The Lighthouse Keeper’s cat

Again 2 weeks without posts! I will better myself, I promise! Finally I made it. I got my New Zealand credit card, my Premium PayPal account…. and My Etsy shop ^_^… I can’t believe it myself. And I already got my first order: 6 prints shipped to the USA…

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Oops! No post for almost 3 weeks. Thats a no go ^_^! I am so sorry. I moved houses and was too busy in my daytime job… But this weekend is a long weekend in NZ so I am catching up fast. My new studio is almost set up. Needles and threads ready and pencils sharpened!

Updates coming soon. It is late October so it is time for the calender project. It is the 6th edition and my first time being part of the organiser team. Exciting! And my team is already complete… More info soonish! See you…

I thought I try something new. So I took my mermaid ink drawing and used it as a kind of draft for this needle and thread drawing… It is sewn using my sewing machine, extra strong thread on a fine linen fabric and stretched over a canvas. The stretching was quite tricky though…

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The first 7 items are ready to sell! I changed fabrics and colors one last time, I decided to hand-print the first labels, the woven ones will take their time. I might show all items to Mindy next week, I hope she likes them!
You can see all of them @ flickr. Feedback welcome! I really learned a lot trying to actually get stuff ready to sell…
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Yesterday was another day of sewing! Two of my little cushions are ready (sort of… no labels, no tags) and i am not too happy with the faces…
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12 days. 12 things ready to sell.

Today I did some sewing, finishing (sort of!) two of my creatures inspired by my last doodels. I still need a name, lables and tags but it is a start…
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Whenever i try to design something for myself i just don`t get it right and nothing is good enough. So when i finally came up with a solution for the design for “The Lighthouse Keepers Cat” that was a weight off my mind and i think a relief for The Viech also, because the night before i was sitting in front of my computer crying that i can`t design anything and that i am the world biggest looser…
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