sweet november

this month has been one of the most stressful times in my entire life. money is so tight that i had to give up my art studio and move my stuff back to our apartment. i'm trying to decorate the apartment now that i'll be here all the time. above is the wall space above my dresser.
i took the banners from our yearbook installation and put them in out hallway, eventually i am going to hang them up in golden gate park.
i'm still learning to draw with the sewing machine, this time i did it on a paper collage with colored antique thread.

and here is the (kinda) finished piecet from the last post. i'm going to start switching to a different type of canvas now... anywho we're still alive, living off organic coffee and thanksgiving leftovers.

how's it made

i enjoy sewing more than i enjoy drinking a can of Red Bull through a red liquorice straw!

felt v. canvas

so i am officially fed up with sewing on felt! i found an old canvas drop cloth in the bottom of my closet and i decided to use that instead. to my surprise it was much smoother and made it a bit harder to handle, but much easier to paint. i plan on getting a fur pelt to sew on the bottom and add some wood figures and stuff to the sides and top...

sewing projects

i got a free canvas bag from Mendel's with their name on it, but i don't advertise for free, so i made a cute felt house to cover it up.
Here is the vintage marching band outfit i altered by putting Egyptian sixties fabric over the school name and adding buttons and trimming. i love it, but i feel like a goof when i'm wearing it in public and playing my golden kazoo. At open studios everyone thought i was dressed up as the Queen of Hearts!

Three Butts

I finally finished turning my drawing into a sewn piece on felt and painted with acrylic. There's a frame for it and everything. Today I worked on cleaning up the art studio for Open Studios which is coming up pretty quick (October 18th-19th). Things are still kinda messy and now we just need to start framing and hanging.