A tiny needle felted swallow is held in the artist's hand, overlayed with the text: "Wool, thread, open door: Conversations with Art. April 26, 12-2, 716 Johnson st, The Other Guise Theatre Society"

If you're in #yyj, come check out the next Conversations with Art, April 26, 12-2 at 716 Johnson st
I'll be working on a brand new piece onsite, & have printed patches, capes, fun pincushions, and other goodies available to view & buy. Door by donation!
#fibreart #VictoriaBC #artshow #popupStudio

Super excited to be taking part in the Conversations with Art series!
Come say hi between 12-2 on April 26 at 716 Johnson st, Victoria BC, aka: The Other Guise Theatre Society.
Pay what you will at the door 😘

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needle felted magical creature sitting in a teacup, holding an antique thimble.

Side view of needle felted familiar creature, showing moon inspired by Vincent VanGogh's Starry Night

Side view of needle felted familiar creature, showing trees inspired by Vincent VanGogh's Starry Night

Back view of needle felted familiar creature, showing swirled sky inspired by Vincent VanGogh's Starry Night

Meet Vincent!
The newest teacup familiar has a hidden magnet in his removable thimble-cup to help find pesky lost pins.
It was harder than I expected to get the wool to read like brushstrokes 🎨
#needlefelted #needlefelting #vangogh #pincushion #sewingaccessories #recycled #handmade #witchfamiliar

Felt pincushion in a vintage teacup. The pincushion looks like a mossy hill with a little mushroom character sitting on it.

A hand is holding a felted mushroom character, showing off its bum. A metallic glint is just visible beneath from the hidden magnet. A felt pincushion in a vintage teacup is visible in the background. The pincushion looks like it's covered in moss.

A felted pincushion made to look like a potted plant complete with roots rests on a counter, beside a felted mushroom character and vintage teacup. The roots detail isn't normally visible when the pincushion is fully assembled.

A felted pincushion made to look like a felted mushroom character and potted plant complete with roots rests on a counter, beside a vintage teacup. The roots detail isn't normally visible when the pincushion normally rests in the teacup.

So happy with how well this pincushion worked out...
🌱 moss
☕️ lives in a teacup
🍄 lil mushroom buddy
🍊 lil mushroom booty
🌳 roooooooooots
Bonus: hidden magnet under our mushroom buddy to help find dropped pins 🤫

Hard not to get carried away with #needlefelting #handmade

I am willing to accept that I might have gotten carried away with this pincushion... but needle felting is too fun

Oops my head got a bit too busy and so did this design. I guess I have to keep it now!

#BabaYaga #needlepoint #fiberart #witchHut #summercottage #witchcore

I had a sudden urge to make these festive versions of Baba Yaga’s hut.
0 regrets, I just want to make more versions and start getting real weird with my stitch patterns…

These picket patches seem more appropriate for end of week 7 of this strike.
#BCGEU #strike #blockprint #handmade

Crocheted pumpkin hanging in a tree

Crocheted pumpkin hanging in a tree

Hand holding a hollow crocheted pumpkin-shaped pouch

I can’t resist alliteration, so I’m keeping my hands busy during my picket shifts with these picket pumpkin pouches now that we’re into the spooky season
#bcgeu #strike

Several rows of fabric patches printed with 'Baby's first strike' and a dinosaur hatching from an egg

all the first batch was claimed before my shift was over & I've got the next batch drying in the studio for tomorrow. I might just make a dent in my scrap bin at this rate!

several rows of multi-coloured patches with a block printed dinosaur hatching out of an egg. The patches include the text "Baby's first strike"

Keeping busy during the #BCGEU strike with these fresh picket patches. Can't believe we're half way through week 5 without a serious offer on the table.
#blockprinted #memade #strike #labour

Fixed some timing and needle alignment issues but holy moly did the previous owner ignore those. This base plate is actually punched all the way through! I didn’t know a needle could do that!

A computerized sewing machine laid on its back with the bottom open, showing exposed circuit board and gears

Picked up this old MemoryCraft 5000 as part of an auction lot and while the internet tells me it’s not worth getting running, a win98 vm isn’t a huge obstacle and all the machine itself seems to need is new oil, a fresh fuse and ~30 years of compacted lint removed. Not today landfill!
#sewsky

Close but different brand, this one specifically is a Read Pleater ☺️

Two images of a vintage Reed pleating machine. The first image shows the machine empty and mid-assembly, the other image shows the machine with fabric inserted and visible running stitches holding the pleats in place

New post up about making my green smocked dress, I adore the results of hand smocking and this pleating machine really sped the process up vs my first fully hand-done attempt, but what a time commitment! with.threadlyintent.com/gobsmocked/
#sewsky #smocking #sewing #vintagesewing #vintagetools

I love making myself stupid little things to decorate my work areas

🧐 If a wall lizard were an entomologist, it would probably be pretty tempted to snack on its collection I figured...
#blockprint #linoprint #printmaking #testprint

Back view of a capelet, featuring a large design with 2 entwined snakes

Front view of a capelet, featuring a crescent faced moon design

It was a pain to make that big Auryn appliqué, but I love how it turned out! My sister LOVED this one 🤩
#memade #sewsky #slowfashion #cape #smalldesigner

Thanks! A lot of stops and starts on this one, glad to have it finished and out of my to-do bin!

Bright green dress posed on a sewing mannequin

Bright green dress posed on a sewing mannequin

The dressmaker posing in a bright green dress with bulging pockets

I adore this comfy smocked dress. With 4 roomy pockets that beg to get loaded up I’m already thinking of this as my cargo dress 👗
#sewsky #smocking #memade #slowfashion

hummingbird sitting in a hawthorne tree

Look at this little cutie! I love that there's always a hummingbird or 2 around this tree, but I've never managed to get a photo before!

#hummingbird #birds #nature

unfinished green dress with heavy hand smocked (gathered) areas

Letting myself go full on with the fabric manipulation on this one. I finished the smocking on the waist like 3 years ago and left the bodice as a problem for future me until last month 😅
#smocking #handmade #sewsky #workinprocess #cottagecore

I was in the woods when I stumbled upon a ruined old cistern where various mice and woodland creatures were having a weekend-long solstice feast.

They welcomed me with an acorn cap full of dandelion liqueur, but I don't don't how to tell that's not enough fuckin booze for me, I'm huge you dumb shit

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Photo of a tiny, round bird perched in a hawthorn tree

Photo of a tiny, round bird perched in a hawthorn tree

The tree off my balcony has gotten some particularly cute visitors

wishing all the homophobes a super uncomfortable month

Ayup.
All the LGBTQ+ 'phobes

Wrap cape in 3 different shades of blue. A dual faced moon is appliquéd onto the front left chest, 2 entwined snakes appliqued onto the back of the cape can be seen in a mirror behind

I just realized that since my sister isn't on Bluesky, she can't have her gift spoiled by me posting it here!
Her fav colour is blue, the twin faced moon and twinned snakes in the Auryn are nods to her being a Gemini.
The hood has so much volume, I like to think of it as a kind of privacy setting 😘

I'll never get tired of watching steam rise on a chilly morning

a delicate, largely complete leaf skeleton sits on jagged oregon grape leaves

forest-scape with large, mossy tree trunk in the foreground

fallen tree with decaying stump

trees with harvested bark sections visible

One more set from Francis King Park