I’m Alive!

I’ve been tired and busy.  I’m working on my RN degree while working full-time as an LPN in a skilled nursing unit.  Actually, I’m exhausted.  I haven’t had the energy to make anything lately.  It’s a triumph that I turned on the sewing machine and made this scrub top.  Now I feel like making stuff [...]

Anybody want to see my impression of Richard Saja?

If you aren’t familiar with Richard Saja, he is a fine artist who often works with textiles and embroidery.  He is often known for his altered toile scenes–French livery with mohawks and punk clothing, pastoral barns on fire, etc.  He’s actually quite a bit more interesting than that, so I recommend that you visit his blog [...]

Another machine gun

This M4 was all done by machine.   My husband bought a new sewing machine for me.  It’s beautiful because the feed dogs drop easily and free motion quilting is now a joy.   The trapunto detail give the gun more dimension, so I plan to play with that more later.  Even though none of these stitches were [...]

Brain on the crotch and vice versa

I’ve been sewing a lot lately.  I’m recycling old t-shirts into underwear.  The funny thing is that I used a tee with organs printed on it and the brain ended up on the crotch.   I’m going to call this pair of knickers art because I can.  This is a piece of my work–a bit of [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman…

I started this project full of sadness and longing.  I used the words from Tammy Wynette’s “Stand by your man,” for the embroidery.  As much as I hated the sentiment of the words, I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to embroider more.  I used David’s battle uniforms from Desert Storm…or Enduring Freedom…I don’t know.  [...]