reversible jacket

I couldn't resist having a go at the reversible Avalon jacket from Sewing Clothes Kids Love (which is a fantastic book).  Z. hasn't worn it yet, but I am wishing the pattern came in my size.

sewing nook

This is my new sewing nook.  I painted the large wall pale lavendar which looks great with my painting and the yellow chairs.

utility meets a slice of rock / victorian goth

It may seem like I sew a lot more than I paint.  For me, painting is what I do for work and sewing is what I do for fun.  Spring is here (although it's hard to tell from the weather) and I'm in the mood for a wardrobe shift.  Inspired by a skirt I saw online, I decided to have a go at making it.  The inset panel is layered black lace over a pinkish brown fabric which contrasts nicely with the dark khaki.  I also included a little phone pocket, positioned lower on the skirt ( the waist pockets are always so hard to get phones in and out of).  Since it's cold out today, I added knee-highs, my new favorite shoes (see earlier post), and a vinyl biker jacket ($5 sale rack at Meijers).

blue stripe on mustard

This is a new painting which I rather like, currently hanging on a dark brown (pumpernickel) wall which I also like.  Previously it had been a painting with bad "ju-ju", oriented horizontally with other imagery.  It made the rotations through all the galleries, with no bites.  Sooooo . . . after sanding it down one more time, I flipped it 90 degrees and re-worked it (again).  With some tips from Marc's Quadrivium book, we figured out where it would be "pleasing to the eye" to divide the mustard ground with the blue line.  I'll send it up north to the gallery in Glen Arbor at the end of the week.  If it comes back to me at the end of the summer, it can take up residence on the brown wall again.