Snowy Spring
Filed in creations,university, April 19, 2008, 12:39 pmIn standard Calgary style, we are in the second half of April and for the past two days it has been snowing non-stop. This photo was taken early yesterday morning, when the snow had just begun. It is now a full 24 hours later and there is significantly more snow on the ground. Yesterday was [...]
Reversible Hobo Bag
Filed in creations, April 14, 2008, 5:32 pmLast weekend I purchased two fun black and white patterned fabrics to make into a hobo bag. Out of the three possible patterns I found and liked, I decided on the simple reversible one from Lula Louise. Of course, the fabrics that I picked are thin and for quilting, not for bags, which meant that [...]
Sewn Books
Filed in creations, April 11, 2008, 12:16 amIn continuation of my creativity from last weekend here are two books that I ‘sewed’ together and ‘illustrated’ for Travis (green) and Kimmie (orange). I used D.I.Y’s Book Instructions to figure out the sewing technique. As my first and second tries, they aren’t splendid but so far they’ve held together. The covers I designed with [...]
Girly Pattern
Filed in creations, April 9, 2008, 12:34 pmInternet, stop washing out my colours! This is what boredom at work achieved today – a rather normal and girly pattern thing. It managed to entertain me for a few hours though and that’s what really matters. One of these days I’ll learn how to do super cool things with photoshop and illustrator, such as [...]
Thumbtacks
Filed in creations, April 8, 2008, 11:26 amI finally made them, the fun thumbtacks from How About Orange. Today she also posted links to other little projects which I’m excited about, especially the little boxy pouch. So many projects, can’t wait until I’m done university (21 days!) The blue/yellow ones I gave to my mom for her cork board in the study, [...]
