Diaper Garden Gallery: Ice Star
January 2003
Around the world, in the dark half of the year, people celebrate midwinter festivals of lights. They are Diwali, Hannukah, Lucina, Saturnalia, Yule, Christmas, Candlemas. Lamps, candles, bonfires, and stars light the dark nights when the garden lies dormant. If you were to go out into your garden with a hot cup of tea on a cold winter night and lie in the snow, would you see an icy star?
Setting. Despite the Buffalo reputation for snow, we had a difficult time finding enough snow in our backyard to cover up all of the grass peeking through. So, we left the grass. That's how it looked in midwinter.
See Ice Star details and an Ice Star Retrospective and appliqué wool coat.
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January 2003
Ice Star fitted cloth diaper and cover set
This was our first attempt at printing fabric. First, on undyed fabric we painted yellow circles. After fixing the yellow, we tied and bagged the small circles and overdyed the fabric light blue. There is some overlap around the edges. The last step was an orange star printed with a foam block we cut ourselves, to make sure it wasn't too perfect.
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January 2003
Almost-in-One Ice Star contour diaper set
I love the curvy lines of our contour diaper and Almost-in-one cover. I created this pattern after I had sewn many, many square-edged Fuzbomb covers and I wanted to see smoother lines. I think the dark blue of the cover and the bright colors of the diaper really play up the curves well.
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January 2003
The Ice Star itself
First, this is a sun not a star. Second, I used to work at the Smithsonian Institution, and my husband points out to me that this resembles the Smithsonian logo. It wasn't deliberate, but I certainly see the resemblance. Maybe I hadn't yet purged that image.
I just started out wanting a sharp, 8-pointed sun and added color from there. I thought the blue rays made the points stand out more. Each of the blue rays was individually cut, so there are no two alike in any of the dozens of covers in circulation. Want to see an Ice Star close up?
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January 2003
Candle Sets
More great hand-poured votives from Crystal Journeys as a something extra. We chose several favorites for this set: dark blue is Good Health (clove, nutmeg, lemon balm, poppy seed, cedar, honeysuckle, juniper); yellow is Positive Energy (frankincense, dragon's blood, sandalwood, saffron); light blue is Dreams (lavender, rosemary, ylang ylang); and light orange is Compassion (orange blossom, vanilla, chamomile).
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