Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label etsy. Show all posts

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Two Custom Quilts

Three months since I last posted, that is just ridiculous. I wasn't working on much and then all of a sudden I had two custom quilt orders from Etsy and another little quilt is in the works for a friend who is expecting this summer.

These two quilts are really different but oh so adorable and really they both scream SPRINGTIME to me! I really enjoyed making them and getting back into the swing of making these quilts.

The first one of these was for a friend's second baby. I made a quilt for her first little one and it was a big hit! So number 2 could not be left out! The mama told me that she was working with a wallpaper in the baby's room that was pretty dark paisley, and she had a dark wood crib, so she was going to do all white linens with a pop of teal.  This seemed pretty straightforward but so simple! I made the front of the quilt just plain white, and I offered to embroider the gal's name on it, and I picked a fun springy fabric for the backside that I fell in love with. It's a buttery yellow with little white butterflies throughout. For the binding, I found a teal polka dot fabric so that was easy! The way I sewed this together was sort of a happy accident, and at one point I almost started over but in the end, I decided it looked like ruffles and so just kind of went with it. It turned out super cute!
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This second one was ordered by a friend for her brother's girlfriend's soon-to-be-born little girl. She showed me a few pictures of things the mama-to-be liked including forest animals, and said for colors, coral, gray, white. I didn't find exactly what I wanted but I really love how this one turned out! I found a really gorgeous faux bois woodgrain print that I used for the backside, and for the front I found this lovely print of antlers surrounded by bunches of flowers. For the binding, I picked the most coral fabric I could find and it happened to have cute squiggly white lines throughout so that added a little interest! I couldn't find a plain coral color that I liked so I went with it! I love how the coral binding looks against the woodgrain. I hope this lady and her little lady love this quilt for many years! Here is a video of me sewing this quilt together! 
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Monday, January 04, 2016

Ice Day Quilt

Yesterday it snowed most of the day and then began the freezing rain. Overnight the city turned into a gigantic ice rink! My boss told me to stay home and I agreed easily. I don't own ice skates and all my shoes seem to slip on the ice! I would much rather stay home and work on a project! Ice Day!

I got to digging through my bin of fabric and found an almost full yard of a pretty dark botanical print that I never used, a yard of a solid teal, one of my favorite colors, another unused piece, plenty of batting leftover from previous quilts, plus enough of one more cool black and white fabric for the binding! I got my crafting nook all set up and after a couple hours I had a finished quilt to sell (One of a Kind Modern Baby Blanket)!

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Monday, June 22, 2009

Finally.

So, after years of people telling me that I should probably figure out a way to sell my portraits and stuff, I set up an etsy account. For now, there is not much there, but I am going to work on that a lot in the coming days/weeks, as well as redesign my website. Lofty goals, I know. On etsy, I am going to offer Custom Vector portraits, silhouettes, maybe some felt portraits/silhouettes after I try it out, maybe some abandoned vintage clothes here and there, who knows. The sky is the limit.

SHESAGIANT.ETSY.COM!

Please please tell everyone! If they want something custom illustrated, send them my way!

Here is a sampling of some of the silhouettes I have been working on.


The lovely Kristin of HissAndHearse.com, who got this whole ball rolling with her genius ideas.


The extremely talented Jessica M., who has always been an inspiration and muse to me.


People really love bikes. I am going to do a road bike really soon too.


This is going to be some kinda logo for my new site, I think.

Let me know if you have any ideas for things to be silhouetted, or if you or anyone you know might want something done! Babies, dogs, your mom, whatever!

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