March 04, 2015

The Lab

I moved from Barrie to Peterborough in July 2014. Since then, I've been meaning to work on tracking the things I make. It's obviously going well...
So, it is March 2015. I am starting new in a new studio that is lovingly called The Lab. It is creative space for both me + my boyfriend Scott, a (currently not overly committed) one man band. When we moved in together, I had dreams of us working away in this room together: sewing + playing keyboard, encouraging each other in our creative pursuits. Instead, we mostly ignore this room + play video games.
I have been putting the blame on the fact that I work 5 days a week. This month I am going to stop doing that + accept that the real problem is that I just don't put time aside to play in The Lab. 
So here I am, my studio has travelled from the basement in my parent's home to a storefront in downtown Barrie, back to the same space in the basement of my parent's home + now all the way to Peterborough. A decade of shifting + building has lead me to this.






April 29, 2014






Guard your heart + watch the wind
embroidery on vintage doily
2014
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Nothing + Uncertainty
embroidery on vintage doily
2014
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All we will become is what we give away (detail)
embroidery on vintage handkerchief
2014
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It's hard to hold on with your fingers crossed
embroidery on vintage handkerchief
2014
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October 15, 2012


As ready as I'll ever be
collage & thread on cupcake paper
2012
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Landlocked Blues
collage & thread on cupcake paper
2012
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You're a house on fire
collage & thread on cupcake paper
2012
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Fast Food
collage & thread on cupcake paper
2012
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I've had it with you
 Collage & thread on cupcake paper
2012
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May 28, 2012

Baba Yaga
collage & thread on vintage button card
2012
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No, You're doing it wrong
collage & thread on vintage button card
2012
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 Ginger Tea
collage & thread on vintage button card
2012
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Curiouser & Curiouser
collage & thread on vintage button card
2012
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 Is anybody home?
collage & thread on vintage button card
2012
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Cat Lady (Hurricane Lantern)
collage & thread on vintage sewing notion package
2012
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 Cat Lady (Chair)
collage & thread on vintage sewing notion package
2012
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Cat Lady (Clock)
collage & thread on vintage sewing notion package
2012
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Cat Lady (Bird)
collage & thread on vintage sewing notion package
2012
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Cat Lady (Windmill)
collage & thread on vintage sewing notion package
2012
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Cat Lady (Skull)
collage & thread on vintage sewing notion package
2012
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Zine Pages



"So damn beautiful"
She was ready for anything Issue 5, 2004
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"Our selfishness exhausts us"
Misery is my muse Volume 2, 2006
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"Fake designer shoes"
Misery is my muse Volume 2, 2006
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"I wanted to know"
She was ready for anything Issue 8, 2008
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"Waste"
She was ready for anything Issue 8, 2008
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"We listened to Neko Case on the CBC"
She was ready for anything Issue 9, 2009
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"Depending on the day"
She was ready for anything Issue 9, 2009
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"Just out of reach"
She was ready for anything Issue 10, 2010
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"I'd know this mess"
She was ready for anything Issue 10, 2010
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