Twisted Textiles

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

(I couldn’t help but try out this “slideshow” here…)
Been thinking lately about how in the heck to link all my sites together. (Argh!)
And there are still plans for an entirely new site with a new look, and definitely with better organization.

How, oh-how, in the world can we categorize the plethora of things here?!—I’m still working on it. In the meantime, enjoy the show.

Exciting update: I’ll be having another solo-show near the end of this year! More details and dates to come later. Cheers!

Here’s the other little quilted painting that I finished…oh, about…3 months ago. (Things are very busy around here, but I’m VERY much looking forward to makin’ stuff out of all the new petfood bags I’ve received lately!)

This lil’ one here is about 3.5 by 7 inches. Hand painted; both hand and machine stitched. Honestly, I just got into the groove of painting one day and randomly painted this on a scrap of cotton. I liked where it was going, and just ran with it.

I can’t wait to get it framed! These would be perfect for those boring spaces where nothing else will fit…perhaps bathrooms, definitely hallways. Anywho, hopefully I’ll have some super cool photos to share next time I post. You never know.

This “mini-sized” quilted painting is just right for a One-Day project…it can honestly be done in a few hours. It’s only 5 inches by 3.5 inches, and made it in the same manner as my larger quilted paintings. Both hand and machine sewn, only completed much, much faster! I have a second one completed this week already, too. So satisfying!

I painted the little horses using previous sketches that I had as a reference. I’m also starting to get the hang of the binding on these things…I usually don’t like to bind my full-size quilts, but it makes such a nice little frame around these smaller items.

And today I took some awesome photos of the ice outside…
You know, sometimes being snowed-in has its benefits. Perhaps I’ll get some MORE done today!

Still have lots of good photos and new lil’ things to share.

This coin purse was sewn from part of a dogfood bag, which happens to be organic food I might add! (I hope the person who gave the bag to me decides to continue buying that food…it’s very unique packaging.) The lining is from scrap fabric—I think it looks good with the shiny-gold outside. Although each of these coin purses are one of a kind, I may have to make myself one from another part of this particular gold plastic.

I also have a purse already cut out from the same dogfood bag, which will be hard for me to give away once I’m done with it!

I’ve got quite a few projects that I would like to get done before Christmas, so between working and eating and sleeping, the projects will have to start taking priority! (Has it really already been a whole year since I was last saying this to myself?!)

This lil’ fellow is my most recent handmade plushie. He’s very cuddly and would definitely make a good impromptu travel pillow!

Travelin’ Sasquatch comes equipped with a removable “travel bag on a stick” …what are those called, do they have an official name?!?… which hides two Oreo cookies, a Lemon frosted cookie, and a paintbrush. (You know, just in case he’s feeling artsy in his travels. Maybe he will see a magnificent sunset and suddenly feel inspired to paint.)

He will be available for purchase at the Gifty Thrifty & Under $50 sale at Jennifer Zingg Studio & Gallery next Friday and Saturday (Dec. 5th and 6th).

*For awhile—before I became educated on the subject—I was calling him a “Travelin’ Yeti.” But then I learned that Yetis are white, because they are found in the Himalayas. So I’ll probably have to make one of those soon. They can be brothers, separated at birth.

I’ve also made a few more handbags, some tree ornaments, and of course recycled jewelry which will be at the sale as well. Hope to see ya there!

« Previous Page — Next Page »