| Thursday,
February 20, 2003
Sheep
Pillow
Ok, it doesn't look very pillow-like since I'm out of fiberfill.
It is the soon-to-be-pillow for my friend Dawn, whose power
animal is the sheep. It's 14" square, and the sheep fabric's
a unworn pair of boxers I bought ages ago. Glad to see them
reincarnated. The pinwheels make me want to go on a patchwork
frenzy. Other fish to fry first...
posted on 2:16 PM
Monday,
February 17, 2003
Speaking of Chunky Bracelets
Here's a few recent bracelets. The farthest ones are made of
glass beads and will be one of the first items in the online
store, the red button bracelet designed for my sis's birthday
on the 13th, and the crazy elephant bracelet is for my own self!
Man, my arm looks whacko from this angle.
posted
on 12:25 AM
Safety Bracelet
For years, I've had the idea of trying one of these safety
pin bracelets in the back of my head. Nothing original, but
I totally dig the patterns of the tiny beads. Last year, a
web consulting client's business was making these. I can't
remember her name, but her company name is Racer X. She's
got a great eye composing these designs and makes bracelets,
chokers and belts. My current obsession with huge bracelets
made me finally order the safety pins and elastic and try
one on. I'm digging it! But they take loads of time, so I
don't think I'll be making any to sell, because I don't think
the time vs. money equation makes sense. We will see.
posted
on 12:07 AM
Sunday,
February 15, 2003
Scalloped Skirt
This second skirt started with a great, thick cotton remnant.
I made both this skirt and the pink one with McCall's pattern
2129. The pattern has an option for a wide band of contrasting
fabric at the bottom. Since I really didn't need another black
skirt, I was on the hunt for a good candidate. I had some
leftover fabric from a pillow I made awhile back. I dug it
because it was a black and white squiggly abstract pattern,
that reminded me of Ray Eames' fabric designs. It would do
the trick. The squiggles reminded me on my favorite trim -
rickrack. So, I got so jumbo rickrack to seperate the black
from the print. I wish I could've found 2" wide rickrack -
i.e. JUMBO rickrack. It's copasetic. Then I finished off the
design with a big scallop out of the black cotton. Quite charmed
by this one.
posted
on 11:59 PM
Sunday,
February 7, 2003
Pink
Skirt
I got this big hunk
of hot pink thin wale corduroy remnant. First I made this
skirt, next I cut three purses. I've made one of them, two
more to go. the Half circle shape was inspired by the watermelon
color. I think the pic on the right makes me look like a demented
Girl Scout. I also made a snazzy simple bag out of some forgotten
raw silk, but that hasn't been photographed.
Granted,
the skirt is an incredibly simple pattern, but I'm still pleased
with my first garment sewn after a self-imposed no-garment
sewing policy I instituted about 5 years ago. Although I'm
a much better seamstress than the average bear, it's still
frustrating to my perfectionist self. This turned out just
fine.
posted
on 11:46 PM
Monday,
February 1, 2003
Long
Time, No Blog.
*whew*
I've been making Art and doing Work, but this page has been
greatly neglected. Why? Three reasons:
1. Haven't been documenting projects as I go
2. Lots of apartment projects which I don't want to document
on the site for my own damn privacy.
3. Haven't been doing enough cool stuff!
But
I'm turning that around...
posted
on 10:22 PM
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