December

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
I'm not that found of making new year-resolutions, but this year I actually had set up a few goals, or maybe wishes is a better word? Well, you know about the challenge to draw one picture a day during 2012! Here are the last pictures and I'm quite happy with most of the ones I put more time into.

And no, spelling is not my strongest side..

Attitude

I've noticed that my attitude towards drawing effect it a lot. In the end of November I thought that my drawings was so boring. The reason was of course Bali since I didn't want to spend a lot of time on a drawing while I was there. But the thing is that I had a lot of time drawing, but there was such a big heavy feeling of "I don't want to".
Now in December I told myself that I should make fun, personal and colourful drawings. I've used this sort of attitude before and it works surprisingly well. The drawings in December might be my favourite ones, mostly 'cus I've had fun doing them. I don't think I've spent more time on them, but there's more of 'me' in them which make them easier to make.

Here are some of those kind of pictures since before

Mjau

It was way to long ago since I made some stickers! I saw that Eye Rupture had some and then I just had to make my own. Not really season for stickers in Sweden, at least not out door. Since it's cold most things have this sort of layer on it that the sticker paper doesn't like.. Will probably carry these ones around until I find a good spot for them, maybe at a café, bar or whatever.

God Jul

I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas (tho I love most of the food) but I hope that you all will have a great holiday, whatever you choose to calibrate!
Now I'm off to my step brother ~

Sunday Random

I died a bit! Know this feeling so well hahaha

Some lovely blogs I found recently/hidden in my bookmarks
- e.trithart
- Emily Dahl

Sketches

Something I think is underrated is sketches. I love looking at sketches, it's like seeing a secret. Fast ones just to get down the idea, but off course also more detailed, "professional" ones.
I often find small notes all around where I keep my stuff, in pockets, in documents on the computer, the phone etc. Sometimes I just end up writing down words/quotes that I hear.
Here are some sort of new sketches that I made to remember and clarify my ideas. 

Patchwork Tutorial

Patchwork is a bunch of fun to make! I love creating with my hands, especially when you can see something build up to a finished piece~
I would encourage anyone and everyone to make one, so here's a simple tutorial of how to make a basic one with square pieces, easy as pie!

What you need:
- A blanket
- Enough fabric to cover the chosen blanket, preferably cotton
- A sewing machine (or a big patience) with thread and all that
- Pin neadles

To think of:
If you want to make some sort of pattern with your patches I would recommend to make a sketch before you start and also to have all the fabric you need before starting! This way you're more unlikely to bump into problems while sewing.

1. Start cutting out your pieces! I would recommend to make them about 10x10cm big, and don't forget to leave about 1cm around the piece. This is to make them hold better after sewing them together. Iron the pieces (or the fabric before cutting them out) so they're easy to work with.

2. Put the nice part of both the pieces facing each other, add nails to hold them together and sew one of the sides together.

 3. To achieve with a patchwork that is straight and also having less problem keeping everything structured, keep sewing the pieces together one direction at the time. Don't forget to iron the folders between the pieces.

4. You'll and up having stripes of patches that you then attach to each other.

5. Now when the whole patchwork is done it's time to make it into a cosy blanket (or whatever you want to accomplice) with the last piece. Nail your patchwork to the blanket, nice side down, and sew it together. When sewing, leave an opening big enough for you to turn the nice side out again. Once you've done that you sew together the opening, by hand or machine.

6. To make the pieces hold together even more you can add small stitches by hand where four patches meet through both the patchwork and the blanket.

Hope you enjoy and that you all get started making nice patchworks!


And yes, I partly did all this just to have a reason making the pictures working in Illustrator..