January 2005 Archive

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.

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.

Friday, January 28, 2005

Meet Miss Kitty Lucky
The daunting theme of this month's Month of Softies is "Vintage Catwalk." I

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.

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

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...

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.

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??

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.

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.

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.

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!

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

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!