now in the shop: recycled portland map buttons! they come from se portland walking maps found in mass quantity at scrap. since i have many maps, i am happy to take custom portland location button requests! the map is basically se out to 112th, but there is a little ne and a bit along theContinue reading “new extra fun buttons!”
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new patches and kits in the shop!
first real quick, if you’re in the portland area, i just want to let you know my zine is restocked at powell’s on hawthorne (it had been sold out for a long time, and is still out downtown), newly stocked at guapo comics, and still stocked at q is for choir. in case anyone localContinue reading “new patches and kits in the shop!”
recycley skirt how-to part 3: simple sweatshirt skirts!
oookay this one has been on hold for awhile, so i’m happy to finally bring you the sweatshirt edition of my recycled skirts series! and to make up for the pause between projects, this one is actually 2 different designs! if you have a blank sweatshirt (or you don’t mind the image being upside down)Continue reading “recycley skirt how-to part 3: simple sweatshirt skirts!”
zine overload and i knit a sweater!
the zine symposium was pretty awesome! here is what my cramped little half-table space looked like: while it felt similar to a craft show, it was pretty different from what i’m used to… i only sold small stuff – zines, buttons, patches – and i did a ton of swapping! i met a lot ofContinue reading “zine overload and i knit a sweater!”
portland 1 year anniversary and zine symposium!
oh man, sorry the blog has been slow going, i’ve had my third skirt tutorial almost-ready for days now, but haven’t had time to finish and post. hey guess what, today was our 1yr in portland anniversary day, yeah! but before i get to that, i have something important to tell all my portland readers:Continue reading “portland 1 year anniversary and zine symposium!”
belated tour wrapup and new yarns!
remember the tour de fleece? remember how i said i planned to make one skein per day to put in my shop? yeah that didn’t happen. that first week i was sooo into it and made so many rad yarns, i guess i drained all my energy and ran out of steam to keep itContinue reading “belated tour wrapup and new yarns!”
Mr. Pointy: the hat of many faces!
ohmygosh it’s a new knitting pattern! woo hoo! i have been working on this pattern, on and off, since april! upon finishing my first version, it wasn’t at all what i had imagined/planned, so i was kind of disappointed and put it aside… but once i adjusted to what it had become, i grew toContinue reading “Mr. Pointy: the hat of many faces!”
recycley skirt how-to part 2: vintage sheet double wraparound!
ok time for my next skirt tutorial! this concept came to me when i was thinking about wanting to make skirts with vintage bedsheets but how some of them can be pretty see-through… so i thought, double layered would be cool… and the double wraparound idea was born! this sheet is a little silly, butContinue reading “recycley skirt how-to part 2: vintage sheet double wraparound!”
recycley skirt how-to part 1: asymmetrical scrunchy t-skirt!
yay, it’s the first of my many-part series of how-to’s for skirts made from various recycled things! i’m going to try to do one per week, and there will be 4 or 5 or maybe even more different skirt projects, woo! i’m starting simple with this t-skirt – you just need one t-shirt and someContinue reading “recycley skirt how-to part 1: asymmetrical scrunchy t-skirt!”
stenciling class tomorrow!
oops i forgot to post this earlier in the week like i meant to, but you should still be able to join the class last minute. just wanted to remind anyone who might be interested that i’m teaching a freezer paper stencil class at the 100th monkey studio tomorrow (saturday) from 2-4. i just stenciledContinue reading “stenciling class tomorrow!”
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