Toy Box Finished!

Toy Box Fabric finished being Felted

Fabrics l-r, Top of box, side panel, front panel, side panel, and back panel

Drip Drying on the line, they get shipped tomorrow for me to assemble on Friday in San Diego!  Truly a whirlwind for love of felt making, the love of family and the love of fun colorful patterns!

Custom Toy Box

So here goes!  I am just starting the design for a custom felt covered TOY BOX!!  Too Cute!
More photos to come, as I develop the design out more, and it still needs some color.  The top is the piece with the 3 yellow flowers, the front and back are the long pieces, and I am probably going to do bright pink for one side panel and turquoise for the other, totally funky pattern, with a little bit of flowers.

Storage Box In It's New Home!

Well, both I and my client are very happy to say that the latest Festive Fibers creation is now in its intended home.  I was very excited with how it turned out and Freya was totally satisfied. May is ending perfectly.

Storage Top Fabric drying on the line!

Ta Da! One down two more fabrics pieces to go, and boy does it look great!

Freya's Storage Box (Continued)

Well, things are moving along nicely.  I have three tables up, the fabric for this storage box is all matching, so I can shift the tables depending on which side match I am working on.  I am loving this in fiber and only know it will be awesome felted and then upholstered!  WOW!  The box awaits it's foam wraps, and then my sewing machine comes out from hiding.  Oh yes I still need to paint the checkered feet.  BUT! I am feeling that I will have once piece felted by the days' end, the other two tomorrow.   I am pretty good on our schedule for Mid-May, yes I know that's only a couple weeks away but a lot happens in a few long days of concentrated focus.

Freya's Storage Box Next Installment

Freya and I have been working at getting the design just right, and now the last bit is to confirm the size of her storage box, below shows the progression of the sketching process.  We reviewed many of my works and we also discussed Kandinsky, so I had a focus to work towards.  The sketch below is the first and from here we discussed likes dislikes color changes and more pattern.

I resubmitted the sketch and Freya and I are VERY happy with the new look, more clear color more pattern ...what do you think?

 

You might be able to recognize some of my patterns, Dots and Ohs and Leaves are the key players, I play with the B&W check and like the "ladder" motif, it has good action movement and leads you up!  This piece is going to be so cool!

Custom Pillows For Via Design

Here's a custom fabric work for a big pillow on each sofa in a very cool colorful space designed By Lee Perault of Via Designs.  Color and the wall, color of the sofa and pop colors in the new rug and the new patterned upholstery tells me where my clients are heading for a look.  They selected a design from my portfolio, (draped on the back of the new sofa) and (at the bottom) now I sketch my design to scale.  The sketchbook page, shows the 24" pillow to scale, and with a couple of fabric back options below.  I will rework the back pattern to make a little more simple dynamic interest.  We have decided to go with the green patterned fronts and the olives with the dashed intersecting or striping line for the backs.  

 

More to follow!!!

 Well, today is April 1st and no fooling, I am finally getting Lee's beautiful pillows finished.  I have 5 pieces of felt fabric, two for the fronts and two for the backs and one for the cording.  The above photo shows all stages side by side.  Hopefully the next photo will be of the beautiful pillows on her customers sofa!

Freya's Storage Box

I thought I'd post custom work as I design it and make the felt and objects in the studio. To follow this project's progress, check in under the label Custom Work.

A long time Festive Fibers admirer, my client and her new husband are treating themselves to a custom storage box as a wedding gift. I am honored.


I decided to make a cardboard version of their box they can play in the space in their room.  To get a better idea of what a large colorful object might look like in their room I painted something crazy colorful onto the box - I will add legs.  They will tape it back together into an upright position and place it in their room.

Here it is assembled and a shot of me standing next to it (Below) pretty cool!