In 2017, a Boonah community arts project happened with everyone invited to participate. One thousand flowers were created from old tshirts and were crafted into tree jumpers and entered into the Warwick Jumpers and Jazz Festival.
The beautiful tree jumpers come out at every World Environment Day Festival and look superb adorning the Outlook courtyard trees.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this wonderful project.
No great sewing ability is required. Here are the instructions, and some pics to guide:
To prepare strips
- Use adult sized tshirts
- Cut off hem and side seams
- Cut strips two inches wide side to side
To sew flowers
- Double thread is best.
- Starting with a couple of small stitches to secure thread, run a ½ inch gathering stitch along the centre of the strip.
- Gather fabric to approx half the original length.
- Secure with a couple of small stitches.
- Fold fabric in half along the gathering stitch.
- Roll around loosely, and sew to connect as you roll.
- Continue til the flower is formed and secure stitching at end.
.
No comments:
Post a Comment