Mowgli Flag Plush Sign

I made this awesome flag for my all-time fave company Mowgli Surf run by my boyfriend Alex. Plush signs are one of my favorite things to make. They make me think of all of those amazing animal themed plush wall hangings from my childhood that for some reason fell out of style. If I ever have a moment to do something about it you bet I'll bring them back!

This plush flag is based off of a patch design I also did for Mowgli that embodies fun in the sun but with the colors switched around so the background wasn't black. Check out the process below!

Dyed sweatshirt fleece all ready to be cut out:

For the letters I size them on the computer and them print and cut them out. If they are too large I just tape them together.

Fun cutout fabric detail with the sweatshirt fleece. I find that this is the best fabric to work with because it has a bit more body and also doesn't fray.

For the background I used a jade linen fabric that I found, didn't even have to dye it! I cut out the shape and sewed it together with a back piece and a layer of batting which I then turned inside out...

Next I placed all of the cut out fleece letters and shapes to be sewn on

Detail of the placed shapes:

And then I got to sewing!

Look at me go!

Here's the final version hanging in the Mowgli booth at Agenda Las Vegas!

Whatever Lab

I got commissioned to do another quilted flag by the significant other of one of the people I made the Future Hits flag for! Formerly the Kite Collective, Whatever Lab is the name of a project by a teaching artist that works on facilitating creative projects to draw attention to the senses and the outdoor.

Below is my sketch of the flag and then follow the progress below that! I cut the text out of white jersey and machine stitched the edges. Each shape I cut out, sewed, turned inside out, and top stitched all over the flag filling it in piece by piece. Once the front was done I cut out the top section, layered the front, back, and quilt filling and then sewed it all together with tabs on the back to hang.

Tri-color Pillows

I've been planning to make some new stuff for a while but business things always get in the way.  I made these three coordinating prints and made them each into a throw pillow with coordinating cotton fabric on the backside.  They are available in the Etsy shop.  I only made one of each and probably won't be making more.  They are fun as a set but can be bought individually.  Enjoy the pictures!

Goosebumps: The Horror At Camp JellyJam Plush

I am going to be in an all-female powerhouse group art show presented by Hello Giggles where the theme is 90s Young Adult novels, classic!  We could choose from Nancy Drew, The Babysitters Club, Sweet Valley High, or Goosebumps for our inspiration.  I wasn't much into most of those books but I have literally read every Goosebumps book at least once, I used to love those stories (still do).  I decided to do plush art because it's so fun and unique since there is only one of the works so they are truly one of a kind.

The opening for Young Adult is at Gallery 1988 Melrose in Los Angeles on Saturday February 2nd from 7-10pm and it will run until February 23rd so go check it out if you're in the area!!

I chose my absolute favorite Goosebumps book, The Horror At Camp Jellyjam.  If you haven't read this riveting novel or need a refresher the plot goes like this: sister and brother Wendy and Elliot bored on a family vacation ask if they can ride in the trailer that the car is pulling.  Trailer becomes unhitched and they roll away and end up at Camp JellyJam where they are greeted by Buddy, the head counselor at the camp.  He assures them he will look for their parents but in the meantime they should have fun at the camp.  All of the kids are very competitive because if you win you get a gold King coin.  If you get 5 gold coins you get to be in the winner's walk that evening.  The camp's motto is, "Only the Best". Wendy starts to notice some fishy things happening and campers disappearing once they get 5 King coins so she exploring.  She finds a stairwell down to a cave where Buddy is hypnotizing the other counselors.  She goes further down to find the giant blobby gross smelling King Jelly Jam who sweats black snails and "only the best" winning campers are enslaved there to wash him since his smell is so bad and his arms are tiny so can't wash himself (get the dude some deodorant, am I right?).  Wendy helps to free all of the campers and take down King Jelly Jam who had been hypnotizing Buddy.  They all escape safely, Wendy and Elliot's parents are found, and all is right with the world.

While this story bring up some interesting questions about why parents would send their children to this camp when other campers seem to have gotten lost there forever it still doesn't make it any less awesome.  I made 3 plush pieces from the story: the trailer that started this whole mess, Head Counselor Buddy, and King Jelly Jam.  Check out the work in progress!

Head Counselor Buddy complete with mini Camp Jelly Jam branded 5 panel hat, camp tee, white regulation camp shorts with real working back pockets, and camp colored shoes all made from scratch by yours truly.  He stands at 27" tall!

King Jelly Jam complete with King crown with jeweled jelly color gems, the most amazing sleepy/confused/angry expression, and the black snails that he's always sweating (probably doesn't help with the smell) with embroidery thread swirls in three different shades of purple, and a giant weird amorphous body shape with tiny arms.

Say hey to these guys if you stop over at the gallery show, they are very excited for their first appearance!