knick knacks & ric rac

since i recently reworked the schwarzwalder, dutch treat and fairytale forest prints for tee shirts, it just occurred to me that they’re the perfect size to print as fat quarters. it might be fun because then i can print them in a bunch of different colorways and on different fabrics. is that something you would […]

anybody who likes to make things undoubtedly has unfinished projects. i’m haunted by one in particular that i don’t know if i will ever finish. i’m embarrassed to tell you i started it in 1998, a year after i moved to california. i had big plans for a glorious sparkling backyard fountain. i started the […]

i made a few more limited edition skirts… i also made a few designs into tee shirts. i’m printing them on ladies and unisex size tees fairytale forest tee schwarzwalder tee   dutch treat tee i’m thinking of making a few more skirt prints into tees, which other designs would you like see on tee […]

i spent sunday cleaning out my workroom. i thought it would only take a few hours, and i ended up working on it for over 12. it needed it! there’s still one stubborn pile of odds and ends i can’t seem to find a place for. i’m tempted to just dump it in the trash! well, you know what […]

i’ve just added a few new goodies to my website! a couple of  ‘limited edition’ skirts… americana skirt, featuring vintage bicentennial print barkcloth. colorful & fun print mix flowering vine skirt. and some hex sign sweater clips… to wear with your hex sign skirt!

i end up with alot of fabric odds and ends from making skirts. i’ve just listed 10 bundles of assorted swatches in my etsy shop. the bundles feature sample prints, test ink colors, test dye colors, test fabrics, leftover pieces from print runs and dye lots, prints that i smudged but still have salvagable sections (don’t […]

the red/orange combo! i’ve just added the hex sign skirts to my website. thanks so much for all of your input! at first the red/orange combo was winning by more than double the yellow votes, but all you yellow lovers quickly filled the gap! in the end the red/orange still won by about 4 to […]

i always figure out the colorways for different prints on the computer, and 98% of the time they come out exactly like i want them to when i actually print them. the first two hex sign skirt colorways came out just right… but i can’t decide which colorway of the star version i like. i printed the one with yellow first, […]

summer weather makes me feel like rummaging through the vintage fabric stash and putting together some colorful combinations. here’s a peek at some ‘limited edition’ skirts i just finished up… the red flowering vine print fabric and the americana print barkcloth are both vintage sample yardage from sears, they still had the production tags on them. remember this awesome fabric i found a […]

okay, i don’t know if there’s any truth to that claim, but it sure is the biggest ric rac i’ve ever seen… i found this a long time ago (almost two decades!) stuffed in a bag of assorted trim at the thrift store. it was pretty thrilling! i made a red velvet dress way back when and […]