Bibs for Sale

Here are a few more things I've done recently.  They will be for sale at Moxie, and also at my trunk show at Moxie on 6/25/10.  These are all designed by me.  Not sure how well bibs will sell at the trunk show but you never know.  

Unicorn Believer

Someone on my team at work saw me embroidering on my break. She asked me if I did stuff for other people, and if I sold stuff I had stitched up. I said "HECK YES I DO" in a very Napoleon Dynamite way. No, that really didn't happen, the Napoleon Dynamite thing. I did say "Heck yes I do!" though. She brought me a black tote and asked if I could stitch on it. Again.. heck yes I can. She wanted unicorns so I found these cute Unicorn Believer patterns on the Sublime Stitching website and went on ahead and purchased those bad boys so I could make a quick $10. It's not a lot but we have the same job and I know how much she makes lol so I don't want to charge a bunch. They were a little harder to stitch because the canvas is thick but I think it turned out cute! I just wish I could get good pics of my stuff. We don't have the best lighting for it in the apartment, so these are shit pictures. I'm happy with the stitching on these, though.

Weird Ass Cars

Here is a bib I made with some weird ass cars.  People like weird cars, right?  I'd totally buy this for a baby.

More Onesies and a Random Piece

These are from Sublime Stitching, except for the bicycle one. I came across that one on an image search.  The green onesie is the Sublime Stitching Vital Organs pattern, which I think is the very first one I purchased from her.  The other is the Cute Little Heads pattern.  

I love how the bike one came out.  I would like to try to find a way to incorporate more buttons into embroidery. You should see the massive button collection I have.  It has lots of vintage buttons too but I don't want to part with them so maybe I'll have to just keep those ones for myself!

Skirts I've Made

I'm making some summer skirts!  I'm making them all from the book "Sew What!  Skirts".  Hence, no pattern needed!  You  just measure yourself and how long you want it to be and it's really easy.

Here is one I finished last week.

And here are four more I'm working on.  They're all sewn together, they just need trim and a zipper.  They go surprisingly fast. 

I'm really excited to get them all done and wear them!

Bibs, Bodysuits, Coffee Sleeves

More Stitchin'

New embroideries I did!The helicopters are inspired by a cute little t-shirt I saw somewhere, and the sailboat pattern, I created.

Mini Embroideries

I have spent the past week drawing up mini embroidery patterns so that I could do this:

Cupcake Toppers!

I am on a roll today.  I got SO MUCH done!!!  Here is the last of what is finished today.  I have some resin currently casting, but I won't be making anything out of it.  I'm just testing some molds, and  they're not in the least bit cool enough to make a necklace.  One is a peanut butter cup mold and the other is a funky starfish thing.  BUT, I did get these done, AT LAST!!

Here are my cassette cupcake toppers. 

Sushi!

Mustaches!

Aaaaand some of my favorite things- Word bubbles!

Onesies and a Pillow

Here are some new additions that I did recently.  

I drew these trees and used the houses from the Black Apple/Sublime Stitching patterns.

Bibs

Here are some bibs I made. I just need to get them ironed and they'll be ready to go.  I'm selling these to people, doing them for friends (apparently mine are trying to overpopulate the earth or create little armies), and at Moxie.

I created the cake pattern below.  I can't remember where I got the elephant pattern, but I traced the whale from something I had here and just added the big polka dots. The cupcakes are inspired by Red Velvet Art.

So, Fuck Soap Making

 I am becoming a little disenchanted with making soap.  I do not know what I am doing wrong.  I have a book, and I am following the instructions exactly, but still cannot manage to make decent soap.

I have made some cute soap, but it took three to four tries to do some of it, and I just simply do not have the time and patience to keep at it.  I guess I can stick with the soap I've already done, but the wanting to learn more side of me won't let me.  Then, when I try something new, I always come out with something that looks like it could be cool, if it weren't for weird chunks randomly floating in the soap in the most inopportune places.

This is the best looking one of the batch, too.  Do you see the whitish looking stuff in the foreground?  I have no clue why it's white.  This is clear soap, and the colored parts are also made of clear.  Grrr.  I did manage to make some cute ones, though.

See?  This defies all sense.  The colored parts of these ones are made of white soap base.  However, you don't see the whitish bits that you see in the first picture.  Hm.  Maybe I should just stick with these guys.   They're sparkly and pretty in real life!


I don't think this is a hobby I will continue with, sadly.  

APPROVED!

 I just got an email telling me I was approved for the Sublime Stitching licensing I applied for!  This means I can sell things I make with Sublime Stitching patterns.  (The Sugar Skull above is a Sublime Stitching Pattern)


It's really a great opportunity for me, I'm very excited to get started! 

Kurt Halsey x Sublime Stitching

I love sharing my hobbies with my friends. Currently, I have no friends who do any sort of embroidery. However, I plan to change that! I have a couple of friends who are interested in learning, and I am excited to teach them. My friend Lynda came by last week and we stitched some things together. She did a pretty good job. I wish I had a picture of hers. But you will have to settle for a picture of the one I did and gave to her. It's a Kurt Halsey x Sublime Stitching pattern and I think it's so sweet. I can see it stitched up for a baby's room or on a little t-shirt or onesie.

Spring has sprung, and autumn's so well done.

It has been absolutely beautiful outside lately.  I don't spend enough time outdoors, really.  It's just that it gets so unbearably hot here, that if I'm outside, I need to be in the water.  The past two years, though, during Spring, I've been making it a point to get out and do more things.  It's a good thing I've got a boyfriend who likes to go outside and take tons of photos.  I plan to do a lot of swimming this year.  I wanna go to Krause Springs again.  I went last summer with Brandi, Haylan and Dena and it was really fun.  

And St. Edward's Park- I discovered this gem a while back with some friends and we used to go there ALL the time but it's been a while.  

I took these pictures almost 6 years ago.  It's hard to believe I haven't been back there in so long.  I actually sort of forgot how to get to this spot, and I'm paranoid about getting lost out there.  It's really secluded.  But this summer, I'm going with some friends to find my way back here.  

Something about this weather makes me want to go out and visit my parents more often.  I wish I could go every month.  I suppose I could, it would just mean either taking vacation days since I'm not off on both weekend days, or doing weird day switches that cause me to work 6 days in a row, which I do not like.  I'm going to see them soon, though.  Mom's birthday is April 1, and my parents are having a big party on April 17th, so I'll be going out there to celebrate spring and her late birthday.  I really love going out there when it's nice out, it's so pretty there, and I love to sit out on the porch while my dad plays his guitar, there's a nice breeze blowing, and I'm sewing or crocheting or doing some other sort of crafty thing on the porch swing.  My god, that sounds like a scene a Blue Bell Ice Cream commercial.  But it's kind of like that out there.   And when it rains there, it smells amazing.  And there is NOTHING like a surprise summer thunderstorm in East Texas!  I took these pics back in... 2005 maybe?

I just love visiting!  Anyhow, thanks for indulging my old pictures, I'll have to get some new ones of my favorite places soon, when I go back!  

New Embroidery and Some Books

I've been pretty busy lately, which has left me with not a lot of time to do crafts, which kind of sucks. 

Last weekend, we traveled to Louisiana to see Allen's parents, and then I had a weird work schedule.  This past weekend, my grandparents came to visit, and this week,  I will also have a weird work schedule.

It was cold, very windy, and rainy on Saturday.  I love love that weather, but was a little bummed because I wanted to take my grandparents out to see some sights here in Austin.  So, I made some coffee, shared some with my grandad, and finished up a few projects while visiting with my grandparents.  It was really nice.

Not craft related, but almost as important.

I'm really excited because I have just filled out my first Census!  Have you filled yours out yet?  It's important, guys.  It really is.  It determines how many representatives we get and the amount of money our area gets from the govt as well.  So DO EET. 

New Pillow

Here is a pillow I made for my friend Lori's birthday.  She loved it.  So did her son.  Apparently, he claimed it as his own, so she asked me to do a more boy appropriate pillow for him in exchange for an eyebrow waxing.  Deal!  I dunno what  I'll put on his, though...

Other stuff I'm currently working on- I embroidered part of a design I found by Cate Anevski.  I'll post the picture when I'm done.  If you want to see her art, though, here is her blog:
http://cateanevski.typepad.com/cateanevski/

I'm also getting another tattoo this weekend.  I'll be sure to share pics!  I'm very, very excited.  

Have you ever seen Freecycle?  Many cities have a Freecycle group, and Austin, of course, has one that I've been a member of for years.  It's basically where you join the group and post if you have stuff you want to get rid of, or post if you have something you're looking for.  It's all free, no one is selling nor buying on there, like they would on Craigslist.  It's especially good if you're moving and have odds and ends that a thrift store may not take.  I've used it every time I've moved!  Well, I just got a whole mess of fabric from a very sweet lady,  and also, some little crafty odds and ends, because I posted that I was looking for fabric and craft stuff.  I did have to drive a ways to get it, but it was totally worth it!   Fantastisch!

Okay, that's all for now.  I'm about to go pass out in my bed and watch some Star Trek:  The Next Generation. 

Stuff and My 5 Things

I don't have any photos to post right now, because I am busy with a bunch of other stuff besides embroidery, like MORE organizing.  

I love doing small embroideries.  Anyway,  I'm jumping on the "5 things" bandwagon all the cool kids are doing, and if you read this, and have a blog, I'd like to see what your 5 things are!

5 Things I wish I could do:
1. Grow my hair really fast, or maybe even STOP CUTTING IT!!

2.  Travel a ton.

3.  Go and buy every piece of clothing I like from Forever 21.  Sadly, a lot of it wouldn't fit an anorexic rat, much less a chubby gal like myself. 

4.  Speak every language in the world. 

5.  Keep on my healthy eating and working out kick.  I was doing really good for a while, and for some reason, I just can't really be bothered more than like twice a week.  Ugh!


5 Things I am looking forward to:

1.  Road trip to Louisiana with Allen this weekend!!  I will do lots of crafts in the car and take tons of pictures and eat really good food.

2.  Meeting my friends at Barflys tonight for some cheap drinks.

3.  My next tattoo, which I will be getting very soon.  Here's an incomplete sketch, but you get the idea.  I will be adding buttons and a tape measure spiraling down around the scissors, and "Sew is Life" in the banner.  It will also be in full color.  I'm getting it on my forearm, right under my elbow, but on the outside of my forearm, if that makes sense.

4.  Dying my hair!  It needs it badly.

5.  Taking a trip to Brooklyn this summer to see my friend Brandi!


 K, that's all for now! 

Beep Beep

Here are a couple of things I made today.

This was a request from someone to put on her GPS case.

 

And here is the final embroidery for my kitchen!

 

That's all I have for now.  I'm working on a pillow that I should finish soon, though!