Problems?

Looks like Whiskey had a hard time staying in her bed last night and fell out:

Baby blanket

My brother is expecting his third son at the end of this month, so I decided to make him a cute little baby blanket. I used white fleece and trimmed it with mossy green ribbon and yellow embroidery floss. I finished it with a cute yellow patch I got in Japan years ago to highlight the yellow floss. Take a look:

Polka dots

I’m sort of into polka dots at the moment. I experimented with painting on canvas and used thickened dye to make the dots. I’m thinking it’ll look nice as a small little tote.

My dog…

…she likes to dig.

Bread

Kurt’s been making this awesome bread lately, but he’s being rather cruel, just leaving it sitting on the counter, smelling delicious. I just want to walk over to it, slice open the crusty outside, slather butter all over the soft, warm inside and eat it aaaaaaaaaaaaaall.

But he’s told me I have to wait, that it’s really for dinner tonight. :(

This is utter torture.

On the up side, now I know dinner will be awesome! (who cares what else we have with the bread!)

Hasami

Just received the vintage Japanese thread scissors Kurt found for me on ebay. Aren’t they awesome? Now embroidering Sashiko will feel that much more “authentic.”

Beach art

By Kurt Ankeny

Couldn’t leave Whiskey out:

Mark Rothko inspired work

I did two different pieces on one length of fabric that were inspired by Mark Rothko. I love this artist’s use of color. I’m planning to make two throw pillows. Here’s one pillow:

And here’s the other:

Another potato dextrin

For my first silk painting piece, I used gutta. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with gutta, but this one didn’t turn out too bad. I finished the orange edge with potato dexrin.

How to make a dress form

Found this great link. Check it out.

Also working on some canvas placemats. Pictures will be posted soon!