January
2005
Monday,
January 31, 2005
The Tattooed Man
Here's a pic of my aforementioned friend Shea Nangle! I designed
both tattoos you see on his guns, save his blue and black celtic
wedding band tattoo on his left arm. On the right arm, vice,
on the left, virtue.
posted on 1/31/2005 09:20:47 PM
Miss Kitty Lucky Looking for a Home
I just started an eBay
auction for the sassy feline. Bid early, bid often!
posted on 1/31/2005 01:55:02
PM
More Masquerades!
Five more Masquerade collages added to the 100
variations on the same print.
posted on 1/31/2005 10:27:06
AM
Sunday,
January 30, 2005
New Ink!
I finshed this second tattoo design for my friend Shea last
June, and yesterday he got it finshed!! Woohoo! Such excitement.
I gotta say, it's a different kind of kickass to see your work
on someone's skin. Here's
more pics.. Patrick Cornolo of Cherry
Bomb Tattoo did the tattooing, and we can both recommend
him enthusiastically.
posted on 1/30/2005 07:15:59 PM
Friday,
January 28, 2005
Meet Miss Kitty Lucky
The daunting theme of this month's
Month of Softies is "Vintage Catwalk."
I had
a vague idea in my head, but finally sat down to work on it
last night. I knew I wanted a svelte cat in a cocktail dress.
While I was digging in the Abyss Closet, I came across this
forgotten leopard print. Purr-fect.
She was actually super easy and quick. I drew her form in white
tailor's pencil on black cotton. Made the ears, Sewed the ears
into the front and back. Turned her right side out, painted
on her face. Waited for her to dry, ironed her face. Stuffed
her. Went to bed.
Today, I made the dress and choker. The dress is designed to
mimic the shape of her ears. the two "ears" were sewn to a waistband.
Then I cut a rectangle of fabric and pleated it. Ironed that
and pinned it to the waistband. Sewed that up and sewed the
side seam far enough to still get to over her hips (you can't
see that, but she's curvalicious). Then I sewed the dress to
her. Finished it off with the choker and the eight ball charm
I had from yeeears ago.
She stands
a proud 20" tall.
Ta da!
I'm very pleased by her pose and her expression. And the dress
is darn swank.
posted on 1/28/2005 02:34:09 PM
Wednesday,
January 26, 2005
Happy Hearts Quilt Started
I printed the card design below on fabric with fabric paint.
Two colors like the cards, and like the cards plenty of misregistered
prints. The good prints are being made into little stuffed heart,
just need to find the fiberfill in the abyss of the closet.
The "bad" prints are still darn lovely, so I'm making them into
a quilt. There's twenty of them, so the plan is to finished
off the polka dots (ran outta fabric) and put these on point.
I'll alternate these blocks with four patches of the checkboard
fabric and solid white. Kind of an argyle type patterns. And
the red & white stripes will be a border.
posted on 1/26/2005 10:18:32 PM
Tuesday,
January 25, 2005
SCORE!
I just got the deal of the month at my local Hancock
Fabrics. Just yesterday, I got an idea for a uniform
of sorts for my graphic facilitation work. I needed some lightweight
black fabric for my scheme. Went to Hancock to get thread and
found a super sweet 68% cotton/30% rayon/2% spandex fabric.
Uh, $1.45/yard. Yesssss, you heard me right. I got 7 yards for
$10.15. Victory!
posted on 1/25/2005 08:20:23 PM
Monday,
January 24, 2005
Potted Flower Thank Yous
Boy, I'm on a roll tonight. I finished up these thank you cards
I started weeks ago. The thank you, pot/leaves/stem part were
printed with my Print Gocco. The flowers are three layered circles
of scrap paper in red, orange, yellow and pink. They'll be sold
in a variety set of 10 cards, 10 envelopes. Just gotta sort
them out...
posted on 1/24/2005 11:14:21 PM
More Unbearable Cuteness
Here's today's work. Heart cards as one of my new valentines,
though it can be an all-occasion card to send along a grinning
heartfelt wishes. (nyuk, nyuk) A two color Print Gocco prints
on super heavy cardstock. It's hand-printed and hand-cut,
with a 5"x5" white envelope. Note: it's not a folded card,
it's a flat card. $3
each.
Two firsts:
On the left, my set up with drying racks on the radiator,
and on the right, my first prints on fabric. The Gocco textile
ink is a good bit looser than superthick paper ink. So, I
now know to only use bolder, simpler designs with the textile
ink.
Boy, I hate to wait for ink to dry!
posted on 1/24/2005 06:29:36
PM
Yahoo Pick!
Hooray! Loobylu's
Month
of Softies has been made a Yahoo
Pick for January 22nd. Not only that, but my Twisted
Trunk Teeny was singled out and linked as "unbearably
cute results." He's blushing.
posted on 1/24/2005 01:17:32
AM
Friday,
January 21, 2005
New Gallery - Burgundy's Bread Photos
My Christmas gift for my siter was a collection of framed bread
photos for her breakfast nook. Click
here to give them a look see.
posted on 1/21/2005 10:39:13 AM
Sunday,
January 16, 2005
Scrap Quilt
Okay, I didn't sit my butt down. I added more to my work-in-progree
scrapquilt. Only did about 1/6th of what you see tonight. Presently,
it's 35" x 41."
Now time to put away my zones.
Make sure to scroll down to see all the other sewing today!
Edited to add: Boy, the Benedryl was talking! "Progree"
"Now time to put away my zones." Huh??
posted on 1/16/2005 10:05:21 PM
Lemon House
Here's a second house tonight. Lemon yellows. 15" x 16"
In the meantime, I got a really bad allergic reaction. Now,
I'm tuckered out. Better switch off the sewing machine and
pick up my toys.
posted on 1/16/2005 09:00:49
PM
Little Yellow Cherry House
I'm on a roll! I've always been keen on house quilt blocks.
With a full scrap bin, I'm finally working on some. I've made
a few wonky ones. They are a lot of fun. Here's the first
that made it into a finished wall hanging. It's tough to see
here, but the house is a little ditty print of cherries on
a yellow gronud. 18.5" x 15.5" It'll be for sale once I figure
out a price. But first, more houses while I semi-watch the
Golden Globes.
posted on 1/16/2005 06:49:42
PM
Tsunami Quilt Square
Here's my contribution to the Tsunami
Quilt that Marta
asked me to be part of! It's 6" squre, not a lot of space.
I winged the design, no pun intended. I like what it became.
It'll be going in the mail pronto.
posted on 1/16/2005 04:16:18
PM
Saturday,
January 15, 2005
Quilt
No. 9 Fini!
It's done! It's delightful. I think I made keep this one myself.
I loves me some red/yellow/black.
posted on 1/15/2005 11:14:25 PM
Friday,
January 14, 2005
Anne Ford!
Here's a Christmas gift I neglected to photograph before I gave
it to the recipient -a pencil case for Anne Ford, intrepid writer.
posted on 1/14/2005 11:13:22 PM
Tuesday,
January 11, 2005
Quilt
No. 9
Campground
sign fabric inspired the latest quilt, and it employs
my favorite color combo. Red, yellow and black. I rounded up
about a dozen complimentary fabrics and started cutting. The
plan was to use the Bento
Box pattern. Easy enough, lets all the fabrics elbow
each other with the corners.
I made 16 blocks that were concentric squares:
Okay, not bad, sorta ho hum. Next, I cut 'em up into quarters:
And rearranged 'em:
I'll have to take another looks with fresh eyes tomorrow before
sewing them together. Make sure that the arrangement is right.
And at under 40" square once I sew these together, these are
going to need some chunky borders.
posted on 1/11/2005 10:59:09 PM
Before noon, I already had a 100+ thank
you cards printed:
Can't beat that. Gotta put away the Gocco to get sewing tonight.
posted on 1/11/2005 04:36:38
PM
Wednesday,
January 05, 2005
Happy
New Year!
Now January can begin - I have my new year's image
done!
Postcard printed (via Print Gocco):
And an edition of 25 prints have been made:
There's serigraphs (i.e. silkscreened with Print Gocco), hand
colored with watercolors. The image is to celebrate the new
year. They prints are on 5"x7" BFK Rives paper and the stars
are 4" across. If you'd like to start your year with one, they
are here
in the Shop!
posted on 1/5/2005 11:41:41 PM
Tuesday,
January 04, 2005
Hey,
I just updated the Quilt
Gallery with the lantern
quilts in progress! AKA What I Did Over My Christmas
Vacation.
posted on 1/4/2005 01:03:03 PM
Sunday,
January 02, 2005
Over Christmas and New Years I worked on new quilt tops using
fabric and lantern blocks around I've had around for yeeeears.
Finally time to work on it.
Here's one of the two tops that are nearly done. The one above
is 50"x70", the second one 50"x60". And the extra blocks mean
I could make two more tops. Crazy.
That makes me estimate there's many 20 quilt tops worth of fabric
in the fabric cabinet. Yowza!
posted on 1/2/2005 10:07:04 PM
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