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GLOBAL PILLOWS

6 March 2013 by Julianne

I love sewing pillows for Hot Moon Collection. Gabby collects gorgeous fabrics from around the world, and we work together to pick out the perfect linens, silks, and cottons to showcase the antique textiles.

These embroideries were done in the early 20th century in Egypt.

Japanese shibori:

I don’t remember where this silk embroidery is from, but it’s absolutely stunning.

And always beautiful indigo work.

There were 11 pillows total, all with invisible zippers. I love having a metal invisible zipper foot.

I love seeing these handmade fabrics, from different times and vastly different places, and getting to contribute to their artistry. Fabric and sewing is (literally) a connective thread through nearly every civilization on Earth, and my threads are part of that!

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ROYAL CUSTOM SEAT COVER

25 February 2013 by Julianne

I’m stash-busting my drafted posts, so even those this project is from 2010 it’s still new to you! And also, I still really like this design.

I really enjoyed doing this seat cover for a client of Villy Customs. Ms. Regan Carlile was so specific as to what she wanted that I knew if I could deliver she’d be pleased as pie. My favorite part was that she requested “cognac” colored siding… Cognac colored lycra?! What’s not to love?

I even got some gold and brown elastic for the underside of the cover.

Fleetwood did a great job making another beautiful cruiser, and I’m glad to be a part of this project.

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BLOPPY BLOPPY SQUIDY

19 February 2013 by Julianne

Today my youngest nephew turns 5! I don’t have photos of his birthday gift (it’s not 100% finished), but I would like to share what I made for Kaden’s birthday in 2011: a robot squid!

I called him Squidy, but Kaden renamed him Bloppy Bloppy, which is pretty awesome too.

The body is made from a thin green jersey over gold vinyl. Its inner body is a strange ruffled polyester, of which I have been hoarding several yards of for quite some time. The tentacles each have a different ribbon or time, and the arms have button suction cups.