Weaving with recycled & upcycled fabrics for Green Window City

For the last 6 weeks or so, I have been weaving up a storm, working on an installation for the Green Window City project in Edmonton Alberta. Link to Green Window City

I wove 7 banners ( each 5 yards long) from cut up clothing and t shirts cut into t shirt yarn (tarn and ‘Farn’- fabric strip yarn) on my Saori loom.

I rescued a warp chain that an angry weaver had cut from the loom and tossed in a box at the Reuse center:

It wove up beautifully:

I figured out how to weave stars for the ends of the banners:

I built a mannequin, a cat,

a dog,

a stool, a loom and a stand. LINK

I made gigantic balls of yarn…. I wove a tapestry of the earth, using cut up fabric strips- whew… so many new things to figure out! LINK

copyright Noreen Crone-Findlay www.crone-findlay.com

And, then, yesterday, I installed it all in the window of a beautiful little boutique in Edmonton, ‘C’est Sera:

And, today… I clean the studio and work on new projects.

4 responses to “Weaving with recycled & upcycled fabrics for Green Window City”

griffonsong

April 19, 2014 at 6:38 pm

How did I miss this post – only found it by accident! These are incredible. I think I know one of your secrets: you are actually quadruplets who all have the same amazing skills and that’s how you get so much work done.

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- tottietalkscrafts
  
  April 19, 2014 at 7:38 pm
  
  LOL…. well, I often wish that I had an elf or two who could help me get more done…. 🙂
  
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Caroline

April 20, 2014 at 11:13 am

AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!! How I wish I could stand in front of the window and gaze…………………………………….

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- tottietalkscrafts
  
  April 20, 2014 at 11:29 am
  
  Thank you so much, Caroline! I wish you could, too- and then we could have a lovely cuppa tea! 🙂
  
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