August 2008 Entries
I have been messing around with Inkscape today trying to capture Esther’s beloved “Tunkey.” With some help and guidance from my 5 year old daughter, this is what we came up with: What could this look like as a fabric? I’m going to tile this and see what happens. Not sure about a background color. Any ideas? Love, Rachel
posted @ Sunday, August 31, 2008 5:27 PM |
You may or may not know about my daughter Esther’s fascination with the “Tunkey.” Refer to this post to catch up. I was in the fabric store and low and behold I saw some tiger fabric. Esther was with me and before I knew it, she grabbed it up and was dancing around the store with glee. At that point, I knew I would be embarking on a tiger dress making journey. I was actually excited make this dress because it is entirely out of my element. I never work with animal prints because I’m not really attracted...
posted @ Saturday, August 30, 2008 2:45 PM |
School is here! This year my daughter Rosemary does not have to wear uniforms to school—to her delight. I bought her some basics and told her that I would make her three dresses for school. She decided to design one of them which looked amazingly similar to her sister Esther’s colonial dress that I had made her earlier this year. She carefully drew her sketch and verbally let me know what all the details were. It’s the night before her first day of school and the pieces of her dress were in a pile on my sewing table. Even worse...
posted @ Friday, August 29, 2008 7:52 PM |
Do you remember the post where you all helped me pick out fabric for my Leo jacket? And the drama when I received it, rejected it, and tried again? Well, although it technically has been listed in our Mamma Made store, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the work of the fabulous Melissa Lee Photography to see what she could do with it. These aren’t necessarily the pictures I’ll be putting in my store, but I just love them. Melissa, you ROCK!
Yay Leo! You are so darn cute! Ella Rose is pretty darn cute too.
Love, Rachel
posted @ Saturday, August 23, 2008 1:03 AM |
My daughter Esther is in love with Tigers…and Monkeys. Because she can’t decide which animal is better, she has created a new animal which in our house is called a “Tunkey.” In order to create this animal she ties her two stuffed animals together with a lot of hair bands. It works. She is constantly drawing this fantastic creature and gets discouraged when her Tunkey isn’t quite perfect. I found this adorable monkey fabric at my favorite local quilting store and I decided to make Esther a dress. She...
posted @ Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:21 PM |
We went to Indie Fest yesterday and we had a great time at downtown Disney. Here is a picture of me with all my kids except one. It was a beautiful hot day and we had a really nice time. I was glad that I didn’t have high expectations of how things were going to go. It’s important when the word “Indie” is involved to keep an open mind and let things progress as they will. I learned that lesson from my brother Daniel. We had an outdoor show which was followed by two teenage...
posted @ Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:49 PM |
I received my yard of colors! Here is Esther showing them off. She couldn’t resist dancing with the colors in the yard. Each color block has the corresponding number to it. So the idea is to work directly from this color “swatch” because we know that Spoonflower is able to print these colors. By doing this you shouldn’t have any surprises when you open your fabric package. I also received my bird swatch and I was very pleased. The colors were exactly as I projected. For those...
posted @ Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:24 PM |
I have been a bit lax in keeping up with my blog posting because Mamma Made is getting ready for Indie Fest USA in Anaheim, CA. We are going to have our first fashion show and I think (hope!) that it’s going to be a lot of fun. The Indie Fest is mostly showcasing Independent Films, but there is a spattering of bands and fashion shows that will be shown throughout the eight festival days. Pretty cool they chose us to be one of the twenty designers to be showcased and compete for some sort of a prize. Not sure...
posted @ Saturday, August 09, 2008 8:31 PM |