knick knacks & ric rac

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 just finished adding 13 swatch bundles to my etsy shop, that will be the last of them for a while. you can take a peek at them here…

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 […]

i was going through some linens and stuff last weekend and pulled out this patchwork quilt my mother made for me when i was around 5 years old.  here are a few of my favorite sections… i love those maidens with their braids walking around in the deep dark woods! that headless one on the left is […]

trivets from the thrift store on the kitchen counter they would make some kind of a cute print! my security door kinda looks like a big ol’ trivet too…

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 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, […]