Unwritten Scrap Puzzle Pouch
Selina Ben
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Sponsored by Rochester Textile, an upstate New York shop offering Japanese textile supplies and workshops led by certified instructor Renee Johnson.
Stitch a fun puzzle pouch with scrap fabrics and ancient Chinese worm knot.
Materials
- Fabric: 4 pieces 12cm (5”) squares pieced out of scrap non-stretch cotton or linen fabrics for the inside, 4 pieces 12cm (5”) squares solid colored cotton or linen fabrics for the outside. Fabric weight similar to quilt cotton or slightly heavier
- Thread 1: sewing thread matching the main composition of the squares.GĂĽttermann 100% cotton thread 30 are used for demonstration
- Thread 2: thicker thread (DMC pearl cotton 8, Olympus or Daruma Sashiko thread, 3 strands of embroidery floss) for whip stitches and worm knots
- Cord: 2pcs, each piece with a minimum length of 50cm (20”) as closure
- Needle: 1pc long, sharp hand sewing needle. Clover Gold Eye Milliners Needles are are used for demonstration
- Appliqué pin or sewing pin: 10 pcs
- Fabric marker: Pilot FriXion heat erasable ball pen 0.7mm
- Quilter’s ruler: for marking seam allowance
- A pair of small sharp scissors for cutting threads
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Selina Ben is a textile artist and mender based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
With a professional background in textile product development, her passion for textiles has existed for as long as she can remember.
Selina is inspired by historical textiles around the world. Her curiosity about why the textiles were significant to a place, what materials were used and how they were made stimulates her creativity. With her practice, she hopes to preserve disappearing techniques, honor unknown makers and their cultural heritage.
Selina chooses to work with pre-used fabrics. With her hands, needles, and threads, she brings the fabrics to a new phase of their lives so that people can start looking at our relationships with textiles differently.
Selina has taught for Tatter in New York, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, and Crafts Council Nederland.Â
