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Natural Rhythms Kimono Poncho

Materials List & Homework

• For a bit of fun and inspiration you can go on-line to Pinterest and look up ‘Stripes Fashion, Stripes Art, Stripes Rugs’, Quilters like Nancy Crow and Gee’s Bends are inspiring, books on rugs, and fashion designers like Issey Miyake. Find stripe and rhythmical patterns that inspire you! Bring a photocopy of your favorite(s), or store pictures on your phone/tablet.
• Another fun tool is the ‘Random Stripe Generator’ located at: http://www.biscuitsandjam.com/stripe_maker.php Have a play, it is loads of fun and very inspiring! Choose the ‘Stripe Widths Allowed” as 1,2,3,5,8,13.
• http://www.colourlovers.com (go to Colour This Pattern) for a fun play with colour and stripes.

1. Bring three-five colours sitting next to each other on the colour wheel. For example bring a Red, a Red-Orange and an Orange.
2. Bring tints & shades a one colour. For example Blue - bring a light blue, mid blue and dark blue.
3. Bring a multi-coloured wool top which contains one of the Analogous colours, plus two other Analogous solid colours.

1. Bring 1-2 Neutral colours (ie colours like: greys, browns, beiges, creams, taupe, black) that look good with your Analogous colours. If you understand undertones, make sure the undertone of the neutral matches your analogous colours. For example if there is yellow in your orange, bring a neutral that has a yellow undertone. If you don’t understand undertones, bring what you have and you will learn how to use undertones.
2. Bring 1-2 Highlight colours. Use the compliment of your Analogous colours (this colour sits opposite it on the colour wheel). Very little of these colours are needed. You can also throw in some random unexpected colour that you would like and we will see how it works.

• Bubble wrap:
• Average Size Garment: 3m x 1m wide
• Tall Size: 3.5m x 1m wide
• FOUR Painters Plastic Drop sheets 1 mil (25um) thick. Don’t bring BLUE! I have good ones to for sale on my website that are a good thickness, not too thin.
• Average Size Garment 3.0 m x 120cm wide – bring four pieces cut this size
• Tall Size Garment 3.5m x 120cm wide – bring four pieces cut to this size
• TWO Pool noodle or PCV pipe: 1 metre x diameter approximately 6cm
• 1 metre Tape measure - preferably plastic coated (one that you don’t mind getting wet or marking on).
• Scissors you don’t mind using to cut wet wool
• Waterproof apron (optional but recommended)

• Ball Brauser or Sprinkling water bottle (you can poke fine holes in the lid of 2lt milk bottle with a hot fine needle)
• 2 lt (2-quart) plastic container (Rubbermaid, or plastic ice cream container) to hold water
• Small Bucket (optional)
• Olive Oil Soap bar
• Towels - bring several, at least 3-4!!
• Several ties for rolling bundle – I use no-roll elastic or old hoisery
• Micro cloths – a MUST! Bring SEVERAL, at least 4!!!!!
• Table Leg Raisers if you need them, FeltWest has some to use.
• Notebook/pencil
• Name tag
• Lunch/water

• Corrugated Fulling Surfaces–firm blue pool bubble wrap (used for covering spa’s to keep the heat in). I like clipping mine inside an oil drip tray (see photo). I have some that I picked up on the verge, so I can bring this to share.
• Other things are possible (see photos) but this is a very large garment and its difficult to work with such small fulling equipment.
• Matchstick Blind are useful once the piece has begun to shrink some. You can purchase these are Spotlight.
• Heavy rolling pin for fulling (optional) – marble ones are good too – we can share. I have a couple I can bring.
• Plain wooden dowel rod or small diameter pvc pipe. Approximately 2-3cm (1 inch) diameter. Length: aprrox. 50 to 75cm long (20”-30”). This will be used as a fulling tool.
• Non-slip matt (optional) – very useful for putting under these tools so they don’t slide.
• Sander (optional), only if it is battery powered.