Sarah Appleton - Textile Artist Blog

Two new things - firstly I made another new cushion cover for my bachelorette pad That's the last of my lovely Corazones Black fabric from the now defunct Repro Depot Fabrics , which makes me a little bit sad. Number two is that I made and listed my recycled cat dress on Folksy (complete with dodgy pictures of me) Sorry, for SUPER KAWAII people only!

Ello Poppets, I've been making band t-shirts again! I wanted a Riff Randells t-shirt, a stripey Riff Randells t-shirt, because on the cover of the first record I bought by them they are all wearing stripey t-shirts, see? So rad it should be a crime I had the iron-on letters leftover from another project and the red fabric is part of an old t-shirt. I just ironed the letters on, drew around them in the shape I fancied, cut that out and appliquéd it on. And then I made another one: Two very different bands, two very similar shirts. I had originally wanted the shape to be an explosion , inspired by Roy Lichtenstein but then I decided that clouds are nicer and just as pop-arty. And that's all I have to say about this except that now I have 2 new favourite t-shirts (3 if you count the extra one I kept plain). I am pretty crazy bout stripes y'all! This post was generated by stripes, The Riff Randells, Huggy Bear , Big Boys and recycling.

I made a leopard thang. I used vintage Simplicity pattern 2362 and adjusted the size / length / sleeves - I bought it in a size U.S. 14 which turned out around 4 sizes too big, dang. It is also meant for non-stretch fabrics so I had to use some artistic licence with the pattern. I went for a contrasting black collar because I thought it classied up the leopard and made more of a statement. I got the leopard jersey about a year ago from John Lewis and the black was an old t-shirt. Giggity. The Little Blog Of Craft was brought to you today by the letters The Distillers, Spinnerette, International Twin mixes and the number bad posing in my bedroom.