Sewing Stars

cup of tea? or maybe some nice hot chocolate?

i know some crafters are able to churn out tons of items quickly, but everytime i try to make a big batch of items, it always takes me waaay longer than i thought it would. i am just glad these are all done, and now i can move onto other projects...

eat your vegetables!

i have been really busy sewing away. these i made on a whim the other night while in the midst of sewing a billion tea cups! okay, not a billion, more like 14...but still.


i made sure to give the onion the rooty bottom too...

alright...lots more to do, later!

grumpy coffee mug, anyone..?

well, after a few people asked if i could make an actual mug of the grumpy coffee i looked into it a bit. i simply lack the space to be ordering large lots of mugs, but i still wanted to have them available, so i went the cafe press route. i have used them before to make custom mugs for my family, and they came out very well, i have also ordered them for myself before too, and they are actually very nice. so now if you really wanted a grumpy coffee mug here is your chance! if some do sell, i will also consider adding some more face mugs, including the happy tea & a coffee buzz one...

catch up...not be confused with ketchup.

hm. i don't know if i like this new version of typepad's posting system. i had my old one set up the way i wanted...oh well.

i know i have been MIA, sorry about that. i spent the last week on the west coast held up in my dad's house writing, and then we went to my brother's graduation in las vegas.

back to the grind here in on the east coast again, and this drawing is for a new button set. i was also considering making it into a stamp set. seemed like a cute set to use for scrapbooking about a family breakfast or something along those lines...

alright, back to work! i leave you with some pics from my brother's graduation and the trip to vegas:

who?

well, the alumni sale is over, and it was miserable and cold! very un-spring like! however, the left over items including pouches, and a bunch of plushie goodness are now in the shop, available to everyone!

risd spring alumni sale!

tomorrow is the alumni sale. i have been feverishly sewing away, and i today i am finishing up the piles of stuff. if you are going to be in the new england area, come on down to lil' rhody and see me & erica (coffee-drinker.com) selling our wares at table #70 on benefit street!

yee-haw! ride that jackalope!

i love kitschy old west stuff. this weekend i wound up drawing this, and today finished the colors on it. i am pretty happy with it. i am making a couple of pouches with the image for the alumni sale this weekend... i have been busy sewing away for that show. i feel a little like i am walking in sand, though. i keep trying to make some headway, but it is taking so much effort for me to stay focused... for the next few days i will be sewing straight lines and making pouches... 

sewing stars is now back...

well, the site is back up. but it is a bit empty. i have been busy sewing for the alumni sale, which is in providence, rhode island on may 3rd. here is a sneak peek of one of my new items i will have there, or more accurately, a revamped pattern:

i hope to see some people there! it should be great, afterall spring has sprung early here in new england, each day being more gorgeous than the last! it is funny, each time i peer out the window i keep expecting to see bare trees, instead they are bursting to life with leaves and birdies. i guess that is what inspired me to revamp this pattern...

sewing stars will be right back...

well, maybe you noticed, or maybe not, but sewingstars.com is down for right now. it will be back! so don't worry!! and i will post again when things are back up & running. if you are trying to contact me by e-mail, please use sewingstars@gmail.com for right now.

high ho, high ho, its off to work i go!

i am still here... i just have my head down, buried in drawing, writing, sewing, and prepping for the first craft show of the spring for me, the RISD Alumni sale. so there might be a lack of posting over the next couple of weeks, but as i get closer to the show i will post pics of what i have made...

well, back to working...