Octopus Mugs

I just added some more Octopus Cups to my Etsy page. They are black sgraffito on white stoneware.
You can click here to see them.

New Work

I made some earthenware Bird Plates. They are about 8 inches wide and painted with white and black slip.

Featured in Retro Handmade

Red Mushroom Home

My little house was featured on the Retro Handmade blog today!
Thanks Lisa!

Owl Cozy

Owl cozy for french press


Keeping warm


Handmade cozy

I made this owl french press cozy from recycled clothing. It has polyfil and mylar sandwiched in the middle for optimum insulation. And I added magnets for the closure, they are sewn inside the material. It works really well and keeps the coffee hot!

Little Quail

Little Quail Pillow


Quail detail

I just finished this pillow and put it in my shop. It's free-hand machine embroidery with hand embroidered accents.

A Sparrow

Sparrow with color


Sparrow

A new embroidery I'm working on - free hand machine embroidery. It's black thread on linen. I'll add some color with embroidery floss.
I think I'll make it into a pillow.

Gray Woods Pillow

Pillow - woods with a cardinal

I just finished this wool pillow - a commission for a friend. Charcoal gray wool with white and red felt.

Teapot Cozies

Tea cozies


Tea cozies

I've been making teapot cozies out of felted wool sweaters. The padding is two layers of batting with a thin layer of mylar sandwiched in between. Mylar is the stuff they make space suits out of and it really keeps the tea hot! And then I lined them with cotton fabric. I made one for myself too. Nice hot cups of tea!

Wool Roses

Rose pins

Wool rose pin for the shop.

Denim Vessels

Denim vase


Denim basket

I braided some denim and made these yesterday. I sewed these using the sewing machine and a zigzag stitch. It's much easier on my hands!