Ornaments Live!

Posted on July 16, 2015 by mimik

I have posted my 5 new pdf ornament patterns into my etsy shop here! I am SO excited about these. I had so much fun and can’t wait to make more but back to work on dolls for a while first. To celebrate, I will give away 10 patterns! Leave a comment saying which one you’d like and I will pick ten winners after Monday (7/20, ends at midnight eastern US time). One entry per person, right?!

There is the whale–

Felt fish, perfect for embroidery embellishing! If you fill it with catnip, your kitty will love you (even more).

An adorable Star Baby. You could embroider the back with a name and date for a baby’s first Christmas.

A Gnome– or maybe an elf? Santa’s helper?

And a Winter Girl– This would actually make an adorable little doll, don’t you think?

Okay then. Let’s have a giveaway! Please come over to comment on the blog (no emails).

Forest Fellow Fox

Posted on June 20, 2015 by mimik

and lastly-

A fox forest explorer. He has his day bag on his back.

A cashmere scarf to keep the chill out.

And here is his wardrobe and bag contents-

A close-up of his pack.

hear me talk

Posted on June 1, 2015 by mimik

Last week, Salley Mavor and I talked to Abby Glassenberg for her podcast. It was a great conversation and you can listen in!

blond tattoo man (3)

Posted on April 7, 2015 by mimik

I am having fun, playing with hair curls.

another Orange and Black

Posted on March 24, 2015 by mimik

Sisters!

I like this back detail-

She is the last kitty of this group. See you in a week or so!

Anniversaries, medals and patterns

Posted on February 13, 2015 by mimik

Well, that is an odd collection of things! This is how they are all related-

Hurray! Today is my blog birthday- it has been 11 years! I have been working on felt you-deserve-a-medal prototypes (more on that later) so I made myself one. Don’t I look mighty proud?

My medal says blogger- it has a gold star for 10 years plus a white star for 1 year.

These are the rest of the medal prototypes I’ve been making, inspired by many things including this fellow, Lord Kitchener.

And the reason for the prototypes? This is a class I will be teaching (a project I will be leading?) at the ARC, the Art Stream Art Retreat Camp. There is a story about where the idea started. Last year, at one of the markets I was doing, someone came into my booth, looked around and asked, “Why are these so expensive?” I hate that question. It immediately puts me on the defensive and I get all huffy. Later I was thinking that one of the reasons I charge what I do is that I’ve done the work, I’ve been validated as an artist, I have a seal of approval. And wouldn’t it be great to have an actual seal of approval that I could pull out! And medals for all the “battles” I’ve fought along the way. Really, we all have fought the battles, have the scars, and deserve the medal so lets make our own.

Lastly, the patterns. Back here I talked about why I pulled my patterns from Etsy. Well, it looks like they’ve got things figured out so I will be putting them all back up. To celebrate, I have lowered the price of all the patterns to $8 for all of February. Here is a shop link.

And guess what? More snow on the way!

boy pug

Posted on January 30, 2015 by mimik

And here is #4 pug- a boy in plaid.

He has some bright red felt buttons.

He doesn’t want to go out in the snow!

I am teaching Tiny Worlds Pin Cushions this weekend (Jan 31 and Feb 1) in Cambridge and Owls (Feb 15) in 2 weeks. There is still room in both classes if you are interested!