Day 352 – Made a companion t-shirt to a plushy. I altered a SM adult t-shirt to be an a-line dress on a child. The faces are attached with Velcro and can be swapped. There is also a writable surface under each face. Photographing purple/blue objects in incandescent light was so difficult. After an hour of trying several different neutral backgrounds, I finally tried fixing the color balance using the mobile Photoshop app.

Day 351 – Altered an XL men’s argyle sweater into a long a-line top. The sleeves were shortened by adding 3 pleats at the elbow, and then I added my signature nested rectangles using the leftover scraps.

Day 350 – Finished embellishing an altered t-shirt. I freehand stitched my current favorite design, nested rectangles cut from leftover scraps. Again, too bad for the lousy late night lighting and photo.

Day 349 – My toddler loves to paint. It makes her so happy. Together we created an abstract masterpiece using watercolor pencils.

Day 348 – Paper sculpture using Post-its. Simple triangle folds and a glue stick makes a balancing game to play with kids.

Day 347 – Covering some styrofoam balls with collage. I’d like to make a bunch of these in coordinated colors.

Day 346 – More simple t-shirt alterations. These have become staples of my wardrobe. Long, fitted, and super comfortable. The remnants aren’t wide enough to make long sleeves, but I may use them to add appliqués or other embellishments.

Day 345 – Altered an XL t-shirt and added “bird on a wire” stitching and appliqué to the bottom. Since these late night iPhone self-portraits are so poorly lit and shot, you’ll just have to take my word for it…

Day 344 – Sketches for another children’s book idea “No. I will do it all by myself.” Stella is the inspiration.