Board Games: Melted Fabrics Challenge Sixteen

Orange Spots and Lines by artberry
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Twister by SuperBug
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Dice have been used a lot for tacky purposes! How could you make something classy with dice? Could you just add them as they are to your craft piece - as a found object? Or could you make some sort of pattern?

Perhaps you could even roll dice to help you decide how many beads, frills, sequins etc you're going to add to your project and leave a lot of the design to fate!

Dice Theme VII by Resch
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Polka dot fabric is popular - how could you arrange polka dots so they look like dominoes?

How about making each dot into a tiny image? Think about how a white background could have a dot of colour or a monochrome image contained in a circle.

Dominos by KELLI
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Dominoes Poster 001 by phantompanther
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How about making each dot into a tiny image? Think about how a white background could have a dot of colour or a monochrome image contained in a circle.

Bowling Ball by melteddoodles
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I love the patterning on the board and the pieces in the image below.

The colours are also quite appealing.

This game might be a choice for those of you that don't want to go down the "kiddy" bright colours route.

Go looks like quite a simple black and white game.

Can you make something that has black and white beads on it, or maybe black and white buttons?

Perhaps even play the game and look at the patterns formed by the pieces.

Think about the checkered boards - changing the colours. You don't have to just use black and white.

What kind of paterns could you create?

Could you use the chess pieces to inspire any surface decoration?

Chess boards and chess pieces come in lots of different themes etc. How about making your own set? I've seen knitted chess boards, could you sew an opulent one?

Chess by beverlytazangel
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Playing Chess never really interested me. I think it's because there wasn't really a "story" behind it, or at least I didn't think there was. How about creating a story?

What if you created a story and themed a textiles board that way - each square on the board could be different - as long as it didn't get confusing.

Think about opposites you could use instead of black and white.

Chess by melteddoodles
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Scrabble tiles have been used a lot in crafts.

But what else could you use them for? How about for adding words to your textiles pieces?

Game on by lasgalenarts
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What could you do with Cluedo?

There's a few options.

You could make the house.

You could use the counters as pendants.

Perhaps you could even make dolls of the different characters.

Lounge by curriecrew
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I have no idea what this game is but I love the little houses.

Could you make little house beads?

How about making a board games dress or skirt or bag or scarf and beading it with counters for the games?

I love the hexagonal pieces in this game.

Think about all the different pieces that come with games - the counters, cards, paper money etc.

Maybe you could make a cloth game board and make counters and cards with brooch backs on them?

twister design by trish1968
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I find the idea of making my own board games really appealing.

This could end up being really complicated however.

I'm wondering whether I could make something that looks like it could just be a patterned wall hanging and then just use my imagination later to work out what the game is all about!

The first time I made something for this challenge I lost enthusiasm - I hadn't chosen the most exciting thing.

To be fair, this was back when I did only give myself a week for each challenge - not exactly enough time to make your best work!

I decided I would go with the idea of Chess and make a woven dress in blank and white.

I think the idea I doodled could have been a pretty cute idea but I didn't execute it very well!

I like elements of the "dress" below - I love the black and white woven fabric. I don't normally use black much in my textiles pieces so this was a way of using up my stash.

I also like the idea of hiding found objects (like the chess pieces) in between 2 layers of organza or similar fabric - I just wish that I'd taken that idea a little further.

As I'm about to become a mum I'm thinking about my craft work in terms of small children.

I've recently been looking at making toys for small children - which you can see in the lens below.

I love the idea of the book "Press Here" with the brightly coloured dots and I'd love to make some sort of nursery wall hanging that might be used as a game board later or some sort of play mat.

I just have to think of a way to make my textiles washable and baby-sick proof!