Made myself a tank top start to finish

 

Hi and welcome to a new project: a completely handmade tank top from yours truly for yours truly. 

I made it from a stretchy leftover fabric, forgotten in my fabric shelf for years (i am a HOARDER from hell) and my beloved hand carved linoleum bat block (used here).

I traced a cropped tank top for the pattern, cut the fabric out leaving 1 centimeter seam allowance only on the shoulder and the side seams and then lettuce hemmed the hell out of the edges. I wanna thank my sewing machine for the nerve she kept during this process. Here are some pics I took along the making of the top, starting from the lino printing and ending with me Kate Moss-ing the shit out of my creation.

Bat close-up

linoprinting for days

a seriously cute pattern tho

that's when the weights come in handy!

back and front ready to marry

''You better work! Cover girl! Work! Give a twirl! Do you thing on the runway''

Oh and I made a matching mask to go with it because i don't want to waste a single centimeter of this fabric i spent ages printing! And boom new profile pic over here

Enjoy!

Nightly Bat Patches

 Hello and welcome to a new patch(es)!

 

 

This little bat linocut block has been a staple in my creations lately. With this hand carved block i've printed several thank you notes to go with every order as well as decoration for my packaging. I think I'm developing more of an aesthetic sense lately, can't really explain it but whatever it is, this lil bat is part of it.

 

 

Back to the patches! They were printed on pale pink thin cotton with my linoprint kit from Essdee and black fabric ink. The print was heat set through the iron and is water resistant, of course it requires hand washing only! I kept some for me that I immediately sewn onto my summer dresses/shorts.

They look cool right? I'm thinking about using the bat as a repeating pattern on fabric and then sew something with it.... we'll see

In the meantime, enjoy!