Mola

Illustration about Traditional mola design of a turtle. Vector available. Illustration of nature, turtle, color - 7472136

Kindergarten artists used a mola technique of stacking shapes from small to large to practice their cutting skills. A mola is a textile art from Panama that involves sewing layers of fabric in this way, as seen here from molamama : Some classes used photos of themselves in their designs and added extra shapes, keeping to the spring theme.

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This is one of my favorites with the four colorful fish. Well, Marcia and I hadn’t gotten together with Priscilla for a few weeks so were looking forward to a day out on her new patio with her new patio furniture (she had a windfall from ONE button she sold on ebay). Priscilla has recently returned from a visit to Panama and visits to San Blas Islands and the Kuna Indians where she had purchased some awesome molas which she we got to see. The most fun are the ones she keeps for herself – no…

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Sur la côte atlantique du Panama, les îles San Blas sont habitées par les indiens Kuna connus pour la tradition des molas cousus par les femmes. © David Ducoin www.tribuducoin.com

I need to get some class samples done for a Mola class I am leading next month: You can follow along while I create the horse: Molas consist of layers... Authentic Molas use the reverse appliqué method... In this 3 hour class we will use the fusible appliqué method This technique involves filling all the available space The horse shape is filled in... now to fill in the background area I am working with pre-fused fabrics and placing them on black felt I decided to use up the scrap fabrics…

What are molas? Molas (mor) are colorful appliqué panels completely hand crafted by the indigenous Kuna (Tule) of the San Blas Islands (Kun...

The deadline for the Mola Challenge is November 15. This was a challenge by Pat Pauly to our RAFA group. We all own numerous molas which we have purchased from Priscilla Kibbee. We were to pick one of our favorites and make a quilt inspired by some aspect of the mola. Pat actually found someone from outside who will act as a judge. The prize will be a mola!! A dinner (which I can't attend) will follow up to celebrate the completion. I figure everyone is pretty much finished by now so letting…

- Set of coasters in papermolas designs (20 designs to choose from) - Size: 3.75" x 3.75" x 0.125" - Material: Printed on transfer paper and heat-pressed on MDF with a high-gloss finish with cork backing - Made to order with a quick turnaround time. Shipping is included (U.S. only) A printed set of a few of my handmade paper mola artwork inspired by molas, a textile art form from the Guna Indians from Panama and Colombia. You have the choice to buy individual coasters or as sets. Please see…