I made a shirt!

I promise I'm more excited about it than I look in the pictures. Last night at approximately 9:30 I decided I wanted to be productive and so I copied a t-shirt I have and made this. It's not perfect but it's my first attempt as I plan on making multiple. 

presents

These stockings are part of what made my Christmas a bit more stressful than I would have liked, though it was also due in part to an expensively injured kitty. I just realized as I put these photos up, that I still haven't made one for myself, oops. Anyways, i hope the family members that received these will enjoy them for many years to come!

last of my Irish projects

Still have a few things I didn't share from Ireland, this may be the last though. Simple embroidered pillow, and the last painting detail I did. And I just thought those books were awfully pretty.

blanket?

I brought a nice big piece of oatmeal colored fabric with me to Ireland, with hopes of it someday becoming a blanket of some sort. I am going to do my best to cover it in pretty embroidery while I am here. I haven't done all that much yet, embroidery sure is slow going.

These images are the work of two wildly talented ladies who inspire me. The first is a new find, Yumiko Higuchi and the second is by illustrator extraordinaire, Jillian Tamaki. You should really check them out, I'm pretty jealous of their mad skills. Maybe I should add monsters/creatures to mine?

details

I never feel like photos really represent art very well, especially in terms of showing texture, and boy do I love texture. So here are some detail shots!

redo

These are pieces I believe I have put up before, but I took some new photos. I think they look better with a white background.

new embroidery

So my lovely mama and I are collaborating on a dress and I am crazy happy because the dress is for me! She laid out the pattern on the simple white cotton I chose and I am embroidering the collar and pockets before she cuts and sews so that it will be all proffesional-like. It's gonna be super summery and comfy, I can't wait until it is done!

pillows

I made these pillows a couple years with the intent of selling of them at the school bazaar, but alas no one purchased them. Anyhow I still think they are nice and I put a whole lot of effort into them so they are waiting patiently to find the right market, and I have given a couple as gifts. The last one is the only pillow not for potential sale as I made it specifically as a gift for my mama. I didn't have good pictures of the pillows, so I attempted to make an attractive environment in which to photograph them.

final project for surface design

This piece is SERIOUSLY hand made, I pulled the japanese style paper myself, as well as made the lace and even the light box. I am pretty happy with it, though it could use some tweaks. Mainly I love the effect of the lightbox with the layers of paper and lace, I will definitely think about this for future projects.

Also as a general note, sorry about my crappy photo quality, I'm not sure if it is me or my camera, most likely a combination. I'm not sure what to do about it, though seeing s my work can't be scanned because it is so large.

bones

Current surface design work, silk screening pattern.

s'more surface design

Silk Scarf using gutta resist
My first embroidery

some old surface design experiments