My third project is with fabric. I
made a ND blanket so I can give it to my boyfriend for his birthday. I found
that at first I really questioned my ability to do a project with fabric
because I have not really worked with fabric a whole lot. I got lucky and JoAnn Fabric had fleece
material on sale for 50% off! I bought 3 yards of the blue and 3 yards of the
yellow material. I cut 1 yard of both colors off so that I could project the ND
Logo on the material, trace it, cut it out, and then sew it to the opposite
color on the 2 yards that were remaining. This blanket took me about 4 hours in
total to make from start to finish. While I was making this blanket for my
boyfriend, his mom kept making comments about how awesome it was looking so I
made another trip to JoAnn Fabric and made another one for her to take to
Florida with her. I love these blankets not only are they beautiful they will
keep us warm this winter so it is practical.
The nice thing is that
I can teach a student that just because it is practical does not mean that it
is not art. Art can be something that you use and look at everyday; it does not
have to be just a painting. As long as it tells a story and means something to
them it is a piece of art.
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