With both kids off in college, I’m finding some time to reflect. It’s been over eleven years since my first fabric collection with KOKKA! I’m slowly returning to the creative process, but wanted to start by looking back. I’ve re-designed and re-colored some of my past work and it’s now available on Spoonflower. I’ll be adding new designs there frequently so keep an eye out.
My fabric was featured in Jojo Rabbit! What an exciting surprise!
I was concerned that the premise for this movie wouldn’t work, but after seeing it, I found it be be a delightfully quirky movie with an earnest message. I loved the costume designs by Mayes C. Rubeo, whose work in the film led her to become the first Latina nominated for an Academy Award in costume design.
This double gauze fabric is from my Parallels collection of 2016.
I made shoes! I’ve had this kit from A Happy Stitch for over a year, but just now got a bit of sewing mojo. I’ve been pretty hooked on the news this week, so this was a great project to make while listening to our democracy fall apart — or maybe the start of putting it back together? We’ll see.
Anyway, I made shoes! I’ve made baby shoes in the past, which were freaking adorable, but it feels pretty badass to make a pair of shoes that I can wear. I did make a few tweaks to the instructions, as I always do. Read on if you want to get in the weeds.
The espadrille kit comes with soles, twine, needles, wax, much-needed finger protectors, and instructions. In addition to Melissa’s clear instructions in her I Got It kit, I also watched this video and decided not to sew the heel and toe fabric pieces together until the end. Then when I got to the end, I didn’t want to muck it all up with any messy hand stitching, so I used this GLUE. This method really helped get a good snug fit because I could try them on and adjust the pieces before I glued them together. My fabrics were a lightweight canvas and lightweight denim, so the glue was fine, but I can imagine it might be too stiff on thinner fabrics. We’ll see if they hold up! I got a little crazy with the glue and even attached some labels to the inside. I was planning to send these to quilt market, but with the unbelievable heat here in Atlanta, I want to wear them now.
The fabric is from my next collection, Paper, which will be in my shop this weekend. Here are the other colorways for this design. Shops — you can order this collection wholesale in the U.S. from Seven Islands Fabric or in Europe from Nunoya.
Head over to my shop to pick up these limited bundles of fabric from my past collections. This is the last yardage, so once it’s gone, it’s gone!
And be sure to check out my new screenprinted fabric while you’re there.
