Glaisdale

Wednesday 15th may 2013:

Glaisdale moor:

We parked up the car in Glaisdale hall lane:

From Glaisdale hall lane we walked up toward the moor.

If you wanted to you could walk all the way to Danby however this would take you a couple of hours:

As we were having a evening walk we walked for about an hour and a quarter then turned round and strolled back so 2 hrs 30 in total. We hadn’t intended to walk quite so far but as the kids were all enjoying running, jumping and playing we walked further than we’d planned.

We didn't end up gotting back to the car until about 7:30pm.

Afterwards as everyone was feeling tired and it was later than planned we drove to Whitby and got something for dinner (a very rare treat) which we

ate at Sandsend in the car park.

This proved by chance to be even more lovely than usual as we were stood chatting by the sea wall chatting and looking at the waves Christina noticed a black shape jumping out of the waves far out to sea and shout ‘quick look I saw a really big black thing with a big tail’

We all stood and carefully watched and sure enough she was right and all four of us saw more than one large black shapes far out to sea with big tail splashing in and out of the water we easily stood and watched for a good 15 mins.

My husband thought it could be sea lions or seals but it seemed too big for that, the kids were determined they’d seen whales so we decided to research it further when we got home it really was a magical sight with the sun setting on the water whatever they were.

After researching we still aren’t sure as to what we saw if it was August or September it would certainly correspond with other whale sighting around Whitby however we found so much interesting information about marine life around Whitby and Sandsend that we’re going to put it altogether an write a blog about it. Click on: history and interesting facts about local places: Whales and marine life Whitby and Sandsend.

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Dominique.

Fabric Socks- we loved this idea as a sewing project.

We found this idea online:

*Version 2*A tad easier, but you have to be sure you are using a super stretchy knit, this version tended to slip down a bit more without the support of the toe seam.




*Elastic alteration on either version*
This will keep the sock in place and prevent slippage if you are concerned about the sock falling down.


And lastly, for little little ones – you may want to consider adding a little puffy paint onto the bottom of your child’s sock. This will add the grip factor so your toddler doesn’t ‘fall down go boom’.








We loved this idea as a sewing project in our house with a large family everyone always seems to be short of socks they get lost or holes in them so this is a great idea we found online.

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Dominique.

Art to inspire sewing and textiles: 2.Claire Muir.

Artist Claire Muir  http://www.clairemuir.co.uk/about/

Clair Muir uses cold water dissolvable fabric and embroiders on to it using the sewing machine then dissolves it and strengthens the design using thin wire. She also adds beads and other embelishments.

This results in stunningly delicate looking designs which are made even more beautiful with sequins, shiny beads and thread:


       

      


       





This is a great sewing project and Christina liked the idea of making butterflies with this method and using them to decorate a sewing project it will be interesting to see what she comes up with.

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Dominique.

Art to inspire sewing and textiles: 1.Kaffe Fassett.

Artist Kaffe Fassett uses all sorts of mediums to work with: needlepoint, mosiac, patchwork, knitting, painting, rugs and creating fabric designs.
His work is very colourful and often full of pattern he has be quoted as saying 'be afraid of colour'.

Textiles designer Kaffe Fassett showing the sitting room of his house in Kilburn, north London, 'part living space and part workshop'.

He has done some stunning needlepoint work:

                  

                  

Kaffe fassett mosaics:

              

            

Kaffe Fassett patchwork:

        

                

Kaffe Fassett knitting:

               

             

Kaffe Fassett rugs:

          

           

Kaffe Fassett Fabrics:

                  

              

Kaffe Fassett has a vast array of work which is very colourful and varied I particularly love his flowers in all mediums.

Christina was recommended this artist by her godfather and we will be researching many other artists and textile artists to inspire sewing lesson projects and put together ideas from all different artists to allow Christina to be inspired to come up with her own unique textiles works.

Kaffe Fassetts website has more examples of his work and his biolography:

http://www.kaffefassett.com/Home.html

The next artist we will be looking at is claire muir...

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Dominique