courthouse steps

I got the urge to stitch together a strip of my quilt the other day– I wasn't sure about the color palette of the blocks, but it looks pretty great put together! It's exciting to see the diamond shapes come out after looking at it in block form for so long. Many, many more blocks to go...

raglan sleeves

Here are a few new pieces I whipped together in the past couple of weeks. The ikat dress is my first attempt at a raglan sleeve. It still has a few neckline-related kinks to be worked out but I'm really happy with the shirt.

Also- exciting stuff happening over at ByIlana.

Happy Mother's Day!

Here she is– and pregnant with me!

Meat on a stick!

Meatpaper issue 11 illustration

tying the knot

The big day is fast approaching! Here's the illustration I made for the invite. We'll be having the ceremony at my parent's house surrounded by a huge array of my Dad's native prairie flowers. We wanted the same feel for the cards, although these blooms aren't strictly what we'll be seeing.

Here's the great info site Jashar designed based on my illo!

(I'm really pleased with how this shirt dress turned out. I want to make one for every day of summer.)

Whoa– David Thomas (Pere Ubu) and Richard Thompson performing together? Wha?!
This was a pretty exciting find- apologies for the first 1 min & 20 seconds though. Can't say I love the song either, but Pere Ubu and Richard Thompson! Worlds colliding!
Enjoy:


Then a palette cleanser:

Sneak peek

Here's a little glimpse of an in-progress stitching.

Human Egg Trade

Here's a recent piece I did for the Walrus, Canada's 'best magazine'!
The article is here if you'd like to check it out. Thanks again, Brian.

painting, sewing

I've been itching to push paint around recently. Jashar obliged to sit for for a portrait for about an hour. I'm just playing with acrylic on this so far, but I think I'm going to work some oils over it as soon as we both have free time.

Here's another shirt I pieced together! I can't wait to use this same pattern for a chambray dress. I can't decide if I like the pocket or not... it may have to come off.