Painting Pottery

Hey hey, I am back from the land of writing sewing patterns. They are off to the printers and I am doing a happy dance.

I've been doing a lot of pottery painting lately, getting ready for the holidays and to play with new looks. You know you got to change things up every now and then. Lately with licensing I do loads of painting with acrylics and watercolors but my love for painting started with painting pottery. So when I wanted to come up with something new it was natural to head back to pottery.

Above are some bowls that I painted.

After working on some larger pieces I moved to mugs. I wanted to do something that had words and inspiration. You know I am a happy positive person (in general, ha!) so these mugs needed a bit of that.

Here are a few...

Front and Back of my Be Happy Today mug

Begin Today

Here's a stack of them, that I snapped a photo of....

I just added the mugs to the Etsy Shop. The rest of the dishes I still need to photograph, etc. I've got an idea brewing that they might work well for.....

Hope you're doing well,

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Shh....don't tell anyone

Hello, hello,

I feel like I haven't talked to you forever. It's true but I have been working very hard lately. It's that time of year where I am in full swing preparing for the holidays, designing new fabric and patterns, and coming up with new products. It kills me to not snap photos during the day when I am busy in the studio. so if you folllow me on facebbok, the blog, instagram, twitter, pinterest....you get the idea, I just haven't been there lately. Well I can't take much more of this so I am breaking my no photo policy and showing you a few things, it's just between us okay?

Been working on a new sewing pattern. I've gotten a hold of my strike offs for Everyday Fun and Hoopla. It ships to stores in November. Strike offs are the color proofs in the fabric world. They are usually pretty small samples so I have to be very strategic when sewing.

As you saw in the first photo, tons and tons of holidays beads and projects are being designed right now. Can you believe that the holiday projects are less then a month away? As I've been preparing holiday things, I've also been working on new gift ideas as well. I have been painting lots of pottery in new styles and I cannot wait to show you more.

I hope you're doing well, well chat more soon,

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Pin Cushion in a Cup Tutorial

The downloadable Pin Cushion in a Cup Pattern is now free when you subscribe to the Makers Club newsletters. 

The downloadable Pin Cushion in a Cup Pattern is now free when you subscribe to the Makers Club newsletters. 

1. Pin the trims around the outer edge of each of the circle sizes. Make sure to point the outer edge of the trim inward.

2. Pin the remaining circle on top to make a sandwich. The right sides of the fabric should be facing inward. Sew around the outside using a 1/4" seam allowance.

3. Cut a slit down the bottom side of each circle. Clip the curved edges and turn right sides out. Fill with fiberfill.

4. Stitch closed. (Theses stitches will be hidden.)

5. The single large circle you cut is for the bottom of the pin cushion. With e needle and thread run a gathering stitch around the raw edge.

6. Fill with fiberfill and pull the thread snug to create a ball shape.

7. With a long needle and thread sew up from the bottom ball, through all three stuffed circle and out through the top. Sew through you ceramic cherry, a felt ball, or a bead and then return your needle back down and out the bottom. Pull the thread snug and repeat this several times to secure.


8. Using a glue gun place hot glue all around the inside of your cup or bowl. Arrange the cushion how you would like and let the glue dry. You're finished!

Enjoy!

The fabric used in this pin cushion is from my Extraordinary World Fabric Collection from In The Beginning Fabrics.

Bowls can be found in my shop.

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Colorful Ceramic Necklace

Whew! New work! I feel like I have been working on these ideas for a very long time. I love all of the bright colors, color blocking, and geometrics shapes coming into fashion these days. I hope these trends stick a long for a very long time.

I have also been wanting to make some jewelry that is almost entirely ceramic. It's not something I have done in a long time and it's so much fun. I had a ball stringing up this necklace with all the bright beads. I have worn this necklace several times now and get lots of comments on it. I think I will wear it today as well. You always need a good Friday necklace right?

I decided to try something new in the Etsy shop as well. Typically I would put all of the pieces to make this necklace together in a set. But it seemed like there is so much to mix and match with these beads that I wanted everyone to have a choice to make it their own. I put single and pairs of beads in the shop this time. We'll see how it goes. I always like to experiment. :)

By the way, I painted up some new cup and saucers as well. I have my eye on the turquoise and red one... if it doesn't sell soon, it might be my new mocha mug.

Have a great day!
Jennifer

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