Showing posts with label fabric. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fabric. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

put a bird on it


okay, so before i saw this hilarious clip from portlandia, i loved little bird icons. now, it feels utterly cliche, but i still like it. reed and i stenciled today and it was the perfect project for a toddler and crafty mom. he chose a gorilla, i chose, you guessed it! a bird. but there's two, so that's what makes it so cutting edge and unique. ;)
before i ruined a bunch of clothes, we started with some old flour sack dish towels lying around. now, i want to go crazy and stencil the walls, all our clothes, tablecloths, and toilet paper.











Sunday, February 13, 2011

happy birthday lilie!


my friend had a baby. now adelaide has a friend named lilie. so we made her a little banner. (actually made it, but Addy slept for me so i could make it)
such an easy task, but easy to personalize and embelish- with glitter in this case.

 

 

Monday, March 15, 2010

Textiles

I have a whole pile of fabrics, and little time, little talent to make all the things I want. I think the biggest success would be if I can make just one spring skirt that embodies cherry blossoms and rain on warm grass. This blue, airy rick rack fabrick evokes that feeling to me.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

getting the goods


while my nearest supplier (I thought i'd use drug terms sometimes to draw the parallel between the addictions that one can have...

mine? paints, fabrics, wire, paper, yarn, wax, wood, thread, ribbon, sequins, ric rac, glue- hot, mod podge, yes paste, etc…) of fabrics would be the universal JoAnn Fabrics. while the locality and generality of it’s chain store conveniences are nice, where I could lose the house at is a little fabric store in Bainbridge. I made dirk miss a movie one day when I told him I’d be “right back” and in so doing, came back waaay to late to still make our movie. (New York, I Love You was showing. when we finally did see it, it was fabulous) this little fabric store has it all- the vintage calico prints, hip patterns (I hate using the word hip, by the way.), and an expert waiting in the wings to give you advice and lessons on the sewing machine they have handy for just such occasions. the store is called Esther’s Fabrics. check it out- along with a movie and a bite at the vegetarian noodle place on the corner.

i want to make some skirts for adelaide with this fabric: