All Are Welcome Screen Door

March 9, 2012 Jennette

for months now this screen door has been hanging around.

the screen's coming out.

it's not perfect.

but i thought it might be a nice shabby vintage earring/jewelry display, leaned up against a wall.

well i never did hang stuff from the screen.

and day after day i was moving it outside to lean against the wall.

all imperfect and falling apart.

then i remembered seeing somewhere that you can essentially embroider on screen.

hey, why not?

i have admired this slogan that shanna murray sells as a decal

so i just started stitching and it turned out alright.

i could go over it and make the stitching thicker and more bold....but for now it will be sold as is

hope you all have a great weekend and dont' forget about the time change.

so happy it will stay light past 7pm now!

ironing, hanging and pricing tiny handmade doll clothing,

xoxoxox

jennette

For the Birds!

November 9, 2011 Jennette

finished another bag and it's for sale!

this one is made from a buttery soft brown leather skirt and some vintage embroidery of a bird and cherries!

here is a process picture of skirt and pocket placement

this is what the lining of the outside pocket looks like

the crochet trim is original to the embroidery.

the bag lining is a vintage calico type print.

and the strap in repurposed from an old army duffel bag!

Smashing Rubbish

Studio & Vintage General Store

15922 Main St

Duvall, WA 98019

Autumn hours:

Wed-Sat noon-6

Sun noon-5

closed Mon & Tue

off to buy more interfacing,

xoxoxo

jennette

Splash Splash!

February 7, 2011 Jennette

here is a really old piece of embroidery that i used last year to make a sewing machine cover. i had been holding on to it for a long time and then figured if i would just finally use it, i would have it out to look at all the time.

and then look what came in the mail last week:

brand new pillows and hand towels in red embroidery from:

Pottery Barn!

who woulda thunk it?!

i still like mine since it is vintage and embroidered with different colors but it does remind me of the new series Portlandia, on IFC, which is gut-busting Hilarious, with a capitol H, and in which there is a "put a bird on it" skit that will make you pee your pants!

just sayin, "put a bird on it!"

xoxox

jennette

Silver Bag

January 18, 2011 Jennette

i found this silver tote bag while i was thrifting last week. i had been coveting this one:

from Fossil

which i still may have to get. probably not, but a girl can wish.

and to spice up the thrifted pleather tote, since its not nearly as cool as the real leather Fossil one, i thought to add this fabric as an outside pocket.

well this is the piece i remembered, eventually, anyhow. the tote was begging for an outside pocket, since it had none, in or out, but i had to go through half of my pile of embroidered pieces to rediscover this piece of some kind of hooked or crewel work on silver! perfect match.

so i lined the soon to be pocket with muslin and pinned it in place and sewed three sides and behold, a pocket!

personally i Love shiny, silvery, sparkly things, even if it looks like a bag an old lady in florida would use, it makes me smile.

off to the smashing rubbish studios,

ta ta,

jennette

Turkey

December 2, 2010 Jennette

Jasper embroidered his turkey design for his Grandma. Every year he gives her some kind of turkey art project near Thanksgiving. This year he decided to draw his own design and "sew" it on muslin for Grandma.

Jasper drew his turkey on paper with pencil. Then he traced it with a Sharpie so the lines were dark. Then he taped the picture up on the window and then we taped the muslin piece over it. I helped him with the tracing of the design onto the muslin with pencil.

Hard at work, concentrating.

The back side.

Jasper asked me to finish the edges for him. He did not want it to have tabs or any particular way to hang. He wanted his Grandma to lay it flat on the table for his other clay turkeys to sit on. He signed the bottom corner with a Sharpie.

And the minute he was done: