some things i made this semester

as i mentioned before, my semester has ended & i have like 4 months off!! i thought i'd post pictures of a few things i made...

screenprinted wool and silk organza inspired by battenburg lace collars. i sewed a few clusters of sequins on the shoulder and on the side where the organza meets the wool.

naked ladies on silk dupioni. first of all, this silk is AMAZING in person...i bought it at stone mountain and daughter in berkeley. i printed some lace dresses as a second layer on silk organza, but they didn't quite match up properly. i think i like it better without them anyway!

pearls on organza. inspired by a clutch i have...i wanted this piece to be sort of an ode to femininity.

screenprint over itajime on wool gabardine.

some more photos are here!

phewf!

well, blog, i am back. after a whirlwind of a semester (the hardest one yet), i finally have time to think and post about things i like!

i came across this amazing apartment on design*sponge a few days ago and fell in love. it makes me want to paint my walls and get some awesome rugs.

first of all, they have a foosball table. those of you that know me know that i rock the socks in foosball.

i love the reds, pinks and greens! that fabric on the chair looks peruvian to me. awesome!

that wall with that rug...amazing.

photos from design*sponge

lace

this was the highlight of my week! i got the exact effect that i've been wanting with this lace design. i can't wait to make more and more and more!!!

arty-school things

a new print i'm working on! it's inspired by an antique clutch purse i have...bunches of pearls in scalloped patterning. i really wanted just a blush of pink, but it turned out to be a bit more of a bubblegum. i'm okay with bubblegum! 2 more stencils to go!

the reception for 'a paper+cloth dream' was last night. christina and simon came! this is christina taking a one-handed picture of my name. i made this print for her...it's owls, magnolias and a torchon lace background. after i printed it, i realized that it also reminds me of my granny. her late husband (my mom's dad) loved owls and she has always loved magnolias! i may have to print another one.

i love these girls!

my print - 'grey garden' 

our department chair, richard, in his super cute vest 

my lace print was the first print you see when you walk in the gallery!

i made a hat. i wet felted the wool into a hat shape, needle felted it to death, then nuno felted some silk organza...dipped them both in indigo, and sewed the whole thing together! voila!

goodbye weekend, i'll miss you

i had a lazy night in on friday and watched 'girls just want to have fun'. why are 80's dance movies so good!?

coffee! beans are from sightglass

i finished my weaving for tomorrow's critique. it's just a sampler of swedish huck lace. it reminds me a lot of the weavings from copan in guatemala...though, not nearly as beautiful! 

i read 'shopgirl' by steve martin on saturday night. i was a little skeptical because i really didn't like the movie when i saw it so many years ago. the book is WAY better, as is often the case. you really get a better sense of the characters and the intent (known or unknown) of their actions. i think it helps that i don't have to think of steve martin as the 'bad guy.' i hated that about the movie. i prefer to think of steve martin like this :

(the first song i learned on my ukulele!)

or my favorite :