make + read + build

It's a new year and I'm ready to come back to stitching after taking a year off to do important things like travelling, moving home, and getting married. I follow many creative people on Instagram and have been inspired over the past year by ambitious projects to create something new everyday for a length of time. It struck me as a great way to explore, sketch, and practice. 

One of my most productive times is coming out an illness. The day when you know you're starting to get better because you mend all your clothes, or tidy your sock drawer. This time around I started stitching again. I picked up half finished pieces and started finishing them. And I came up with an ambitious project that I want to do for the next year and crowned it: The Idle Hands Project: 365 days of little embroideries. 

It's been a spring and summer of growing food, tending to backyard chickens, and spending long sun drenched evenings on the beach. As the weather starts to get crisper and the rainy days start again, it's finally time to get cozy and make art for some exciting upcoming events. 

November 22nd I have a new body of work being installed in Beehive Hair Salon, 3904 Fraser Street. There will be a party to celebrate the opening! I'll share more details closer to the date! 

December 6th I'll be participating in Book and a Beer at the Regional Assembly of Text, 3934 Main Street, by making a small book. This is something that I've been wanting to do for a long time and what a perfect way to try my hand at book making. 

It's been a spring and summer of growing food, tending to backyard chickens, and spending long sun drenched evenings on the beach. As the weather starts to get crisper and the rainy days start again, it's finally time to get cozy and make art for some exciting upcoming events. 

November 22nd I have a new body of work being installed in Beehive Hair Salon, 3904 Fraser Street. There will be a party to celebrate the opening! I'll share more details closer to the date! 

December 6th I'll be participating in Book and a Beer at the Regional Assembly of Text, 3934 Main Street, by making a small book. This is something that I've been wanting to do for a long time and what a perfect way to try my hand at book making. 

EXCITING NEWS! 

In collaboration with Tin Can Studio I'm teaching two embroidery workshops this holiday season: November 26th and December 4th.

We'll be hanging out in their beautiful mobile studio space in an airstream trailer and working on a tattoo inspired embroidery kit, perfect for wall art or sewing on your favourite jean jacket.

Best of all is that we'll be parked outside the Dunlevy Snackbar and the evening ends with a special cocktail designed just for us!

For more info or to register It will fill up, so get on it if you want to join in the fun!