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Shank 2 shirt was approved. Available soon!

Working on some pants.

I chained my Bossk action figure to my purse, in case you missed it.

I think I finally found a solid person/studio/workroom to contract overflow to *crosses fingers* -- the last couple people didn't work out at all, so I've been totally behind on mostly everything :/

ONWARD!

~sinn

Men's Oxford: Gambit Noir, 2009

Image is hand painted onto a black Kenneth Cole dress shirt.

"Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Got started in the last couple weeks with my new seamstress, Chantal, to help with the workflow and backorder. She's an amazing stylist and costume designer here in Los Angeles with other bigger clients such as Radiohead and Gogol Bordello, so you should totally check out her site chantalnightingale.com and browse the million pictures of cool stuff.

I officially shut down my Facebook page for now, just can't keep up with everything. Updates via email have been on hold since the New Year as I focus on organizing my workflow and attend to the backorder.

In the meantime I have put up some AMD Boyshort Panties that were hiding away in a fabric pile I was going through. And am currently working on the Shank 2 Dress Shirt for the last installment in the player_1 collection. Still working on doing a giveaway with Jamestown for a couple of the shirts and keys for the game, so look out for an announcement via Twitter soon.

I'm also helping a local designer develop a line of linens for Lindley Linens. You can check out the latest in linen design with my last post HEMSTITCHING. SO EXCITING. I've been taking on more client work, developing products and lines with other designers, to help pay the infinite amount of bills that need to get paid. In any case, still hanging in there :) Hope you guys are too!

This post wouldn't be complete without an unrelated picture of cupcakes I baked the other week:

Stay warm! Stay happy!

Custom Pillowcase: Mass Effect 2 Citadel, 2010

Turn of the century fashion circa 1900 via Etsy:

Edwardian Skirt

Victorian Watch Chain Necklace

Model: Krystal Glynn Stylist:Nicole Bonython-Hines Photographer: Nick Scott

This week I learned the art of hemstitching! I've started this new year helping design a line of table and bedding linens for a local designer. This is the most complicated out of the designs.

Found this awesome tutorial from needlenthread.com and video on youtube.

I'm pretty impatient with all things hand-stitched (i.e. knitting, crocheting, cross stitching, etc.), but I absolutely love the finished look of this.

The stitch requires pulling the individual woven threads out of the fabric and wrapping embroidery thread to bunch the remaining vertical ones together at the base. Pretty simple once you get a hang of it. I spent 2 straight hours completing the one side of this placemat -_-

T-Shirt Reconstruction: AMD Boyshort Panties, 2011

Cobalt - Rejected Trailer