Oh Brooklyn, How I Love Thee

I have finished my Brooklyn Bridge lino block! And printed it on a few baby tees. I am proud of this one, I have to say. It properly shows off my love for NYC and makes a good statement on tees.

Happy New Year!

Well, I haven't been writing much these days, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy! To see what I've been up to you can tune into my Facebook page (under BadGal Quilts) or my Etsy store. I am currently working on block printing, embroidery and a new kind of quilt... you'll see when I have it up and running!

It was a very busy Summer & Fall and now I am happily back at the sewing table with lots to do. I'm currently carving a block of the Brooklyn Bridge so we'll see how that turns out.

So far I've done of the Goldfinger girl and a Vespa and a few sea animals. I am hoping to get an astronaut and robot done pretty quickly as well as some very cute ones for babies clothes.

I'm also doing a lot of applique on babies clothes which is really fun. I can't believe I waited this long to do applique - I have been teaching myself and it's easy and makes quite a statement.

Here's some of what I've been doing.

Hope you are all having a good 2010 so far.

More onesies - I'm beginning to like these little things!

I am trying my hand at applique and man it's fun! Especially when I think of the little tots who will be donning these hand-crafted bits of cute.

Whaddya think?

Baby Clothes!

A new horizon for me. And I'm excited to be back to work and enjoying it.

Here are my practice rounds as I move into applique and baby items.

A new set of towels

So I've been trying to figure out for a while why I like this particular brand of tea towels. Xochi.

I love them, buy them when I can and hang them in my kitchen when I'm not using my own creations. I finally realized I like these things about the packs that I buy:

1. They are good, absorbent material;
2. They are colorful and exciting fabrics;
3. They come in packs of 3 with coordinating patterns.

So then I thought, "Hey, I sew stuff. I sew towels! Why not sew towels with coordinating, colorful fabrics in sets of 3 that you can sell in packs?"

I know - it took me long enough. And I've got ideas of how this should work. But my first try with this genius idea is Alexander Henry's Coq de Granville fabric. I'm a huge fan and I have matching cotton towels to go with the reds and blues he used in designing these.

Can't finish them now, have to shower and get ready for an improv show I'm in with my team tonight. But I'm excited to finish them and list them on Etsy tomorrow!

Busy, busy

Well, for those of you who check in with this blog... I have had an extremely busy Summer. I was sick with the flu for such a long time! And have had many obligations. However, I have so many projects lined up and in my head, I can't WAIT to get back to the sewing table which should start happening on a regular basis next week.

So hang in there... I'll be back soon with new items for custom projects and things to put on etsy and sell at craft fairs in the Fall.

Hope you are all enjoying your Summers - at least on the East Coast of the U.S. we are having pretty amazing weather this year.

See you soon!

NYC Tea Towels

I just found this NYC fabric which is awesome and I plan to make a lot of things out of it. But first, I made a tea towel for a friend's birthday and then a couple to sell on Etsy.com.

I'm off on vacation for about a week so I will be absent for a little while (which I have been anyway due to a very demanding schedule), but I'll be back soon and MAN do I have a lot of sewing to do! Quilts, towels, bags, napkins... you name it, I wanna make it.

But everybody needs a little down time and this will be a little bit of mine. Hope you are all enjoying Summer!