Stitch City

Christmas etc etc

stitchcity — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:06:05 +0000

I am home for a few days for Christmas, and it has been a brightly coloured haul this year it has to be said!

I was most chuffed with these beautiful hardback books that ive been pining after for over a year,

And this 1980s vintage embroidered bag from Beyond Retro:

And also this beautiful if slightly oddly shaped Polish tea set from an unknown (to me!) Etsy seller:

It must be said, my Mum has fantastic taste.

Oreo

stitchcity — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:23:50 +0000

Bit of recent messy sketching, all a bit random but I’m just trying stuff out (and using promarkers as much as possible!)

Also! a new craft company in Cardiff, The Made Project have featured me on their brand new website! Take a look here.

Sky

stitchcity — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:48:44 +0000

Ok so didn’t get that much work done this week, i DID go to St Fagans today, bloody lovely.

Miniatures

stitchcity — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:16:30 +0000

I said I was going to post once a week and im just about sticking to it!

Badges! Myself and Jen ordered ourselves a massive stock of badge parts so i now have my work cut out, time to come up with as many designs as possible.

“Research”

stitchcity — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:18:12 +0000

So since starting my job (may i add FULL TIME) it has been massively difficult to get work done, in the evenings i have no motivation whatsoever after answering emails all day, so that leaves the weekend, by which time i have completely lost track of what i was doing the week before! So from now on there will be a blog post every week, mostly to remind me of what I started/finished/am in the middle of…..

So today i went down to the Bay. It has to be the most photogenic place ive lived (not that theres anything wrong with Harrow…..)

This Cormorant below will get drawn at some point, i love them.

Mount Stuart Square has some proper nice buildings, i think i’ll be working from these for a bit, i’m meant to be doing more “Welsh themed” stuff but im struggling to think of things that arent rygby/sheep/dragon related. Any suggestions would be most welcome!

Oh and this is my new desk, which i havent really used properly since i moved here……

Birthday(s)

stitchcity — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:29:13 +0000

It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago, and i got a rather fantastic array of extremely original presents that i felt needed to be shared!

So i know flowers might not seem very original but Ive never had any before! (given to me by the people at work, because yes i have a job now!)

This terrible photo doesnt do justice to this epic (and MARBLE may i add!) birthday cake made by my excellent flatmate Lydia.

I also received a mystery tshirt from the Hipstery (which i havent yet photographed) along with a box of stuff:

Jen made me a very fetching mixtape in a fabulous hand knitted case!

AMAZING woodblock Decemberists print from the Tugboat print shop.

Four of these cake pops were sent to me by Emma who bakes awesome unique things! Have a look at what she has for sale here!

^^ And finally I made this Ponyo badge for my matey Ross whose birthday is the day before mine, I rediscovered my badgemaker so i’m thinking there will be many more of these made in the near future!

landan maps

stitchcity — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:23:36 +0000

Busy

stitchcity — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:34:10 +0000

So had the time to finish all these pieces based on vintage maps ive collected:

^^ Aberystwyth town map…..

^^ Really nice colourful map of Killarney, Ireland.

^^ really random wooded section from my Aberystwyth map.

Have made lots of plans for new items but I have a feeling a lot of them will never actually happen…… New cushions almost finished though!

South Pole

stitchcity — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:47:17 +0000

So I realise its probably the wrong time of year to make an icy themed map but i have good reasons. I made this for my Mum for her birthday:

Cape Evans in Antarctica is named after my mums great great (great?) Uncle.

maps & moves

stitchcity — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:26:31 +0000

Look at them all!! Im making a series of totes and cushions using small sections of each.

I moved house 2 weeks ago from London to Cardiff, now living down in (or at least near) Cardiff Bay. Its a nice spot, photos to come.

Also

Craft Guerrilla have a new zine out, here with Izzys cover design and my poster for the craft fair on the back, proud of us! You can buy the zine here

And this is my poster in its original blue: