Using this fab tutorial from Kirin Notebook, I pulled some favourites from my stash (I love this bird print by Erin McMorris), and made me to-do @ work book just a little bit more fun!
The tutorial is easy, and requires just a sewing machine, a half-yard of fabric (or two fat quarters of one print each, depending on the size of the notebook you are covering), and a little bit of patience for turning things inside out.
Enjoy!
I have to admit (in case you haven’t figured it out yet), that I am a bit of a design junkie. I especially like screen printed goodies from the likes of seripop and others.
I was instantly taken with Eleanor Grosch when I first started seeing her dreamy screenprinted works (like this toothy walrus death cab poster and this pretty iron and wine horsey poster and well…gosh…all of the rest of them too) kicking around band tours and her beautiful tshirts (I heart this octopus and his umbrella shirt) showing up on the chests of people I know and well – I could go on and on about all the stuff she does that I love.
So when I saw these limited edition Eleanor Grosch keds I *had* to have them. And they’re not (or at least hardly) available here in Canada. So I had to wait for the US mail (and first find a place that would actually ship to the US’s freakish northern neighbours). But I did! And they get here today! And they are awesome.
So awesome, in fact, that I am almost too awed by them to actually put them on. I think I should have ordered two pairs.
good news! we found a super apartment (yes, I am moving *again*, and *no* I don’t want to talk about how much time I have been spending with cardboard boxes) and it comes (…drum roll please…) with enough room for me to have a studio again! whee! (and by studio I mean not a studio/living room/boyfriend’s office/dining room/kitten playground but an actual room with an actual door that belongs to me that I can fill with fabric and other stuff)
my brain is reeling – full of ideas for things I’m going to do with my newfound space, but mostly, my poor little head is chugging along on one problem….this one:
I am in search of flat files that look something like these ones, and these ones, and these ones, and especially these ones (if I could I would take that whole studio home with me). Pretty and functional and made of wood is the name of the game. No tacky (and noisy!) steel, but I might be persuades if it’s black and reallllly pretty. I’m planning to use these for the storage of my rather unweildy collection of notions, buttons, thread, quilting rulers, zippers, pins, pattern pieces and other miscellaneous sewing junk that is just impossible to store in containers (only because my studio would be full.of.them). I’d also like to be able to use the top as a bit of a cutting surface covered with healing mats.
Does anyone know where to get new and/or used flat files around town (or on the internet for a decent price with shipping to Canada)?
