pond_ripple's Fabric Blog

This box has three of my designs on it: Golden Sea Serpent Golden Dragon Skin Delicate Floral I mostly use this blog in conjunction with my small line of fabric on Spoonflower, but today I'm writing about another medium: paper. Using the designs I originally intended for fabric on paper came about from this amazing website, The Toymake r by Marilyn Scott-Waters. On this website there are some astounding paper toys and boxes. Most of the toys are set up with a blank version that you can print out. I used some of the box templates and placed my fabric designs on them before printing them out. It seriously uncluttered my sewing desk. The boxes I have posted pictures of use these two templates: These two boxes have the original designs by Marilyn Scott-Waters. Polar Bear in the Parlor Bug Box Have fun, but beware! This is totally addicting ;) I gave this box with my Primavera on it to my mom.  This matchbox for my loose buttons has my Delicate Flora...

It's been awhile since I've made anything with my fabrics, since I've been out of thread. But yesterday I got a wonderful surprise, my mom brought over a stash of thread that had just been sitting around in a desk at her office. And when I say a stash I mean 21 spools of thread! They are all made in Great Britain and have great names like 'gay kingfisher' and 'frivolous pink.' Now that I've got wondrous amounts of beautiful thread, I'm back in the making business! My first project is a bookmark using my Yeti fabric and some thick drawing paper. I doubled over the paper and turned my unevenly cut edges in and I whip-stitched it closed before sewing on the Yeti fabric. So now it's all finished and saving my place as I work my way through The Iliad  and The Odyssey .