Pocket

you can find me here now

S. — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:20:16 +0000

you can find me here now

or here:

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade
Stockton.etsy.com

candy stripes

S. — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:41:16 +0000

Peppermint-y treasury that I made today on etsy!

candy stripes on flickr

finished!

S. — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:55:16 +0000

Well, I did it. I was attempting to make my first quilt (a 9-patch baby quilt), by the time Sew Mama Sew quilting month was done, and I just made it! Here are the pictures: it’s a little rustic, but I’m okay with that … it looks homey and cuddley and is going off in the mail to my new nephew tomorrow. The Sew Mama Sew blog during quilting month has been a great incentive/inspiration to get this done … their list of binding tips and how-tos came just in the nick of time!

pocket lunch bag

S. — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:31:33 +0000

When I was a kid, my dad made all my lunches, and he often put something extra inside: a note, a picture, a poem. I made this little lunch bag with this in mind, adding a tiny pocket where you can leave messages!

Originally uploaded by Stockton&Co.

progress

S. — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:54:07 +0000

squares cut and ready to go

my first 9-patch

S. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:43:52 +0000

So, inspired by the block-along at Sew Mama Sew I am attempting my first quilt. In an uncharacteristic show of craft-related caution, I decided to go with the 9-patch rather than something more elaborate. Before I started cutting I took a picture of the fabrics I’m going to be using:

Can you tell it’s a baby quilt? The one with the houses will be the back, and the polka dot bottom left will be the binding (I think). And I have a couple of plain fabrics coming by mail that I may use as well, depending on how crazy (pattern-wise) everything looks once it starts coming together.

And here is the result of my first 9-patch attempt:

A little wonky, but not nearly enough to deter me!

And finally, a close-up of the turtles:

mini note set

S. — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:10:44 +0000

Inspired by the blue and orange fabric I posted about yesterday, I created this mini-note paper set using one of my little bear illustrations (actually it started off as a pattern for a puppet, but that’s another story).

polka dots

S. — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:20:04 +0000

Check out the lovely fabric that came in the mail yesterday from Sew Mama Sew! I have been collecting blue and orange fabric in hopes of attempting my first quilt … for a baby nephew whose birth is imminent. And with perfect timing, over at the Sew Mama Sew blog it is quilting month, and they are doing a “block along” every Friday. Today they have links to three different nine-patch tutorials, so all I need to do is choose (I am thinking “Crazy 9-Patch”).

snack

S. — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:24:50 +0000

lollipops from muji in Tokyo (Shibuya)

Projects!

S. — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:38:09 +0000

Just what we all need in January - more projects (plus a tree trunk fairy home)! Seriously though here is some good stuff I have seen around the internets lately:

Lisa at u-handbag explains her process (part 1)
mobile swap at Elsie Marley via Chickpea Sewing Studio
Japanese fabric resource fabric TALES, via decor8
Tree Trunk Fairy Home via ohdeedoh
via craft zine , tea cup candles by jenny at ljcfyi