I wuz TAGGED!

Dagmar tagged me! I had to take a pic of myself with no primping or planning. I just got back from Mom’s Night Out so I’m full of tea and dessert and a bit sleepy-eyed. Well, here goes:

MrsCatHead

And one more silly one cuz…I’m twelve (Okay, I’m almost 39 but I’m 12 in my heart!)

MrsGoofHead

Fair Prep

I’m making stock for the craft fair at a local gem/mineral shop. Space is free so I thought, why not?!

Didn’t have much time today so I only made two things. Both of these have outer shells of Japanese linen. I like the embroidered flower on the teal one! (Speaking of embroidery, I taught LittlestCatHead to do a French knot today and she did it perfectly! She also free-hands embroidery. No pattern for this girl!)

For Craft Fair

Beads from the 1800s

Lining

Linen with embroidery

Close up

My favorite little extra touch of ribbon

Lining

And now for something completely different. A Raja with a huge head.

Perspective

I made the skirt LittlestCatHead is wearing. But I mainly wanted to show you what Raja likes doing most: lying on his Mama.

Raja Mama

Zakka!

Isn’t that just fun to say? I’ve been wanting to buy a zakka book for a while now. What finally hooked me was borrowing Dagmar’s book Zakka Sewing a few days ago. There are so many gorgeous cute projects I want to start. I figured I might as well have my own copy! Watch this space because the book should arrive any day now.

Why I’m behind in my ironing

A prime napping spot for Raja

Easter Basket

I took a class at my favorite hangout HipStitch in order to make this Easter basket for LittlestCatHead. It’s filled with goodies: a roll-up pencil case (in that sparkly elephant fabric), a bendy bunny (courtesty of Walgreens’ seasonal aisle), a felt zombunnee (and his innocent victim), a worry doll in a sleeping pouch, a zipper pouch in Japanese linen, an Easter pillow for her favorite stuffed animal Kitty, and some of her favorite chocolates.

Easter Basket

Zombunnee's eyes are red with blood lust!

Please excuse my messy desk

New Etsy stock!

I posted some new items on my etsy. Yes, I know the photos are terrible. I really really really need a new camera…

Ketchup

I have been avoiding this blog. I have been sewing but avoiding writing up the things I’ve done. I don’t even have pictures of most of the things I’ve made lately. I seem to be in a space where I want to CREATE, not CATALOGUE. Ya know?

But here I am again. I’ll try to get back into the swing of things.

First, a gratuitous cat photo. Of course, right? I AM MrsCAThead, after all.

Let Sleeping Cats Lie

I had to lift the duvet cover to get the photo. Raja likes to burrow underneath blankets, rugs…he’s nuts!

Now for some things that actually got photographed!

Here’s a bag I made for our god-daughter in Prague:

Gift for V

And here she is with MrCatHead:

MrCatHead with V

I made some easy-peasy tissue packets using a pattern in my newest purchase, Sew What! Bags:

Tissue Pack for LittlestCatHead

Tissue Pack to match K's purse

Some sleeping pouches like the ones I sell on etsy except these are bigger to fit the felt animals:

Larger sleeping pouches

A little zipper pouch LittlestCatHead claimed, lying on top of a pattern for a purse I’m making:

Zippered Pouch

I LOVE that fabric on the left. It’s my absolute favorite. It’s Erin McMorris’ Park Slope and it’s been hard to find online. Good luck locating it!

And finally, here’s my extremely messy workspace. It’s loaded with stuff I am working on and stuff I WANT to get working on:

Cluttered workspace

Seams to Me…

DD and I were at Barnes & Noble yesterday for an American Girl event and…well, I bought myself an early Christmas present: Anna Maria Horner’s Seams to Me.

I wanted to do every single project in this book but chose the Bo Peep skirt for little girls (or boys, what the heck, right?). It turned out so cute! (You have to squeal that last word to get the full effect)

Fabric: front and back panels are Erin McMorris’ Park Slope line, side panels are Robert Kaufman’s Another Iota, ruffles are Jackie Shapiro/Moe 3 (can’t find link online), and the ruffle trims are ZipaDeeZoo (Lyndhurst Studio)
Pattern: see above

Note: picture must come later. I realized that MrCatHead has the cord that links the camera to the computer…and he is on a business trip out of the country!

Something for myself

Here’s the beaded sash I mentioned earlier:

Beaded Scarf

Close-up of gorgeous fabric

Fabric: Amy Butler’s Lotus: Sky/Temple Garland
Pattern: Amy Butler’s Sash with Beaded Fringe

Cowboy Apron

Yet another gift! (I’m the model.)

Cowboy apron

Fabric: Alexander Henry’s Red Star Rider
Pattern: modified “Psychedelic Squares” project from A is For Apron