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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: September 2013
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Monday, September 16, 2013. Priscilla Patchwork Skirt Tutorial. I'm excited to have another tutorial. Is also appearing on Riley Blake's blog today, yay! This was fun to put together. hope you enjoy it! I’m a big fan of long, flowy skirts and I love the look of patchwork, but don't have enough time these days to make entire quilts. This project is a great way to get that look without spending days or weeks cutting, pinning, sewing, basting, quilting and binding. The skirt is easy to sew… it's just ...
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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: March 2014
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014. I think I may have found a new appreciation for sewing. Thanks to my playtime yesterday (working on my contribution to the Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap. I have some big ideas percolating about combining all the different stuff I do: digital vector illustration, watercolor, paper crafting, sewing, acrylic on canvas paintings. I went into making the postcard with no ideas about color, no preliminary sketches, nothing but a little box of scraps, ribbon and sequins that didn't ...
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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: October 2013
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Maybe I should take up drinking? I thought it would teach me a lot and be a lot of work (it is both)… but I had this notion that it would be tons of fun. Strangely and surprisingly, I'm finding it difficult and frustrating, and in classic melodramatic Jen style, it's having me doubting my talent and ambition and feeling discouraged and mopey. The first week was bolt fabric… fun and easy, right? This week it's wall art. I'm feeling even more anxious about it. She always wore bla...
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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: They Draw & Travel
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014. They Draw and Travel. I've been working feverishly (no, really! I actually did have a fever! On a map for a contest on They Draw and Travel. The task was to draw a map of the town where you live now or your home town. I decided to draw my home town of LeRoy, NY, even though I haven't lived there in over 20 years, because I know (knew) it so well. Today they're posting the runner-ups and honorable mentions…. very exciting! Ians created maps, too! Gibsons, British Columbia. Fanci...
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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: Feeling a bit spacey
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Feeling a bit spacey. I've been absent from Spoonflower contests for a while. MATS and other things have taken over my life since February or so, but I couldn't pass up this most recent contest: Cosmic Voyage. I have a special fondness for space and astronomy. It ranks right up there with my interest in tornadoes and apes that communicate via sign language. The first Christmas my husband and I were dating, I bought him a big, fancy telescope kind of like this one. Because thinkin...
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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: March 2015
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Sunday, March 22, 2015. Contests, hound dogs, and the end of the winter of my discontent. When I was a kid, we lived near ski areas, ice skating rinks and open fields where we'd cross country ski on weekend afternoons. I was never too keen on winter in general, but having things to do helped. Ended up in this week's Spoonflower contest and the watercolors ended up as a semifinalist in the Pattern Observer/P&B Textiles contest. That actually kept them busy for about 20 minutes once! Links to this post.
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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: May 2014
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Friday, May 16, 2014. The big licensing show in NYC, is coming up this weekend, and some of my MATS. Mates and other artists I know have been knocking themselves out preparing for it. I've put together a list of their fabulous promo cards and look books. Take a peek at some really amazing work! Alex Columbo / Studio Alex. Sarah Ehlinger / Very Sarie. Artwork ©Kathy Weller. Aileen Tu (exhibiting with Cultivate Art. Nina Edwards / Metropolitan Miss. Make Art That Sells. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: February 2014
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Sunday, February 2, 2014. 2014, the Year of Good Stuff. I've always wondered about the philosophy of "everything happens for a reason." If I look back at situations that got me to where I am today, personally and professionally, I can definitely connect the dots. Everything influenced what came after it. But, does everything REALLY happen for a reason, or do we figure out a reason for everything that happened, after the fact? Do we have any control over it? Paint (take Flora Bowley's Bloom True e-course.
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Jennifer Wambach Design and Illustration: June 2014
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Feeling a bit spacey. I've been absent from Spoonflower contests for a while. MATS and other things have taken over my life since February or so, but I couldn't pass up this most recent contest: Cosmic Voyage. I have a special fondness for space and astronomy. It ranks right up there with my interest in tornadoes and apes that communicate via sign language. The first Christmas my husband and I were dating, I bought him a big, fancy telescope kind of like this one. Because thinkin...
