knick knacks & ric rac

take a peek at the new goodies i just added to my shop… kissin’ kritters skirt, corduroy skirt with smooching rabbits, squirrels, hedgehogs and birds. grandma’s parlor skirt, with a Grandma Moses barkcloth print applique harvest bouquet skirt, mustard twill and vintage floral print freaky folks skirt, featuring a crazy vintage south american style print […]

my pal amy at artifaktori in somerville sent me a stack of grandma moses print barkcloth pieces, all cut out at the same spot. i read that people used to frame the barkcloth and hang as art, and that gave me the idea for the ‘grandma’s parlor skirt’ i framed the prints with a rustic woodgrain print applique and added […]

it’s finally chilly enough in the evening to pull out the sweaters! i love sweaters. here are some details from a few of my favorites… pom pom fun! i love pom poms! i love sweaters that tie at the waist. so cute! embroidered alpine flowers. edelweiss! i also love that lumpy stitch. what is that called? i […]

i just added these new fall-ish skirts to my website… the pendulum skirt i wrote about last week (i’m still deciding what to use for the necklace part of the pendulum necklaces, stay tuned for those!) and a fall version of the folk flower applique skirt, featuring super cute vintage patchwork print fabric in autumnal […]

here’s a sneak peek at three new fall-ish skirts i finished up the other day. i’m calling them pendulum skirts, you can see why! the pendulum is appliqued off to one side with vintage jacquard ribbon and ric rac (of course!) and there’s a cute little slit just below it. the pendulum design is based on my favorite […]

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’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!

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 […]