ican@7 gallery, Port Kembla

ican@7 have a gallery/selling space at the Redpoint Artist Complex. There is a new show every month, with an opening on the 2nd Saturday of the month, from 2pm to 5pm. All the artist studios are open, and there are also some art markets held on the lawn. A great organic cafe has also recently opened on the corner. Each month some of the ican members hold a special day with different activities. In September it is a social craft day - see the flyer below.

Check out the ican@7 gallery - you never know what great things you're going to see!

Garment reconstruction class

I've been thinking a bit lately about teaching some easy sewing skills. I thought I would start with creating kids clothes from other garments and 'thrifted' items. So on the weekend I held my first/trial class for a friend and her 2 sisters. It was a fabulous day, made even more special as the sisters hadn't had a day together, without kids, for a good 4 years or so!

Here are the gorgeous sisters sewing madly:

Crazy me, I forgot to get some photos of the before and after what the girls made! But Anita & her boy Oliver came past the other day, and he was wearing his new favourite outfit:

Oliver's very sexy long shorts were a short sleeved button up shirt in a past life. His wonderful shirt was the bottom section of a favourite kaftan that had been cut off a while ago. I love how this shirt fits & have fallen in love with the pattern - it was drawn from an Enid Gilchrist pattern. A few little tweaks and it will be perfect!

The girls gave me some great tips for my classes. The best thing is that they were so excited by the whole process of re-construction (I heard one sister went home at the end of the day via an op-shop...then visited another the next day!). Looks like we may even be doing a whole weekend some time soon!