The Archives
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05.20.09A Year O’ Screenprinted T-ShirtsI'm a bit late in posting these pictures, since I had to go to Pittsburgh for Quilt Market (check out photos of the cool stuff I saw over on Project 95's Facebook page and detailed write-ups about new releases that I'm posting on FabTalk; True Up is also continuing their great coverage of Market--thanks to East Coast Stringer Mary Beth, so make sure to check out that awesomeness as well), I had a bit of a delay in downloading these photos of a special project Josh and I worked on together. Susan's sweet little girl, Pearl, turned one about two weeks ...
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04.10.09Comeback Covered Button Jewelry Set + Our Favorite Texan Visits PDXI've given up all hope that any of y'all who read this hear blog think that I'm in any way what you'd call, "normal." Just so you know. I figure I'll just keep sharing all my weirdnesses and those of you who enjoy it will stick around, and those of you who don't will head for the hills. Fair enough? So, I've got a couple of random ramblings to share today. We had a great weekend last weekend hanging out with some lovely creative folks who were in town. And we were super-fortunate to have the delightful Rachel staying with us. ...
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03.21.09More Buttony Goodness[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Some of the original projects from "Button it Up." I got to pick a necklace to wear during the event--I sort of felt like Angelina Jolie borrowing fancy jewelry for the People's Choice Awards."][/caption] No, it hasn't gotten to be all buttons, all the time here, but Josh and I have both been sick with various bugs--again--so we still haven't had much of a chance to do much in the way of projects or photograph a few (now) oldies for Sewer-Sewist. I've also not had a chance to take pictures of my progress on my colossal project ...
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03.11.09Another Reason to Love ButtonsWhat's this? Two posts in one day? Be still my beating heart! (Although the first was definitely "unplanned posting," so I'm not sure if that really counts.) In case my review of Susan's new book didn't give you enough reason to love buttons, here's another--this really charming necklace that the aforementioned Susan dropped off at the house last night. But, before I get into the awesomeness that is this necklace, I have got to say that this is one of the reasons Susan is such a gem--she's always finding or making things for other people--and they're always things that are just ...
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02.28.09Buy This Book: “Button it Up” by Susan Beal[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Cover of "Button it Up," by my awesome pal Susan. Aside from the fact this is a unique new book, I really love the cover. I am a terrible one for judging a book by its cover, and Taunton did a lovely job with this design--it's very eye-catching and energetic."][/caption] I'm not even going to try to pretend to be unbiased in this review, I'm just going to try to give you a bunch of reasons why you should buy my friend Susan Beal's awesome new book, Button it Up: 80 Amazing Vintage Button Projects. While I've ...
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02.21.09Humor me, please…Please tell you that y'all aren't sick of my crazy Trail Blazers-inspired crafty projects. Please? Even if you're lying, just humor me for a moment. Last week Susan and I went to the Trail Blazers vs. Memphis Grizzlies game and, prior to the game, went to their first-ever "TweetUp," which basically involved us getting in to watch the team's shoot-around (you can't normally get into the Rose Garden that early), and some chitchat with some Blazers staff and a group photo. The highlight was, obviously, the shoot-around. It's been well-documented here that there's a horrifying lack of Channing Frye gear in ...
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01.30.09‘Cause That’s What Friends Are For…I have what could be termed, an "eclectic" group of friends. It's actually sort of an interesting phenomena, because--unlike most people, who seem to lots of friends in common with one another--my friends are sort of grouped into various categories of my life. Crafty friends, Blazers fans friends, politics friends, friends I've worked with, friends who knew me when I was a kid. Not very many of them reach across these random delineations--and, actually, not many of them know each other. This is probably a result of my having so many different interests that are not particularly related. (Although, I ...
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12.20.08Just a Little CrazyActually, technically speaking, it's actually a mania. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Rip City, Baby!"][/caption] I promise that it's not turning into all Blazers, all the time here, but I did have to share my latest (and certainly not last) crafty Blazers project. For the ill-fated Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Clippers game, I made fabric bracelets (I was later informed that they're actually referred to as "cuffs" in most circles) for Susan and I to wear to the game. I also wanted to say thank you to Susan for the most bad-ass, awesome gift I've received in a very long time. [caption ...
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12.01.08More Blazers CraftinessObviously, I'm in need of a cell phone with a better camera, because I've spotted some awesome Trail Blazers craftiness at the last three games and my pictures suck, suck, suck. First, on Monday versus the Sacramento Kings, Susan and I were behind this guy on our way to the Fan Shop: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="This dude cut strips of black, red and white felt and then sewed them to a patch to create a wig fit for a true Blazermaniac."][/caption] Next, the lady sits in the row in front of us, and sewed a great blouse out of Trail Blazers ...
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09.07.08Bagged, baby!At long last, the bag I made for our friends from Amy Butler's new book "Little Stitches for Little Ones" arrived in northern New Mexico and I can now share the photos... This one is dubbed the "Modern Nappy Bag" and is really something -- its absolutely enormous! And it certainly doesn't look like your run-of-the-mill diaper bag. I used fabric from Amy Butler's newish line of home decorator weight cotton sateen, August Fields. Some woodgrain fabric of the same weight from Joel Dewberry's Ginseng line looked like it was made to match, so I lined the whole thing and made the ...
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07.24.08That was awesome!We had a real treat today---Rachel (aka Average Jane Crafter) and her wonderful hubby were here in Portland and Diane facilitated a fun get together this evening at Thatch, the super-cool tiki bar on northeast Broadway. Not only was the company fabulous, it's pretty awesome to feast on pupu platters and drinks with umbrella garnishes. We feel so lucky to be a part of such a fabulous creative community and even more fortunate that those connections can translate into "real life." Thanks, Diane, for bringing everyone together---this was definitely a major highlight in our year! Although we do think that Rachel needs ...
