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Posted in cotton, embroidery, felting, lavender, linen, sewing, yoga, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 26, 2012 | 1 Comment »

The owner of a local yoga studio asked me to come up with some yoga-related items she would like sell in her boutique. I made samples of eye pillows in different shapes, with various outer and inner materials. I used linen and cotton for the exteriors and flaxseed, millet and sand (with or without lavender) for the filling material. Some of them are kept simple, some are minimally embellished.

Furthermore I suggested a felted luminary, which produces a very soft and peaceful light when you light a candle in the glass insert. I wet-felt these luminaries around a resist pattern that fits the glass.

The yoga studio owner is going to “test-drive” the eye pillows and luminary for a few days and will let me know what she would like to order. I hope she likes my offerings.

(Do you out there have any ideas what you would like to purchase in a yoga boutique?)

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Riverside Spring Boutique

Posted in craft show, crochet, embroidery, felting, greeting cards, polymer clay, spring, vintage fabric, wool felt, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

After a test-run on Friday afternoon in the living room (how to best display everything),

and a last-minute banner production (tip: don’t use your yoga mat as a make-shift ironing board…),

my daughter and I set off to do the real thing on Saturday morning. Unfortunately a very gusty wind blew all day and constantly sent all sorts of pollen, seeds and dust around the place – but in spite of this unchangeable fact we had a good day!

There were not a lot of customers out (see weather, maybe), yet enough to keep us going. Our booth neighbors were kind, the event organizers supplied us with water and snacks all day. There was a general sense of support and community, which I enjoyed. My family and several of my friends came to visit and wish me luck. Thank you all!

And after packing up, taking everything home, a shower, food and rest we went to see these guys:

What a great way to end a great day!

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Lavender sachets

Posted in cotton, embroidery, lavender, linen, sewing, spring, vintage fabric, woven ribbon, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I have been working on these lavender sachets, using my recently plant-dyed fabrics . The woven ribbon and the fabric I used for the cross-stitch embellishments are from a trunk show with Anna Maria Horner I went to not long ago. She talked about her textile design process, her career and her children. It was most entertaining and especially some of her quilts were just fabulous.

Back to the sachets that have my studio smell delicious  - here are some pictures I took along the way. Feel free to visit my Etsy store to look at a few of them in more detail (think of  Mother’s Day, Easter Baskets, spring decoration…).

I cut the fabric into strips of various widths and sewed them together again to use as the front fabric. The back is some vintage linen (laundered, of course!).

The cross-stitch motifs are embroidered, then cut out and hand-appliqued onto the front of the sachet, before putting it all together with the woven ribbon and tag and backing fabric.

They are filled with lavender buds, imported from France. I didn’t add anything else for a filler, because I wanted them to be light.

Don’t these colors make you happy? They certainly delight ME…

Do you want to see my photo studio? Here it is! The Californian sunshine is my perfect lighting (except for the occasional shadow), a piece of white linen gets attached to my son’s chalkboard with clothes pegs and after adding some other props I’m good to go. Not quite professional, I guess, but it works for me for now!

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