Pretty Basket

My dear friend Limor found this easy and beautiful basket pattern by NoddleHead. We gave it a try and here are the results. I'm just missing the leather handles, not sure I need those.

Muku

Muku is a small fashion brand from Lithuania, found in 2009 by two young creators Dovilė and Mindaugas inspired by their daughter Agota. Most of muku linen is mechanically woven in one of the oldest factories in Europe. All muku products are hand made from carefully selected natural materials. • Thank you Greg for introducing me to this clean and beautiful brand.

Quilt update II

Machine and hand stitches. A modern combo of gray floss on hand dyed pieces.

Walking foot

My sewing machine is back, I can't wait to start using the new walking foot on my quilt.

Quilt update

I have an Husqvarna Viking Freesia 425 sewing machine that needed to be serviced immediately. I got a new walking foot to sew the layers of the quilt together, it didn't work very well with my regular foot. This project is on hold for a few days until I'll get my machine back, I can't wait to continue working on it, I'm anxious to see the end result.

Textile design • 2nd semester projects (2)

A few of my second textile design class finished projects / 2nd semester. • Weaving, stamping and stitching. Pattern repeats. Cotton and silk batik and silk scarf. Glass etching with hand drawn and glittered background. • All drawn, stamped and stitched by hand (other than assembling the scarf). A few of the projects were manipulated in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Amazon Wishlist

A few books from my Amazon Wishlist. Printmaking, fabric design, tie dye, embroidery, cooking and prints.

Batik / Cotton (2)

Remember this post about batik in cotton I was working on? This is what I made, a small quilted piece of all the different fabrics I made. I also added some embroidery to see how it will look if I'll choose to make it more textured. I chose the floss colors to be the same as the fabric, I wanted to enhance what I had, not to introduce new colors.

Doug Johnston

Beautiful bags and baskets by Doug Johnston. Here is a tutorial on how to create something similar.

Inspiring others

Remember this silk print I made back in April? I've found this post recently and I feel so blessed that I inspire other people to create. Kathy wrote "These proofs by Anat Rodan make me want to run to the nearest screen-printing studio and get my print on..." This is one of the main reasons I share my knitting designs and writing this blog. Creating is a big part of my life, not sure I can survive without it. It's truly creating anything, from cooking, drawing, knitting, jewelry making, sewing and so much more. It was always a big part of my existence and will always be. The second reason I do it is to share the goodness, I enjoy sharing it with you. An amazing thing about sharing is that you get to know people from all over the world and it's truly a precious gift. Thank you.

Kindah Khalidy

 

Kindah Khalidy hand painted scarfs. You can find them here.

Visiting

I'm going to visit my family next week and decided to take a few pouches I made. You can see the printed fabrics in the photo above.

Brush strokes

Flat bottom folded clutch. Clutch is 11” wide x 11.5” high with a 2.5” flat bottom. Fabric is 100% cotton in a soft, natural off-white. Hand printed with environmentally friendly ink in blue/gray with magnetic snap closure.

Circulars

My new circular designs. Slender pouch is 9.25” wide x 6” high. Fabric is 100% linen in a soft, natural off-white. Hand printed with environmentally friendly ink in cyan and magenta. Upcycled leather pull stitched by hand.

Slender

Slender pouch made out of my bleached fabric. Size: 9.25"w x 6"h.

Two in teal

New two pouches in teal, textured vinyl. Big pouch dimensions are 10.5"w x 6.75"h. Tassel is 0.75"w x 4.5"h. Small coin, cash and credit card pouch with a button stud. Small pouch dimensions are 3.75"w x 4.5"h. The small pouch fits in the big pouch for a perfect night out, or keep it in your day bag. I use it to keep change for parking meters.

It's not leather

I know, I know that we all love leather. I wanted to explore different materials for this clean, round corners design. The hot pink clutch is made out of felt, and the ochre one is vinyl. I'm looking to get some thicker felt for this project. Tassels are handmade by me also. ; Clutch dimensions are 10.5"w x 6.75"h. Tassels are 0.75"w x 4.5"h. Working on a prototype for both.

Bleached clutch

Same as this, but I used this bleached fabric. The clutches are pretty big and can fit anything for a night out. I'm still perfecting this prototype. There are 3 layers of fabric to make the clutch sturdier, and they are very comfortable to hold. The leather/fabric combo clutches will be a great addition to any outfit.

Clutch prototype

A new prototype of a zippered leather/fabric clutch. I silk printed the fabric a while ago with light blue and ochre colors. Size of unfolded clutch: 10.75" w x 12" h. Size of folded clutch: 10.75" w x 7.25" h. There is also a leather zipper pull. Love the size and proportions of leather and fabric.

ZIBtextile

The amazing work of ZIBtextile from Latvia. You can find their store on etsy.