self gratification

flesh is weak.

give me one good reason why i should have resisted. read the story and see the collections here.  how wonderful they're from spain!!

neki desu

the joy of to do lists

is when you cross out items. this baby's done. the annotation series is chugging along although it has stopped at some stations.the good thing about unplugging during weekends is that time seems to exponentially multiply once i get going.

more finished work.

this book had been languishing around being shuffled from one corner of the studio to another.

i wanted to try a simple japanese binding stitch from this book but somehow the time to do it escaped me. once i sat this weekend to stitch i shifted to turbo. the fabric is rust dyed cotton from last summer on which i printed kanjis with copper inks in two values. then i stitched with some copper wire and black silk for contrast.there are also copper shingles- for  want of a better name- weathered and rusted. the cover is abused lutradur, machine stitched, gessoed and painted with various layers of acrylics.

 i  did a bit of  test dyeing and  i was also able to transplant my clematis plants. my aim is to cross out some three or four projects so that i can get on to weaving and planning a piece for a juried show.

this morning i cleared the BS and  to gratify myself i came home walking, a good hour and a half walk.
and too bad my oven is out of commission or i had baked a cake!

 you can tell spring is coming.(^_^)

neki desu

this is fashion because i say so - IV

simple dropped shoulder top. a two hour stint which i was truly grateful for after the week's paper pushing mega BS- this ain't finished folks more coming up (>x<) .

the fabric is very soft and supple. it could have taken a bit more fulling, but as ever i'm always short on width. dreaming about a wider loom and contemplating the megado .

as the saying goes god is in the details. found these vintage italian glass buttons and put them to rest until its time came. think the button works well here. notice the crafty handmade buttonhole loop(^_^)

i'm finding a lot of satisfaction in these projects as they  encompass textile design, pattern generation, weaving, sewing and sometimes dyeing. not to mention wearing a one of. god this IS couture!!!!!

 this weekend i will be celebrating the conclusion of this little number and  this is what i'm going to be doing. even al gore, hilary and bill did it.

yes!, i'm going to be doing the macarena.

and let me explain the irony :operative words corte ingles and compra(to buy)

Macarena sueña con El Corte Ingles
Que se compra los modelos mas modernos
Le gustaria vivir en Nueva York
Y ligar un novio nuevo
AAAAhAA!!




 everyone's entitled to a bit of tackyfun once in a while (^_^)

have fun this weekend, whether tacky or not.

 neki desu