I <3 pockets

Two inchies that go into 2 pockets on this ATC. I sent it to Annet. I love the idea of pockets on an ATC. It was one of those: woke up at midnight in a sweat searching desparately for a pen to write down this idea of POCKETS! Now I'm going pocket crazy, making all kinds of pocket-ATCs.

I hope it goes without saying, but I thought the other day that I probably should still say it.
All images are copyright 2009 Julia Lee.

I'm happy to share patterns and ideas. The whole point of my blog is to share ideas and share my artwork. I want my work to be seen ( but not stolen ).

The Monkey ATC I sent to Annet via Swapbot! I had so much fun making this ATC. I'm making a 2nd one for myself now!

I used felt pieces and hand stitched them on top of a piece of batik fabric. The batik was green with little marks on it that sort of gave it a leafy look. The monkey was a pattern out of FUN STUFF, an Aranzi Aronzo book (I think that's their name... I'd have to check tho). It was a pattern to go on a change purse or be a keychain. But I thought, what a great little ATC that could make! So I took their monkey pattern, and then found a background fabric, and then designed what I wanted it to look like. I cut out the leaves and little branches out of felt, using my own patterns. I kept tweaking it trying to make it perfect. And I'm very happy with the result. I'm happy to share the pattern too.

Sneak peak

Sneak peak at my fabric atc's I sent to Annet!
This is an inchie... I won't explain tho why Annet's getting an inchie in an ATC swap! But it wasn't just an "extra"! :)

Fabric

My fabrics that will be my Circus ATCs! I loooooove the fabric. It's the whole inspiration! I'm using beads, really small ones to give it detail and sparkle. Make it kinda like when you think of costumes being sparkly. The lionmaster will be sparkly red beads and gold ones. And then a few gold and yellow beads in the lions to make them stand out. And then a small amount of stitching to top it all off! It won't take as long as it sounds... then again, I am a perfectionist... I tend to take longer than I plan on taking. That's why I've stopped signing up for more than 3 or 4 swaps at a time. I tried to do 7, and I ended up mailing a couple a few days late, because I get so wrapped up in making it perfect and wanting to be proud of it.

Zentangles

SWAPS!

So busy with swaps!!!

Handmade card, using fabric, and then using my sewing machine stitched on top! Sent this to Annet, with a couple of ATCs I'm very proud of (finally!). I made so many different ones, because I wanted to be proud, like REALLY proud of them. I ended up sending them a little late. Not just because of my perfectionist-y ways but also I had them done and in the envelope when my kitten knocked over a glass of milk right on top of it, soaked it.... and they're fabric (i'll post pictures, I want to wait a little bit, til she gets them), so they had to dry and one of them had...ugh well, it was a mess. and the ink smudged icky like on the back...

Now I'm working on 2 circus atcs. and just finished my zentangle inchies, I'll post pictures as soon as I load them.
just wanted my blog to know I hadn't forgotten about it.