Diaper Garden Gallery: Eggplant
November 2002
Rake the leaves. Air out the woolly sweaters and mittens. There will be a bite on the air soon. The harvest is over and the garden is resting.
It's time for grateful harvest celebrations. If you are lucky, it is still warm and you are clearing out the last of the garden. Or perhaps you have a little treat in the root cellar. Eggplant! Lovely, versatile eggplant and mushrooms for a hearty meal.
Setting. We were back to a friend's wild, organic garden for the Eggplant photos--not that much of the garden shows other than in the mushroom forest.
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November 2002
Eggplant fitted cloth diaper and cover set
I realize looking at these photos that the beautiful, rich reddish purple on the outside of the eggplant diapers doesn't show at all. The green-grey circle pattern of the inside doesn't show all that well, either. The idea behind the pattern was to show the greyish rings we see when we cut straight across the eggplant.
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November 2002
Almost-in-One Eggplant contour diaper set
Eggplant covers were a deep purple color with a simple leave pattern appliqué in 100% wool felt. This set the stage for more ambitious wool appliqué.
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November 2002
Mushroom Finger Puppet
The little something extra with eggplant was a mushroom. It seems they most often go together in my kitchen. The finger puppet was made to fit a variety of finger sizes by tapering the hollow stem. The caps atop the happy little faces were inspired by ballet costumes for Baba Yaga, in which the younger girls were mushrooms. My daughter was one of these mushrooms in the 2005 performance.
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