Very excited for the opening of my friend Jennifer's lovely new shop, Ermie. Her hand printed fabrics are gorgeous!

Dude, screenprinting is awesome.

I can't say enough good things about the UCC. I just took a yudu class there last night.

It's like a whole new world's open. I even dreamed about printing last night. I'll be adding those yeti cards to my shop soon. There's also a mystery color that I'll unveil when I add them.

Yeti on black linen, so refined.
Happy Halloween!

I tried another pattern from Christine Haynes' book with this beautiful piece of Etsuko Furuya's lion fabric. Working with double gauze wasn't as intimidating as I thought it would be. It's so light and flowy, and nice with a warm pair of tights.
Now to finish up my little quilt!

Here's the dress I just added the final touches to. It's really exciting to make clothes! Who knew? Several things I have to work on, including stitching around small curves -- mine look too jaggedy. I'm thrilled about the collar, but the gathering is very uneven. The fabric turned out much flatter on the right shoulder than on the left.

Must sew more!

liberty goodness

A very busy and fulfilling weekend of taking classes at the urban craft center. What an amazing space and so many great ladies to be met there! I took a dress-making class with the talented, lovely Christine Haynes. Pictures of my finished dress are coming soon! She's such a great teacher; I'm not feeling freaked out about trying to make clothes anymore. Oh and here's her book with so many cute patterns. Thanks, C!

Then, yesterday, I took a baby coin quilt class with quilting maven Alissa Carlton. I've never been inspired to finish a quilt until I saw her design. She has such a wonderful, laid-back approach -- there's so much room to breathe in her teaching style. I feel like I can really make my own kind of quilt, not follow some rigid pattern. The first phase of my quilt is above. I can't wait to finish it and show you next week!

And Devon, one of the awesome ladies of the Urban Craft Center is an amazing quilt maker herself. Check out her blog. Loving the knitted microphone!

rain
I guess because we get so little rain around here, it's almost an other-worldly experience when it happens. The highways become a total black hole. It took me two hours to drive 17 miles last night to our crochet class. The LA freeway two-step (gas, brake, one and two). I felt caught in a vacuum that might never let me go. Driving so slowly, I noticed the variety of garbage on the shoulders of the freeway. There's a lonely white chair frame on I-5 N, tipped over on its back; a ghost of a tire on I-10 E, still a perfect circle, but the middle is mostly melted away. A few pieces of clothing from...what? someone moving to a new home, a spurned lover, or maybe just wearing too much on a hot day?


Just finished this little 4-inch deer, enjoying a photo shoot in the rain.

this week:
apple picking, which resulted in a toasty heavenly apple crisp
a book called "Nursery Friends From France"
met great ladies in part 1 of the fawn class
Martha's Uniform Natural shop update!

Coming up on the next two Tuesdays (Oct. 6 & 13), I'm teaching my fawn pattern at The Little Knittery in Atwater Village.