a handmade holiday 2010!

Thank you to everyone who came out to support local and handmade!
















A craft show just isn't complete until some kid manhandles your display...


Or spills some milk...



And thank you to Kid Icarus and Sewing School for organising a fantastic event! I had a super fun time.

t minus 4.5 days: a handmade holiday

Come check out the show on Saturday, December 4, to support amazing local crafters/artists! You know you want to. Oh yeah, also, holiday shopping.

i hate winnipeg

OT and I went to see the Toronto screening of We're The Weakerthans, We're From Winnipeg at The Royal as part of the Images Festival on October 18th. Highlights of the film include: awkwardness, John K. shaving while talking to the camera, John K. waxing poetic about clean laundry, the band canoeing, concert footage, roasting bacon wrapped marshmallows (...yeah). All in all, a very entertaining doc. Could've used a bit more behind the scene band footage and less concert footage, but, still fun! Oh yeah, and John K. did a short solo set before they showed the film. Nice!

happy 3 year anniversary, the workroom!

I'm a week late posting this, but better late than never. Had a fantastic time at the workroom 3 year anniversary wine and cheese (neither of which are featured in the photos, because I was too busy consuming both...)

(a few more funny photos here.)

ALSO! I won the Heather Ross Far Far Away II fat quarter bundle! Happy days!

Happy 3 year anniversary, the workroom!

queen west art crawl 2010

Sunday of the Queen West Art Crawl could not have been nicer. Aside from the fact that I was stung by a wasp (holy f*ckin' hell did that ever hurt). Several decades I've managed to avoid being stung by a wasp or bee and it had to happen on one of the nicest weekends. It figures. At least I have photos to remember the day by. Some taken before the sting and a few taken after. Medical emergency be damned, I have my priorities straight. Oh, and it was loads of fun helping Old Weston man her booth. Nicest display in the park, hands down. Don't know why Don McKellar walked right past. His loss!








The pencils were a big hit!


I couldn't resist and bought this amazing piece of embroidery. Skulls are the best. Look at how perfect the fabric is with the yellow lines running through it!

heart

When I found out one of my favourite artists, Audrey Kawasaki, had laser engraved wooden brooches for sale, I couldn't resist. I had tried to get one of my favourite prints awhile back, but it sold out so quickly (that and I managed to click the wrong button...) Anyway, imagine my surprise when it turned out the brooch came with a laminated card of my favourite print (cropped, but it'll do)! Everything's coming up Milhouse!

and I'm leaning on this broken fence between past and present tense.

So, my mp3 player died on my plane ride home and I didn't realise how much I depended on it. I'm sitting here going crazy because I can't listen to whatever I feel like while I'm doing mind numbing work. Anyhow, iPod nano (5th generation; none of that touch nonsense) in my future? I guess so.

Here's a music related image to accompany this post. I would like to listen to some Weakerthans right now (and, oddly enough, some Smashing Pumpkins - damn Scott Pilgrim, just watched it last night), but CBC Radio 3 will have to do.


may 25, 2010: the weaktherthans @ the horseshoe

scarf 1

Made this scarf sometime in June (or maybe May? I can't remember!) The French General 'Rural Jardin' fabric I used is so nice and light and soft! It's perfect for a spring/summer/fall scarf (I'm so glad I brought this with me to Scotland. Saved me from the freezing temperatures in Edinburgh.) The ends were finished with some cotton lace trim from Mokuba. I wasn't sure how to finish the corners with the loose trim so I used Liberty of London Fairford to bind the corners. I think it worked pretty well. And I love all these colours together. The scarf measures approximately half a meter by two meters.

welcome home ebs!

Went to pick up a few meters of this awesome Liberty of London ebs print fabric at the workroom a few days ago. I can't wait to make a dress out of it.

pedestrian sunday

Just back in time for Pedestrian Sunday at Kensington Market today (yesterday?).

Thanks to Old Weston and Kid Icarus for inviting me to set up shop! And friends for stopping by!

I pretty much only took photos of Old Weston's display, so, enjoy!

nani iro fuccra

My favourite Nani Iro double gauze design yet! I wanted to make a dress from this, but I'm really impatient and wanted to wear it right away, so I made a top instead. It started out as just the top of dress A from Stylish Dress Book 1, but I added some sleeves, opened the back up a bit and finished the bottom with a wide tie. So... it's kind of not really like dress A at all. No matter, I love this colourway and the double gauze is so nice to wear. It's so comfortable!

Thank you to Karyn for helping me take these headless shots! (I'm never doing self-portraits. It's way too hard.)





(Also, just ignore the loose threads everywhere. I had just finished the bucket hat class at the workroom and I forget to clean those loose threads off. I always forget!)

customize your own book cover: generation a

Inspired by Customized Coupland, I made my own. I re-used some crumpled up kraft paper to wrap the cover, stamped it with white ink, and drew on the "a" (unfortunately in silver because my white pen dried out). I love how the used kraft paper gives the cover so much texture. (I even placed it so that there's a bit of a gradient in crumpling from the front right corner.)

I even added a bookmark!