From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Pellon (sewing products) is not well served by it’s web presence.

19 August 2008

BTW finding on-line information for Pellon sewing products is difficult. When I was working on the previous post I wanted to put in a link to the product page for the interfacing that I was talking about. Clarity and all that…
Not so easy it turns out.
www.pellon.com is the home page of Finnish company that produces [...]

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Sewing – Pink Boucle Purse

19 August 2008

My first experiment in building a structured purse.
I used the Dorothy/Evelyn pattern from Emma Brennan’s Making Vintage Bags. Charming bags and good instructions – a lovely book.
The pink boucle fabric jumped off the shelf at me in JoAnn’s one afternoon. It seemed like something that should be made into a Chanel jacket but I can’t [...]

Tagged as: pink, purses

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WIP – The Loop Road Project (pop-ups)

19 August 2008

Our recent vacation gave Jim the chance to take a lot of pictures of motorcycles and riders on the proverbial “closed course.” Some of them are in fact “professional riders.”
I now have tons of uncluttered photos to work with. Hence the creation of a new series of work, this time in engineered paper.
First up:
Solo Red [...]

Tagged as: motorcycles, paper engineering, pop-ups

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Buffalo – Newly Arrived from Mexico

6 August 2008

We’re just back from the Gather. (Photos here.)
Yesterday this fine fellow arrived from Mexico (via San Diego.)

He was carved and painted by our friends Jacobo and Maria Angeles who live and work in Tilcajete, Oaxaca. You can see more of their work on their web page. (If you get a chance to stop by thier [...]

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