2.10.12

cutting appliques
& listening to metal,
great friday morning!

1.28.12

Jr. Cheeseburger
hand appliqué on denim
a work in progress

1.24.12

it's late, Sean's drawing
he cranks these things out so fast
#1 artist

1.17.12

amigurumi
teeny tiny Kurt Russell
a work in progress

10.27.11

My costume in progress. Other than that plane, my costume is basically made of garbage.

10.22.11

Mummy costume in progress!

6.28.11

Today figured out that I can watch Netflix instant and edit photos at the same time! And of course I was sewing at the same time as well. Multitask!

6.15.11

Tried out knitting night at The Divine Cupcake. I had a violet cupcake and limonata soda. So tasty! And I enjoyed the company of these knitters very much!

WIP Wednesday: a quilt in progress

The Eugene Modern Quilt Guild is having a solids challenge right now. We were each given a charm pack of 5" squares of solid color fabrics and challenged to come up with a quilt design using only those squares and additional solid fabrics. Here is what I've got so far. The spark for this design was inspired by this quilt by Rita of Red Pepper quilts. I finished sewing the quilt top over the weekend, and now it's hanging on the wall waiting for quilting inspiration to strike. I've had several ideas so far, but none seem just right. I'm going to let it sit a little longer and see what I come up with.

4.22.11

Working to get the boys' bunnies done before Easter.

4.16.11

Self-portrait: working on our PORK banner, step 1: enlarging/tracing.

4.7.11

3.24.11

1598 project

This is an ongoing project where I photograph all three boys at the exact same ages. Each triple frame image takes 1598 days to make (the amount of time between Otto and James's birthdays). Also sprinkled in are double visions: recreated images with two boys in each frame.







See more here.

2.3.11

Finished the quilting on my tiger quilt! This is the back.

12.28.10

studio shot with works in progress

12.26.10

Work in progress: cutting out a tiger applique, which is kind of like cutting out a stencil, only much harder.

12.22.10

Home stretch of the xmas sewing! Now if I can just get the hand sewing done in the next two days...

Henry's Caterpillar quilt (back)

You may remember that Henry asked for "my name, real big" on the back of his quilt. There ya go, kid. That's 67" wide, nearly the whole width of the quilt. Now I just need to add border panels and the back will be done. Then I'll have to figure out how I'm going to quilt this thing...

Henry's Caterpillar quilt (top)

Finally got the top of Henry's quilt done! I started this during the summer, but then put all sewing on hold while we ran around outside for a few months. Now that the weather is turning, we're back on inside activities which means I can get my sewing done. 74" x 52"... now for the back. Henry wants "my name, real big". OK, I can do that.