Between the moms in our Mother’s Forum playgroup, the moms in my synagogue playgroup, and my relatives, it seems like a lot of people have had babies babies in the last few weeks. So I’m making a few more lambs to give as baby gifts. This one was finished last night while we watched some…
Mayweed
Here she is – a little lion made of linen and stuffed with wool. I used a different marker for the drawing on her belly and I like how it didn’t run as much and I tried the watered down acrylics for filling it in and the colors came out nice and bright – almost…
Saguaro
A little bear, about 7″ from top to bottom, made from linen and suiting. I transfered a saguaro cactus from my sketchbook (originally drawn during a trip to Tuscon two years ago) onto some muslin and painted it with watercolors. Cut it out and appliqued it to her little belly. Her arms, legs and ears…
They’re listening
All ready for her bath last night, Roxanne is standing there naked in her room trying to stall her inevitable tubby. She picks up a little magic wand I made her from a dowel and a piece of satin and says, “Magic wand. Mommy made dat.” I said that yes, Mommy did make that for…
Pen and Ink and Watercolors on Muslin: A Tutorial
I’ve been having fun recently experimenting with drawing and painting on fabric. Here is a tutorial if you’d like to give it a try yourself. 1. Start with a drawing from your sketch book. I’ve been drawing some penguins that I’m hoping to make into softies soon. 2. Trace or redraw your drawing onto a…
Fred
My friend Dana her husband Mike and their daughter Abby used to live right nearby. Dana and I met at a new mom’s group when our daughters were only a few months old and we became fast friends. Now we are both pregnant again and due only a few months apart. Last summer, Dana and…
Owls and Cards
I’ve been really liking making owls recently. I developed this pattern for Sidney the Owl and it works really well. I sold Sidney a while ago, but his green nubbly girlfriend was still around and I made two more just like her from different fabrics (actually three, but the third is still in a state…
Baby Bok Choy Valentines
We had stuffed shells, garlic bread and baby bok choy for dinner. When I was slicing the bok choy and saw their pretty cross sections I was reminded that one of Martha’s Good Things this month is “surprising stamps” in which you make rosette stamps from cut vegetables. She suggests radicchio, romaine or halved brussel…
bird cards and red polar bear
I finished the set of bird cards. I made five in total and each one is a little bit different. The drawings of chicks started as these sketeches and the taller bird came from an old drawing in my sketchbook. I used permanent black marker and water colors on white muslin and then cut them…
My postcard
Yesterday my package of postcards for the Postcard Swap finally arrived from Snapfish and I’m pretty happy with them. They are all addressed now and ready to go, along with the packages of fabric for the little solids for print swap. Because I’m going to be mailing several items overseas today I have a feeling…