pond_ripple's Fabric Blog

Inspired by her love of the super cute, today's Design-A-Day SpoonChallenge is brought to you by  Heidi Kenney . Today Heidi gives us a rundown of the history behind this fabulously fun design style along with pointers on the various ways you can make it your own. Ranging from her love of pizza to drawing nuns, she shows us just how versatile kawaii truly is. Be sure to check out more of Heidi's kawaii designs over in the  Spoonflower Marketplace ! Heidi:  Kawaii is a Japanese word that means the quality of being cute or items that are cute. Kawaii began in the 1970s in Japan, when teenage girls began using a cute informal style of writing. It included hearts, smiling faces, and doodles and was seen as a rise against traditional Japanese culture. Kawaii has grown from a small teenage rebellion into an huge part of Japanese culture. In Japan today, you can see the kawaii influence everywhere, from adorable items you might expect ...

Here are the embroidery patterns that I created to go on my ren faire boots . Feel free to use them on any of your personal projects. Selling anything made from them would probably be a copyright headache since they come from combining other people's images so please don't do that. lol. Flying Deer Celtic knotwork Stags Here are the Christmas Ornaments that I used as my guide for the stags. And this is the eagle photo  I used to put wings on the first deer. This isn't the exact image I used, but it's very similar for the knot beneath the deer.

Here's another rice sock. They are in high demand in my family. My mom got the first one, and I sent one to my grandmother, and now it's my brother who's getting one. I'll probably make an other, other one to send to my dad. Here's a link to my tutorial for rice socks . Front Back Front zoom Back Zoom Front zoom