Pačvork / Patchwork

Ako čitate ovaj blog, pretpostavljam da ste i sami kreativni i da volite da uposlite svoje ruke praveći najzanimljivije i najmaštovitije stvarčice. Iz ličnog iskustva znam da se kreativni ljudi ne zaustavljaju samo na jednom hobiju, već šire svoj opus gde god da se ukaže prilika. 

Primera radi, moja dobra drugarica DIE je talentovana za šivenje, šije sve od garderobe do tašni, a kartonom je toliko fascinirana da pravi fenomenalan nameštaj od njega! Magda će od tkanine napraviti nakit kakav nikad niste imali prilike da vidite. Don pravi nakit koji je jednako intrigantan kao i njegova garderoba. Liza Jane je umetnica, predaje likovno u školi, a ponekad će oslikati i lično sašiti svoju garderobu.

If you read this blog, I assume you're creative as well and that you like to keep your hands busy making the most interesting things. From my own experience, I know that creative people don't limit their opus to a single craft, but they spread their knowledge in every direction they can. 

As an example, a good friend of mine, DIE, is a talented seamstress; she sews everything from clothes to bags, and on top of that she's so fascinated with cardboard that she makes an amazing furniture from it! Magda would make an original jewelry from fabric, I'm sure you won't see something like that anywhere. Don's clothes is as intriguing as his jewelry. Liza Jane is an artist, she teaches kids at school, and from time to time she'd paint and make her own clothes.

Moj alternativni hobi (tačnije, jedan od njih) je pačvork. Fascinacija ovom tehnikom se javila pre par godina, kada sam sasvim slučajno na netu našla slike fenomenalnih pokrivača. Budući da sam već imala pozamašno iskustvo sa šivenjem, pravljenje šara od milion delića mi nije delovalo previše komplikovano, ali je izazov bio napraviti zanimljivu šaru. I tako sam počela da se igram sa kvadratićima, trouglićima i rombovima, a evo i rezultata tog igranja: prva dva pačvorka sam napravila u istim tonovima, za našu vikendicu na selu, treći pokrivač je bio poklon za mog dobrog druga, a četvrti je ostao nedovršen, i čak sam ga izgubila tokom selidbe iz jednog u drugi stan, mada mi je najlepši od svih. 

My alternative hobby (actually, one of them) is patchwork. A fascination with this technique came few years ago, when I stumbled on photos of incredible quilts on the internet. Since I had quite an experience with sewing at the time, making ornaments out of zillion pieces didn't seem too complicated to me. However, making a nice and interesting pattern was a challenge. And so I started to play with square, triangle and diamond shapes and here are the results: the first two quilts were made in same tones, to use them in our house at the country side; the third quilt was a present for my friend; the fourth one remained unfinished, I even lost it while moving from one flat to another, but I find it the prettiest of all. 

Iako već par godina nisam radila na novim pokrivačima (ako izuzmemo jednostavan jastuk koji sam šila za Burda Style), i dalje se jednako oduševljavam njima, i pravim velike planove za pačvork sa šarama koje su nalik na Vasarelijeve slike (OP Art je jedan od mojih omiljenih slikarskih pravaca).

Koji su vaši skriveni talenti?

Even though I haven't made any quilt in the last couple of years (excluding a simple pillow I made for Burda Style), I'm still very fond of them and I make some big plans for making a quilt with Vasarely look alike ornaments (OP Art is one of my favorite paint directions).

So, what are your hidden talents?

P.S. Hvala vam na divnim komentarima na roze kaput i zelenu haljinu! 

P.S. Thank you so much for great comments on the pink coat and the green dress!