Loretta Lux & Davina Zagury

Loretta Lux and Davina Zagury are two photographers whose work with children and childhood I really admire.

I own two of Davina's doll images and would love to obtain more of her work. I am very fond of her images and her series entitled, Reminisences. And, I would absolutely love to have her photograph Little M.
-I can't grab any of her images so you will have to go and take a look-

Then, there is Loretta Lux





The dreamy, ethereal way in which the children all look like they are in fairy tales is so amazing. The children dressed in vintage clothing all portray this real, yet imaginary image.



I'm so sad I missed her recent show at The Guggenheim but, silly me, I actually didn't know about it until it was too late.

spring bobbies

I made some more button bobbies last week and have added a few of them to my Etsy shop. These are covered with vintage fabric and it is the same fabric used in a few of the pincushions also listed on Etsy here and here.

I like how in the 1st and 3rd ones it is bits and pieces of the fabric and that they look a bit abstract.

this and that

This: tweed wool on the outside, cotton flannel on the inside: toddler scarf, need to add button and buttonhole. making more of these.

That: Ranunculus. Oh, how I love thee.

heidi apron

I feel like running through the Swiss Alps singing "Doe a Deer a Female Deer, Ray a Pocket Full of Sun, Me a Name I call Myself, Fa(r) a long long way to go, Sew, A needle pulling thread....." . Then later milking some cows, churning some butter and then tumbling down the hill with Jack. Sounds like a good day, right?
I think Little M would have fun doing this with his Mama. I suppose I would need to make him a little German boy outfit complete with lederhosen. I would so love to see him in that.



















Seriously though I had SO much fun sewing up this apron yesterday...I just went into it recklessly not measuring or anything..crazy I know. I will admit I did cut around a vintage half apron for general sizing but that is it. I used one of my ribbons from the trim spree I had last week on the front. I think the fabric and ribbon look amazing together. The pocket is made from wool felt. Underneath the apron is a red wrap skirt I made a few years back when I was taking a sewing class. Add braids, and I'm Heidi. Oh, and clogs of course.

stripey

Stripey is quite new and a little side project I've been doing in my downtime when I'm 'relaxing.'
It is knitted in seed stitch and I had all the yarn on hand from previous projects. I only knit in quality yarns so these are all manos del uruguay, rowan & morehouse farm merino. It is quite an unusual color combination choice for me but, I quite like the way they play off each other; the lights, brights and dark yarns seem to balance each other out. The stripes don't repeat in the same way either which I think give it a sense of spontaneity. Stripey is very textural and super soft. The stripes are uneven because of the different yarns- some are thicker or thinner than others.
It took about an hour and 1/4 to weave in the ends - the most tedious part of the project.

ribbons and trims, oh my!

I went a little crazy at M & J Trims the other day. I blew half my allowance on ribbons and trims. I felt like a kid in a candy store. I'm really digging the ships and the lace at the moment and those flowers...wow. I also bought some handles for purses.

patches, toys and boys

After seeing Amy's post about Heat n' Bond Lite and how it was a fast easy project great for little ones and might I add quite a groove (excuse me I was looking at a hippy cookbook yesterday) for the big kid in us grown-ups as well, I thought I'd give it a shot.
It was super easy and I did these in like 10 minutes. I liked it better than the last time I did applique for Little M.





Yup, what's more exciting to a little boy then trucks, guitars and trees. Little M (like most boys) gets super excited about trucks and buses..big wheels..you get the idea. He is also very fond of the guitar. And, trees! well he likes to go up and sort of slap/hug them with both hands. I think he's trying to see if he can push them over. So far, no luck. Looking at this photo of them folded it is quite clear I've never got to The Gap school of folding. I am not a very precise folder although I did watch Martha do it once on tv.


Also, on the table is spaceboy.



He's been neglected for about a week and a half. I cut him out on Easter morning, then started sewing him about a week later and then kind of forgot about him. Hopefully, he doesn't mind too much.