better get sewin'

Oh hello!

Guess what?!

It is official! I am going to be selling my wares May 5 & 6 at the Royal Bison! You can check out all the details and fantastic vendors here.

 Meanwhile Maude and I are hard at work in my workshop. I will have new tops and bags to show this week. For now here is a sneak peek at what is in store:

(p.s. lesson of the weekend: never get in the way of a quilting lady out for a deal...she will quilt you into oblivion. I had to fight to find these gems!)

I am in love with the pattern on this! Cute shirts and tunics are in the works!

The polka dots are sheer. I will be making tops from these!

I wish I could present this to you in smell-o-vision.

Another version of the crochet cuffs I've been working on. What do you think?

That is all for now folks! Stay tuned for completed projects and hopefully a jazzier new blog design (any helpers??)

-Kaitlin

savaged and sewn

I won't lie, I'm a little craft hungover after the weekend. It is so much fun to dream up designs and pick fabrics and just start cutting and sewing and when it works you feel like a million bucks and you're flying pretty high...and then you have to clean up.

Cleaning up sucks.

So instead I have elected to write a blog post introducing you to Salvaged and Sewn's own resident kitty.

This is Maude. Maudlin when she's sad. Maudite when she's bad. (and those are my amateur hour sewing supplies)

Maude's primary role is to laze about on top of the exact fabric/cutting board/utensil that I need to use.

I keep her around though because *sometimes* she lets me use her as a model. Isn't that a great color on her?

That is pretty much what you can expect from here on out...sewing and kitties.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Kaitlin

experiments in beeswax

I am currently taking applications for Salvaged and Sewn models. I will pay you in tacos and hugs.

If you can get past my inability to look "fierce" and "smize" here, you might notice my latest experiment with crochet and beeswax there on my wrist.

Finally in beeswax I have found the perfect medium to harden my crochet projects! No longer will I have to try to keep a straight face when I buy this product from the respectable looking ladies at the craft store:

...

Here is my beeswax and crochet cuff experiment up close:

(I'm pretty proud of it)

The cuff is super comfortable and pliable and the shape can easily be adjusted using a blow dryer or an iron and some parchment paper. 

Future plans include much thinner cuffs in different crochet motifs and possibly some chain and beeswaxed crochet necklaces.

I might just try dipping everything I can in beeswax...it smells so good!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Kaitlin

foxy tops

In addition to the bags I am submitting these fancy shirts as part of my Royal Bison application...you could have one for your very own!!

The shirts come in small/medium and medium/large (it is a very forgiving and flattering design!). I like to layer the sheers tops with camisoles underneath for *modesty* and often layer cardigans over top in the winter.

Please forgive the amateur hour modelling...I am definitely recruiting someone else to model next time...

PALE GREEN + SHEER POLKA DOTS

JERSEY + BEIGE + RUST

 BLUE + LACE

COMING SOON

• Long, fancier tunic style in navy slinky satin with a sheer panel
• More lace and crochet embellishments!

market bags

The Royal Bison is coming up and I am submitting an application!

I am an equal mixture of excited and anxious.  I like to wear this stuff...but will anybody else?

You tell me! Here are my hot off the sewing machine market bags. Perfect for filling up with veggies at the Old Strathcona Farmer's Market or sunscreen and kettle corn for Folk Fest.

The front panel of each bag is hand painted and then treated with beeswax (local! from the farmer's market!). The beeswax makes the fabric sturdy, water and dust proof and it smells fantastic!

Small Market Bag

The front of the bag is made with beeswax treated tweed and features a wheat and polka dot motif. There are pleats at the top to add structure

The back is made of rust colored denim (untreated) and features four pleats along the bottom

Oh hey here I am wearing it!

Large Market Bag

The front of the bag features beeswax treated tweed, hand painted with a polka dot motif (this bag will be featured on my arm around town this week...but I will make many many more!)

The front panel also features pleats for structure (and prettyness) and has a button and loop closure on the top!

The back is done in navy denim and features the same four pleats (which I will now call turtle shell pleats). The bag is fully lined in tan tweed. This is my favourite new tote bag pattern!  Oh hey here I am "modelling it" (embroidery hoop by the amazing Jenanne Ferguson)....

COMING SOON!

I have been working on a few more designs including more purse-like designs with pockets and pouches for your treasures inside the purse.

Also look for lace and crochet to be adorning a few market bags. Beeswax and crochet is so much fun, I will be playing with them a lot this week!

xoxoxoxoxo

Kaitlin

oh hello there!

Hello!

This is my brand spankin' new blog to promote my brand spankin' new crafting endeavour : Salvaged and Sewn. 

I have been wanting to sell my handmade goods since I was 8. Back then my brand was going to be called "Castle of Crafts". I had a heavily Disney influenced castle logo and spent most of my time drawing earrings on paper and applying them with tape to my ears...

I can say that I am considerably more skilled now, however this is still a learning process. 

Please know that any internet venues for Salvaged and Sewn are in their infancy and are works in progress.

Please drop me a line at salvagedandsewn@gmail.com to say hi or ask for any info!

-Kaitlin