Category: workshops
Testing techniques and methods for mite-making
Today we are testing the sewing and making methods in preparation for next week’s workshop when the children will be making mites and the game mat. Each small (larvae) mite will have 6 legs, whi... Read More
Uploading files to PrintmePretty
Its very exciting seeing the edited images all together. Here are a few that I particularly like:... Read More
Hours and hours spent editing drawings in Photoshop
the 50+ children’s drawings were scanned in and I have just completed editing them. Because they were pencil it’s been necessary to thicken and darken the lines and enhance the colours. They were ... Read More
Lying on the floor is an Invitation for the dog to play
We have just spent a giggling 5minutes with me lying on the floor whilst Ross drew around my silhouette as a pattern for the person mat. Unfortunately Pepper thought it was a game. Only a few rips i... Read More
More mites in the making!
Stef has also been mite-making, with a little help from her furry friends it seems.... Read More
Testing out cool-melt glue-gun on vinyl tiles
Yes this seems to work. So I have taken the plunge and ordered two and a load of glue sticks for the workshop in two weeks time. I don’t think they get hot enough to hurt anyone, and the glue ad... Read More
Half the mites are stuffed – but not seamed up yet
My thumbs ache after stuffing the mites this afternoon. They can wait and be sewn up later on; stuffing them will allow the seams to ease a bit and take a better shape over time. I used about 25% of... Read More
Cutting out scabies mites
The patterns are in a series of sizes so that the finished mites can be arranged and stories told in ‘families’. Drawn up in Ilustrator, they have been saved as pdf files, and if printed a... Read More
Designing the games mats
Its been great fun designing the mats. The format for making the mats is as follows; there are two classes of 26 children each and they will swap half way throught the workshop. So each class will wor... Read More- 2 of 3
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