The next meeting of the Small Japanese Projects group is on 28 February, from 10am-noon, in the CQ room at Cook Community Hub.
The Small Japanese Projects interest group is for members interested in all things Japanese. Each month (or over two months) you will work on a small project, lead by a member of the group.
The meeting begins with a show and tell of what you have made, purchased or done during the previous months. It is always great to hear about your activities.
Our project this month will be fabric and paper beads.
The image is of a necklace made by convenor Karen. It has beads made from Japanese cotton fabrics, paper beads made from old sheet music and two striped commercial beads, all threaded and knotted onto some bamboo cord.
Requirements:
- assorted fabric strips, cut into 1/4’’, 1/2’’, 3/4’’ and 1’’ widths and about 6’’ to 8’’ long. No fabric that frays too easily.
- paper strips cut the same widths but maybe about 12’’ in length. Paper from glossy magazines work really well, nothing too flimsy. Karen will bring some sheet music..
- some commercial beads if you want to add variety.
- linen, bamboo, cotton cord. Not too thick as it has to fit through a hole the size of a sate stick.
- scissors
- all purpose glue suitable for paper and fabric
- a few sate sticks ( I will bring extra) to wrap the paper and fabric around
- a piece of baking paper to protect the tables from glue
- a piece of template plastic or equivalent about 3’’ by 1’’
The meeting is followed by a drop-in until 4pm. The English Paper Piecing (EPP) group meets as part of the drop-in.