Procrasticat

After stumbling on some neat artist's blogs, Emily Carrol, Vera B, Kate Craig etc it eventually led me to Steve Wolfhard's Portrait-Dex. A place where cartoonists create Pokemon self portraits. It's entertaining and definitely worth a look if, like me, you just can't get enough of Pokemon related anything. It doesn't look like it is updated anymore but it kept me up half the night wondering what I might look like if I were a Pokemon...

Meet Procrasticat. It has a very stubborn nature and is easily distracted by things that are soft. If it's two heads cannot agree on an action it will not do anything at all. Special abilities include sensing when cake is within a 4 meter radius. It can often be found grocery shopping for things it doesn't need.

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While on the subject of Pokemon I feel it necessary to mention this article that was recently brought to my attention.
493 Pokemon Drawn as Sexy Anime Girls Because the Internet that's Why.

You're wondering what you might look like as a Pokemon now, aren't you.

Sparkletramp

I posted a while ago about my friend's fashion label and thought it deserved an update!

Hayley is still a fashion student but is already working hard with her label Sparkletramp.

Visit her blog here.
Become facebook friends with Sparkletramp here.

We did another photo shoot before Christmas, Hayley wielding the camera, me posing like an idiot and then editing the pics in photoshop.

Huge amounts of fun be I struggled to get my hair big enough! I wore this ruffle one last week for Hayley at Brisbane Threaded. A kind of young designer's night

A before and after photoshopping. Even half-decent lighting at the actual shoot makes it so much easier to photoshop.

This is the bath sponge that is actually inside my hair. I've got a clip-in white streak in my hair but I like it so much I'm considering getting a real one.

Sewing a Rainy Day Tote Bag

I made another tote bag with a simple little design on it. It's been raining a lot lately so the cloud is sad. I love humidity and sunshine! So poor summer weather makes me very sad.
Sad.
Sad.
Sad.
Sad cloud.
Happy jellyfish.


There is something so satisfying about turning this....

Materials!

Into this.....

Sad Cloud Happy Jellyfish

I used natural coloured Cotton Drill fabric for the bag, grey felt for the shapes, black cotton for the rain and legs and embroidery cotton for the faces.
Here is a basic pattern I made using measurements from a bag I bought years ago.

Bag Pattern

 Captions for everything!
I filmed myself making this one, not sure how the footage will turn out yet....

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Felt Crafting Fun

I gave hand-made Christmas presents to my family this year. It seemed like a great idea at the time but I was cursing myself when I was up til 4:30am Christmas Eve finishing them. I'm very glad I put the effort in though. I bought some natural coloured cotton drill fabric to make the bags and stitched on some bird shapes I cut from felt.

Grandma's Bag

Mum's Bag

I forgot to take a picture of the pigeon bag I made for my sister! 
I raided my Mum's craft supplies and got a little carried away on Boxing Day.

Owl Plushie and bird cut-outs.

Roast Turkey Leg and Strawberry Plushies

Why a roast turkey leg? It's actually a long story involving an episode of the Jonas Brothers Show and a bag I ordered from a Japanese website.

I'm currently trying to make a video on how I went about making the bags so hopefully when that is done I'll be able to include a basic How-to on here.
I had such a great Christmas! (Despite all the dreadful rain). Playing with sewing and playing with my beloved Kitties!!! I miss them so much!

Practise Fashion Shoot

I barely need an excuse to muck around with hair and outfits but now I actually have one! My fashion student friend needed someone to model her sewing creations. She's in the midst of rebranding but this is her current Etsy store. Here's a little sneak peak at the practise run we did today. I'm basically set for life with sweet facebook profile pictures.
She hired the lights and did the photography herself, then I tweaked them in photoshop. I can't wait for the next shoot!
The sailor bow is my creation.

New House

I spent a lovely afternoon playing video games, eating Okonomiyaki, and watching cartoons at my future house! 4 more days till I move. I also did some sketching in the morning.

My Book

Sailor Bows and Serious Cats

I finally made some more bows. I'm so slow at making them. I get distracted half way through and spend too much time thinking about how to make every single one different. I think once I get to 20 bows I will sell them all on Etsy. This fabric is from the lovely Violet LeBeaux, who is stupid and moving to Melbourne.

I'm also going to make a few more leopard bows. When I'm sewing them I keep saying to myself "Bigger! It's got to be bigger!" This one is as big as my face.


So many possibilities.

These cat stickers are a gift from my sister from her trip to Japan. I love the way they look so serious about their balls of yarn. The text roughly translates to Cat's Letter Seal.