{"id":912,"date":"2020-07-23T10:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/?p=912"},"modified":"2022-03-20T12:43:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T12:43:57","slug":"throw-of-the-dice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"THROW OF THE DICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JULY 23, 2020<\/p>\n<p>I lived on the second and third floors of a house with four girls, during my final year of Fashion College. Three of us were in fashion design and one was in fashion merchandising, although I always wondered why she didn\u2019t pursue fashion design because she was a shoo-in with her expertise in clothing construction.<\/p>\n<p>We all made things outside of our assignments for school. Whether it was refinishing a dresser painted with cheery yellow paint, knitting a sweater, making a silver necklace for a boyfriend, creating objects for the school Christmas bazaar or gifts for each other; there was a lot of creating going on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_916\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-916\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-916 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_120822-e1601410921820.jpg\" alt=\"cloth backgammon game, denim fabric, red felt tabs with white snaps, red topstitching\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_120822-e1601410921820.jpg 601w, https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_120822-e1601410921820-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_120822-e1601410921820-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cloth backgammon game, denim, red felt tabs with white snaps, red topstitching<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I met Jim, backgammon was a popular game among his university friends. The box that held the game was easily portable to the school pub and an affordable entertainment that offered an alternative way to converse with friends without going so heavily to drinks.<\/p>\n<p>I made this folding backgammon game for Jim&#8217;s Christmas gift.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_917\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-917\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-917 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_115542-e1601410963747.jpg\" alt=\"folded in thirds, opening up \u00a9Janice Colbert 2020 c. 1978-1980 \" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_115542-e1601410963747.jpg 601w, https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_115542-e1601410963747-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_115542-e1601410963747-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">folded in thirds, opening up \u00a9Janice Colbert 2020 c. 1978-1980<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Backgammon, a game of skill, is an ancient game, older than chess, and is a member of one of the oldest classes of board games.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_919\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-919\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-919 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_121046-e1601410427310.jpg\" alt=\"cloth backgammon board, plaid flannelette, denim and red felt; yellow cotton piping and border\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_121046-e1601410427310.jpg 601w, https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_121046-e1601410427310-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_121046-e1601410427310-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">cloth backgammon board, plaid flannelette, denim and red felt; yellow cotton piping and border<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two players move their 15 checkers (game pieces) around twenty-four triangular points according to the throw of two dice, the winner being the first to remove all their pieces from the board.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_921\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-921\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-921 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_123310-e1601410549332.jpg\" alt=\"15 red felt and 15 blue denim checkers, yellow blanket-stitch seams, D.M.C. embroidery cotton\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_123310-e1601410549332.jpg 601w, https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_123310-e1601410549332-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">15 red felt and 15 denim checkers, yellow blanket-stitch seams, D.M.C. embroidery cotton<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I made a storage bag for the checkers and dice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_923\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-923\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-923 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_124650-e1601408298558.jpg\" alt=\"'LOVE JAN' text on denim storage bag, chain stitch embroidery, D.M.C. yellow embroidery cotton, plaid flannelette drawstring, red topstitching, 15 red and 15 blue checkers, dice\" width=\"601\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_124650-e1601408298558.jpg 601w, https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20200929_124650-e1601408298558-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;LOVE JAN&#8217; text on denim storage bag, chain stitch embroidery, D.M.C. yellow embroidery cotton, plaid flannelette drawstring, red topstitching, 15 red and 15 blue checkers, dice<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The present was a complete surprise! Merry Christmas always Jim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JULY 23, 2020 I lived on the second and third floors of a house with four girls, during my final year of Fashion College. Three of us were in fashion design and one was in fashion merchandising, although I always wondered why she didn\u2019t pursue fashion design because she was a shoo-in with her expertise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33,34,27,41,38,42],"tags":[197,200,202,198,201,204,199,206,205,251,407,408,409,410,203,47],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1056,"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions\/1056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thingsicanmakewithcloth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}