Poppytalk Handmade

Poppytalk is a great blog that recently added a handmade market to their repertoire. Little Bitsys is featured this month! Check it out here.

Spring Dresses and Dotted Aprons

I have had very little time to sew. It's taken me weeks to finish a few new Spring dresses in my shop, like this one


and have some aprons ready to sew I just need some time! If only I didn't love to sleep...

A few weeks ago I submitted an apron to Angry Chicken's Tie One On blog's polka dotted apron gallery and now it's up on Flickr, check it out, they are so wonderful! My Celebrity apron is there in the mob.

Then I read the blog further and the next theme for aprons is Havana Nights! My husband is from Cuba, we met there actually, in Havana. I am actually trying to finish up a couple of aprons that he can take to his mother and godmother when he makes his first visit back to visit in four years this month. I will blog about the aprons, hoping to get pictures of his mother wearing hers.

Here is one of the Spring or Easter dresses I just listed in my shop

Thinking Spring with Fantastic Fabrics

I am committing myself to start working through my fabric stash. I started last night with this dress using Kristen Doran's handprinted fabric on the top and Michael Miller's Garden Pindot in black and red on the skirt. When I put it all together, it didn't look right so I added the squares of Kristen's fabric along the seam line where the black and red fabrics connect. I've had this patchwork idea for awhile, just waiting to use it somewhere.

Dharma Trading

I was featured on the Dharma Trading site! This is a catalog I discovered in 1995, they sell tie-dye supplies, clothing blanks, inks, paints, PFD fabric, a treasure box for creative people like myself! Check them out.

One of my original concepts, hand painted cloth patches on hand-dyed clothing. Blanks and cloth from Dharma on a friend's kids several years ago:

Celebrity Aprons

The new year has inspired me with some wacky creativeness, like celebrity aprons! I think this began way back in girl scouts, mid-1960s or so, when we used to have these Fashion Shows where we did literal translation of styles, i.e. an A-Line skirt would have construction paper letter A's pinned all over it. I can't even remember any others now.

So, I finished a hilarious book by Amy Sedaris, "I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence" and was hit by this idea that I should make an Amy inspired apron!

Details include:

- Glued on googly eyes, Amy loves this craft item
- "Tips" embroidered on the pocket
- Kitschy apron design with ruffles and pom poms



And as if this weren't enough, next idea in my head is:

A Martha Stewart apron! Stay tuned...

Fabric Fabric Fabric

Speaking of Spring thoughts... my fabric co-op order arrived today WITH another order, Lotta Jansdotter fabric, from Japan. Also, I have some new hand printed linen fabric from Hollabee! Time to sew!

Fabric coop fabric (Free Spirit by Heather Bailey "Fresh Cut", 3 coordinating Katie Jump Rope designs, China Doll and Lollidot)




Hollabee (top) and Lara Cameron's fabric (bottom)


Two fabrics from Lotta Jansdotter


Are you seeing a lot of green??

Thinking of Spring

Wow, it's been awhile since I've had time to sew OR blog! I had to take a little breather but last night I managed to start sewing some GARDEN and HOUSEHOLD themed aprons. They can be used for gardening, crafts, painting or even cooking! I found this funky fun fabric on the Michael Miller website and tracked down a seller of it on eBay. Here's the first one: