Got a bit NSFW with this one. Started playing with "fat stars" too, cutting each roll into 5ths. I think it's a look I will incorporate into more of my garlands. This was a gift to my friend Anny.
The flowers were made from some recycled fabric I harvested from some slacks and an old work shirt using this tutorial: http://blairpeter.typepad.com/weblog/2006/03/fabric_flowers.html, which I found on pinterest back when I was pregnant and rabidly hunting for new craft projects. There's a gallery of some of the neat things people have done with that basic pattern here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/99879056@N00/pool/ including one project helping women in third world countries; check it out. Go make one, they're fun!
I went for a thin fabric which I knew would fray a bit and lay flat enough to display the reclaimed grocery-bag/print-stock message of "Carpe That Fucking Diem"
The fat 1/5 stars let me show off the alternating daisy/cartoon stripe design. I developed a new style for this one in which I paint the role first and then cut. I had been hesitant to try it, but this was sooooooooo much easier and let me play with a lot more pattern ideas.
A fun fact about the phrase Carpe Diem, translation; Seize The Day, while many use it to mean do what you feel like doing at the moment, it's original meaning had more to do with boldly making the best use of your time, particularly in preparing for the future.
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