a look at things to come

gotta spend some time editing the photos before this goes up in the shop, and a have a few more things on the way.

i have a voice

its difficult to hear sometimes. My brain never stops generating ideas, none of them linear or cohesive. It leads me to keep pretty quiet about my creative process. However, I think that the purpose of a blog such as this is to share. So to all of you out there reading this (no matter how few of you there may be) I promise to speak up. 

I have been sewing like crazy. I just finished a new girls shirtdress adorned with a handful of colorful vintage buttons. The deliberate randomness was hard to achieve so I went for organized chaos instead. It was one of those moments when I saw all the buttons heaped on the table and thought they looked so beautiful, but I just couldn't translate it in that exact way to the fabric. I used a new kind of fabric dye. Procion (you can read more about them here jaquardproducts.com) is a more permanent absorbing dye and I'm really looking forward to working with it more. It is the reason for the beautiful blue green color of the cotton, which reminds me of the ocean. 

After that I went to work on women's wear. I think this will be the beginning of a real transition. I've been mastering my patterns and as soon as I come across the best possible way to reuse enough fabric, I'll be making more dresses. Reusing fabrics is really important to me. Here are some photos of the dress....

thats it for now. Visit hitree.com to hear about how the biggest felt tree that ever lived will be visiting our new president this month.