors of fuschia and turquoise, chartreuse and cherry and lemon. Then I added a batik soy resist hemp peace sign, also hand-dyed. I beaded the seams with commercial bead fringe and a few scraps, then embrioidered a ribbing along both edges, adding ribbons to make it funky... and beads across the top. Ooh-la-la. It makes any food wonderful. And yes, I do toss it into warm water and hand-wash it, but don't run it thru a rigorous machine cycle.
For many art things that I make, I don't even try to sell. That is because the hours involved would make the cost so high that no one could afford them. So I just make and keep some pretty things for myself and to enhance our home. Or it gift it to family members.
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Friedrick and I are going to see Eric Clapton in concert on Tuesday March 12th, so stand by for a real-time review on Wednesday.
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