Handiwork.
Analogue things made with the power of my hands.
2024 \ Sashiko Teddy. Design by Ky Fujita.
2024 \ Sashiko drawstring bag. Designed by Hitomi Fujita.
2024 \ Sashiko slide clasp bag. Designed by Hitomi Fujita.
2023 \ Rolling with the Homies. Pattern by Crisp Fossil.
2023 \ Trove. Pattern by Cake & Ale.
2023 \ Oberon Vase. Pattern by Cake & Ale.
2023 \ Box of Holding.
Steotchalong 2022 with quote from Undertale.
Fabric woven denim jacket.
2022 \ No-Sew Christmas Ornament.
2022 \ Wicked Hex Mini Quilt. Pattern by Libs Elliott.
2022 \ Diamond Dust Pillow. Pattern by Paper Pieces.
2022 \ Colourblocks by Needle Delights Originals.
2021 \ William Morris inspired goldwork strawberry. Pattern and instruction by Becky Hogg.
2020 \ This one is for my folks who are celebrating 30 years together on May 19th. They received a sampler as a gift on their wedding day which I took elements from and morphed it into a new version.
Steotchalong 2017 \ I chose my own ending to be from the film Diary of a Madman with Vincent Price.
2011 \ A code commences to construct worlds. The assignment in this English class was to create a response to the poem Ex Machina by Jonathan Ball. I chose a line that resonated with me and made an analogue QR code version of that line ultimately tying a tangible, real object to the digital world to be understood which is, in my interpretation, a large theme of the poem. I was and am really proud of this one. Back in 2011, QR codes were still a bit of a quirky fad that people didn’t really understand. I thought (and still think) they were neat, and in another class wrote an essay about their creation, practical uses, and how they might be utilized in the future in either positive or negative ways. I’m sure I still have that essay somewhere.
2011 \ House warming present for my friend AW.
Saw this sweet bit of type on Friends of Type, a blog I follow, and right when I saw it, I thought to myself "That would look awesome in thread." So I did it. I plotted it out on graph paper and followed that pattern. This was digitized by Ed Nacional. Credit goes to him for this design, I just stole it!
You Snooze You Lose detail.
2010 \ Ricky: One of my favourites on the same subject is ‘a camel is a horse designed by committee’. Karl: What d’you mean? Ricky: It’s just a metaphor. If you wanted to design a horse and you had that vision but you let 12 people in a room have their say, it wouldn’t come out as you wanted it to and it wouldn’t be as good. A single vision is more perfect than a committee vision because with everyone having their say, it becomes compromised. Steve: Rick, can I just say now: I can tell from Karl’s look that he’s thinking, ‘Which committee designed the camel?’ Karl: Well I’d just say: why would you request the hump bit? ‘Cause that’s just gonna get in the way innit? I mean I have always said that about a lot of animals. It’s like we’ve doubled up on a lot of ’em. We have chatted about elephants and mammoths. One or the other! And it’s the same with a camel. I’d have that up there as ‘what are they doing?’ They were good, years ago in the Jesus times and that. Don’t need ’em now. D’you know what I mean? We have moved on. Ricky: (laughing) ‘We’ve moved on.’ Steve: Not the people who use camels to cross deserts.
2010 \ Portrait of one of my cats, Kiwi who is considered my baby, haha. She is a 10 year old chocolate point Siamese who I adore far too much. I traced an older photo of her and satin stitched over it in varying shades of brown from really dark to really light. [obviously]. I hand wrote her name as well.
Steotchalong 2019
I made it for my friend and his lovely bride who were married this past weekend. I’ve never had the pleasure of making a wedding gift before and am so pleased they like it.
Steotchalong 2018 \ “I'm the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.” Alberta wrestling legend Bret Hart.
Steotchalong 2016 \ I chose this quote as I guess (I have never watched Game of Thrones) it’s when the character ends slavery for a race. That’s a pretty big deal.
2021 \ Tilemania by Needle Delights Originals with my own thread choices.