bits and bobbins

attempting to inspire myself

i’ve been sparse with the blogging, i know. i have been finishing up some work this week, and i have oral surgery/wisdom teeth removal tomorrow (yay.), but in the coming weeks i hope to be ramping up my creative output again, and i also want to post here in the blog more…about things i see around the ‘net fashion and art-wise that i love, like the if money was no object… posts, other blogs and sites that inspire me, perhaps wardrobe_remix-ers o’ the week again, plus all the updates on what i’m working on and want to work on. more, better! that sort of thing.

to inspire myself, i’ve been pouring through my flickr ’stream, looking for stuff i made in the past that i particularly love, in hopes it will inspire me with my future creative ventures…

textures 1 (aka, yo-yos!)patchy straight skirtgrannies.

fall 2007 page 2

bezold effect collages

love

i’m extremely inspired by patchwork at the moment (well, i always have been, but very much more *right now*). must. do. more. with. patchwork. and not in the expected ways, either. i want to find boundary breaking ways of using it, even if those boundaries are only the ones i have yet to cross in my own personal explorations…

February 15 2007 | Posted in creative dabblings., fashion musing, it's personal.

Comments

8 total remarks on this post.

  1. February 15 2007 at 2:46 pm

    melissa

    i hope you’re eating pineapple! good luck with the oral surgery. xx


  2. February 15 2007 at 2:47 pm

    tricia

    melissa: i am! i’ve been munching on it the past couple days and also drinking some orange-pineapple juice. and um, some cupcakes too. hopefully the cupcakes don’t counteract the pineapple! :P


  3. February 15 2007 at 4:43 pm

    Lisa-Gabrielle

    I love unusual use of patchwork too. I’m sure you know this, but Gloria Vanderbilt had a love affair with patchwork in the early 70’s (i think it was the 70’s maybe late 60’s ,hmm ,unsure). There might be some pics somwhere on the web. I found this amazing spread in an old magazine where she did these maxi skirts for herself and matching ties for the hub. It even extended to bedding and such. This was before the whole jeans thing I guess.


  4. February 15 2007 at 9:32 pm

    go_shine

    wisdom teeth. good luck with that!!

    i had my 2 lowers extracted as a high school freshman–with laughing gas and general anethestic. i’d never had more than a couple of sips of beer at that point so the anesthesia and the pain meds left me totally doped up.

    i had the 2 upper wisdoms extracted about 4 years ago–with only local anesthesia. i freaked! i was so scared of feeling the pain of the extraction. my (lame) oral surgeon forgot to mention that if i had breakfast he wouldn’t be able to knock me out. it was totally weird feeling the pressure of him yanking on my teeth. the local anesthesia DID keep the pain away, though. and i survived.

    the only good thing about local anesthesia was the following: since i had my senses about me after the surgery i asked the dentist if i could see my teeth. he actually let me have them. those suckers were HUGE!! (and quite discolored from some lengthy stints of antibiotics for teenage acne.) no wonder my wisdom teeth couldn’t develop and push forth properly. i was hoping for at least 20 bucks from the tooth fairy for these monster teeth. unfortunately, the fairy passed on my teeth. she was prob too scared!!

    on a not-so-gross note, i see your granny squares made an appearance! go granny go!!!


  5. February 15 2007 at 9:38 pm

    Tricia’s yoyos at bits and bobbins « my half of the brain

    [...] Tricia’s yoyos at bits and bobbins February 15th, 2007 I must have a yen for yoyos lately. These yoyos that Tricia dug out of her flickr pile are just brilliant! Totally my colors! [...]


  6. February 19 2007 at 10:46 pm

    AmeliaB

    I love all the granny squares. Hope your dental adventures go well! :-)


  7. February 21 2007 at 8:24 am

    sofie bjorkgren-nase

    hello!
    I wanted to let you know that you are one of my daily blog reads, you inspired me a lot (all the way to Finland) with your own work and by presenting others.
    all the best to you! welcome to visit my home on the web:)
    sofie


  8. March 5 2007 at 11:54 am

    DaisyCake

    I have a thing about Yo Yos. I just love them, but am always needing more projects to do with them. I don’t want my house to look like a Yo Yo factory threw up.