sábado, 6 de agosto de 2016

Winter-Invierno

So, it seems that this winter will be cold after all. I have been thinking for a few years that I would like to make a quilted curtain for the french doors in my dining room. The doors are double glazed, but I was keen to have recycled doors.The result is a set of interesting doors, double glazing and lots of draughts. But they have been painted shocking pink and I love them.

Parecer ser que este va a ser un invierno frio. Llevo anios pensando que me gustaria hacer una cortina edredon para mis puertas francesas en el comedor. Las puertas tienen vidrio doble pero queria que las puertas fueran recicladas. El resultado son puertas interesantes, con vidrio doble y muchas corrientes de aire. Pero, las he pintado fucsia y me encantan.

In any case I have finally made a quilted curtain-En todo caso, por fin he hecho la cortina edredon.


Right on the edge, it is possible to see the shocking pink.Al borde se puede ver la pintura fucsia.

I have made a few decisions around this, for example I have chosen to add some hooks to the door frame. This way there is no rod. I wanted to use a stripped branch instead of a commercial rod but it hasn't worked out yet. I like the hooks. I have added three loops to the curtain. During the day it's folded on the bench in the dining room. Then when it starts to get dark I hang it. I love that little ritual. It may not last. I might just get bored with it.

Algunas decisiones tomadas, son que por ejemplo he colocado ganchos en el marco de la puerta. No hay una vara de cortina. Queria usar una rama sin corteza de algun arbol, pero todavia no me sale.

Another thing that I struggle with and I have done for the last five years or so is the sewing machine. All that noise and speed. I just don't feel that comfortable. At the same time I don't want to close that door. So I made myself use the sewing machine which meant that the top was sewn in a day, an afternoon really. But the quilting was done by hand, I enjoy that. Perle cotton and quite big stitches.I've mixed up lots of colours.

Otro de mis probles, por mas o menos 5 anios, ha sido el uso de la maquina de coser. Todo el ruido y la velocidad. Simplemente no me siento tan comoda. Al mismo tiempo no quiero prohibirme cosas. Me force a usarla e hice la cortina con la maquina, me demore una tarde. La costura de las tres capas la he echo a mana. Ese paso me encanta. He usado algodon perle y puntos grandes. He mezclado muchos colores.


I particularly love this section. The slight change in colour. All the fabric I already had. I love seeing what comes out of what is already there.

Me encanta esta seccion. Los cambios sutiles de color, Use la tela que ya tenia. Me encanta ver los resultados cuando tengo que usar lo quer ya tengo.
Mi pland is to add lots of surface embroidery during the day and during summer time. This will probably take a few years. Mi plan es bordar mucho en la superficie de la cortina durante el dia y tambien en el verano, que es cuando no la colgare.Probablemente me demorare unos anios.

lunes, 1 de agosto de 2016

Progress-Progreso

I have been making but my camera wasn't working, I expect that is a common blogging sentence, I have continued with my panels. I think I have finished the first one. I say feel because I look back at some of my projects and they seem rushed. So I'm trying to let things rest to see if they really are done.

He estado haciendo cosas pero mi camera no habia estado funcionando. Sin duda una queja comun en el mundo de los blogs. He estado avanzando con mis paneles. Creo que he termindo el primero pero no estoy segura. Cuando observo mis projectos completados, tengo la sensacion de que los apure para sentir que avanzaba y completaba proyectos pero ahora creo que no. Estoy probando un descanso antes de declararlos acabados, para ver que es lo que los trabajos mismo deciden.


Y have also been working on this second cloth. There is so much to be working on and this will probably take a few months. Y like this so far. It's so quiet, it has allowed me to hear myself. There are a few things to work through in life and I need some meditative work to do that.

Tambien he estado trabajando esta tela. Hay tanto en lo que enfocarse, esto de seguro que me demora algunos meses. De momento me gusta. Es tan callada, me permite oirme a mi misma. Hay cosas que procesar en la vida I para poder hacerlo, yo que necesito es trabajo meditativo.

And close up Y de cerca


The cloth is from a very see through second hand skirt I bought and never wore. It's thin and light.
La tela es de una falda muy transparente que me compre de segunda mano y nunca me puse. Es delgadita y muy liviana.

martes, 26 de julio de 2016

Nuevo-New

I am working on a new series of small textiles at the moment. Hand stitching them as it gives me time to think and process difficulties, thoughts, barriers. I am using fabrics I already have as I don't want to buy new fabrics and trying to keep the work pared down.

Acabo de empezar una nueva serie de textiles pequenos. Estoy cosiendo a mano; siento que me da tiempo de pensar y procesar mis sentimientos, pensamientos, barreras. Estoy usando telas que ya tenia. No quiero comprar mas y creo que eso ayuda a simplificar mi trabajo.


And a close up- De cerca

domingo, 24 de julio de 2016

The Beginning-El comienzo

After thinking about this for a very long time, I have decided to give it a go again. I spend my life creating and making things, a family, a meal, a quilt, a jumper, a short story and I realise that this is my path in life. A path that is more beautiful when its shared. I want it to be about what is really important to me and that is my language, so it will be in Spanish my first language and in English, my second language.

There will be errors which I hope will be overlooked, grammar, technology. I'm doing this alone, trying to record what I make and to remember the path walked. After that comes cloth, textiles, wool, threads and making something with them. This blog will give me the space to think about these things and what I want to make.

He estado pensando por ya bastante tiempo en lo que planeo hacer, si bloguear, si no y esta conversacion continua en mi mente. Creo que hoy he decidio empezar. Lo que hago en mi vida es crear, cosas, una familia, una comida, un edredon, una chompa, un cuento corto y me doy cuenta que este es mi camino en la vida. Un camino que es mas lindo compartir. Aqui quiero incorporar lo que es importante para mi. Quiero que este blog sea sobre lo que es importante para mi,mi idioma, por eso en castellano, mi lengua natal y en ingles porque es mi nuevo idioma.

Van a haber errors, de gramatica, de todo, de tecnologia. Estoy haciendo esto sola, tratando de grabar lo que voy haciendo y no olvidarme del camino. Despues viene lo que mas me atrae, los textiles, tela, lana, hilos y crear usandolos.Este blog me dara el espacio para pensar sobre las cosas que quiero hacer.