leemeredith

easy recycley craft

so in an issue of readymade maybe 6 months ago, there was this tote bag project and the shape of the bag in the pattern picture (not on the online version) looked just like a tank top shape, which made me think…. hmm…. couldn’t you sew the bottom of a tank top closed and turnContinue reading “easy recycley craft”

black sheep gathering!

so i went to black sheep gathering in eugene on saturday, my first ever fiber festivaly type thing. oh my goodness it was awesome. we were all so exhausted by the end of the day, it felt like spending a day at disneyland! we left at 8am, spent about 3 hours checking everything out andContinue reading “black sheep gathering!”

thank you gift sale!!

ok sale time! this is my lee-quit-her-day-job-and-is-stressing-about-making-it-work free gifts with purchase sale! anything you buy from me will make me feel better about becoming a full time freelancer and small business owner, so i am thanking you with free stuff! the sale will run through the weekend of july 6th, that’s almost 3 weeks. here’sContinue reading “thank you gift sale!!”

tons of new leethal stuff!

huge leethal store update, woooo! finally, all the fun stuff i made for the alberta art hop a month ago is up for sale. lots of cuffs, a bunch of colored mini record bowls, and much much more! and i’ll be posting about the superfun sale tomorrow morningish. here are some of my favorite items:Continue reading “tons of new leethal stuff!”

make a jewelry frame!

look what i made! when i started making all those earrings, i didn’t have anywhere to put them, so i came up with this! i just happened to have a perfect size/shape glassless frame from scrap, and i had the other leg of pink fishnet that i used to dress up our boring ikea lampshade,Continue reading “make a jewelry frame!”

alpaca anyone?

a few weeks ago i was given an amazing gift by my friend dianne: 11 huge bags full of alpaca fleece. it came from northwest alpacas here in oregon, and i’m pretty sure each bag is a full blanket worth (like, the entire alpaca), or close to it. it’s not cleaned, so i spent aContinue reading “alpaca anyone?”

long-awaited patterns+yarn page!!

ok ok ok it’s done at last! these last few weeks have been weird and hectic and up and down but things are finally winding down and i’m able to get some real work done. i’m so excited for this webpage to be up and running, all my patterns and yarns together in one convenientContinue reading “long-awaited patterns+yarn page!!”

i’m gonna make it after aaall

well well well it’s official! i am now a self-employed freelancing small business owner with no day job!! i don’t really feel like writing anything about the old day job – i am definitely happy to be leaving it behind – but i did spend almost 3 years with that job (6+ different locations), whichContinue reading “i’m gonna make it after aaall”

my photos, now for sale!

so the super stressiness continues for a little while, hopefully my big store update will happen next week after my last day of work on monday. for now, new thing: my etsy shop is now for my photography! i made 37 of these photo trios for the art hop, and also 33 matted 8×6 prints,Continue reading “my photos, now for sale!”

threadbanger goodness

so last week i had a post up with a bunch of different diy shoes, all unintentionally for girls. it got a great response (reblogged on craft, yay!), but i wanted to even it out, so i did a part 2 post this week on guys’ shoes. today’s post is the first of my newContinue reading “threadbanger goodness”