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Father's Day

Posted by Janine Morris on Friday, September 2, 2011, In : community weaving

Tomorrow is the day we say thanks and give love to all the dads out there. To celebrate this in Penguin, there will be general joy and happiness in the 'Paris' end of town. Shops will be thrown open and children welcomed with everyone catered for. Look for the jumping castle kids!

I will be providing for FREE a Bunting making table. We will be repurposing magazines (kindly donated by the Penguin Newsagent and Nest) together with string, staples and stickers, into fabulous mini bunting. Make ...

Busy busy busy

Posted by Janine Morris on Friday, November 12, 2010, In : current projects

It has been a busy month of working and creating. An extension on my string project has allowed some new projects to start. I have been busily creating new denim wrap skirt designs (i have not yet mastered the digital technology needed for the Dolly skirts, but i'm nearly there!!). I hope to have a few ready soon.

Pam Thorne and I have being playing at the Makers Workshop, Burnie. I have a great love for nests, here are some i have picked up, one from the beach.

We have created our own nes...
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We won...Dresses on display for June at Makers Workshop, Burnie, Tasmania

Posted by Janine Morris on Friday, June 4, 2010, In : Paper dress

Pam Thorne - Paper people sculpturer and myself entered into the Burnie City Council 'Paper Dress' competion. We went all out with a life size ball gown. It was made with recycled paper mill paper, handmade 'Creative paper' paper (Handmade paper factory called 'Creative Paper', located in new Makers workshop in Burnie, Tasmania), recycled paper dress patterns and lots of glue, and painted with tea. I am pleased to say that we won our section -
Best group design

Pam Thorne at work.
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Thoughts for April

Posted by Janine Morris on Saturday, April 10, 2010, In : Recycling

Take a look at all the things you currently recycle. Look at them again and see if you can use them again before you recycle.
Perhaps you have a collection of buttons you use for sewing. Those empty glass jars would be perfect. Perhaps you could help the kids sort them into colours on a rainy day.

What about your envelopes and junk mail? You could put those in a bucket with water and make paper pulp. With this you can make your own paper, or even sculpture with glue and wire.

We all have so muc...