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I entered a competition not too long ago, it was to create an “art to wear” type design for Barbie through the Toronto Fashion Incubator. The prize was a cool 10 mill. I mean 10 grand. Serious stuff.
I was like, aha! STEGA. This is my chance.
I had a whim a while ago for [...]
I heard a great sewing term on Sewing With Nancy a little while ago. Sewing With Nancy is a long running American sewing show that I can occasionally catch on PBS. It’s kind of dry and awkward, which makes it amazing- the real life version of that skit on Saturday Night Live with the two [...]
I get a lot of traffic to this blog from people coming for the paper bead making instructions, so I’d say the crafty jeweller is definitely out there, working for the weekends. I thought I’d share this article from The Girls Own Annual Vol. 46 (1924-25) about making jewelry from fish bones.
It is called merosine (derivation, mer, [...]
Okay, enough with the quilting already!!
I’ve got a pretty bad case of ‘pregnancy brain’ these days. Meaning, I can’t concentrate on anything. I’ve got a mile long list of things to do before the baby arrives- selling fall 09, packing up my studio, fastidious cleaning and organizing of my house, making half a dozen [...]
The sunset side is assembled- I made the blocks a few days ago and have now pieced them together. It’s a little off kilter and the squares don’t really line up, but I pretty much don’t care. It could possibly be described as ‘ugly’. I am hoping for the realm of ’fun ugly’ or, ‘so ugly it’s beautiful’.
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Today is my birthday! yay! On my list of ‘things to do that would be dreams come true’ is making a quilt. So that’s what I did- well, I started one anyhow.
The most time consuming and difficult part of the day was choosing a pattern and picking the fabrics. I have amassed a large collection [...]
After yesterday’s personal reminder of my paper dress creation- and last night’s perfectly synchronized Project Runway Canada post-it note competition, it’s pretty obvious that paper is the thing. So to celebrate paper’s new ‘it thing’ status, I’ve decided to bring back my How-To on Paper Bead Making from my old website. The dress I created for the NOW [...]
