Alice in Wonderland Collection

The new collection, the Alice in Wonderland collection was inspired by the famous story. I let my creativity express itself, to give of the famous characters their "true" colors.



I will keep this post short, as I have to head back to the animal hospital to check on our cat's recovery.

I hope you will enjoy the Alice in Wonderland Collection.

Store Update

Due to an animal emergency, the SockPixie store update will be rescheduled to Monday by 6 p.m.

It is a Birthday!

SockPixie is 2 years old, and we are celebrating with the English Arts and Crafts Collection , and special party favor bags in every package!



These have been a wonderful 2 years, and I am looking forward to many more color filled weeks. Thanks for being here to celebrate.

SockPixie is on Vacation

SockPixie is on vacation this week, and will be back next week on June 21, to celebrate its second birthday!
Have a great week.

White Iris Collection

Like last week, my walks through Jamaica Plain inspired my colorways. This week, white iris stole my heart. I just love their crinoline lady look, with their lacy petals, and their soft pastel hint of a color.
These are again very different colorways for me. I have never done a collection based on variations of white. Here, like last week, I focused on creating very subtle gradations from the palest white, to amore sustained color. The results make me so happy. The colorways are like the crinoline ladies, as soft and fresh as the iris that inspired them.

Enjoy the White Iris Collection.

Black Iris

I get my color inspirations from varied sources. Sometimes it is the work of a painter, sometimes a country, and at times the simplest thing can inspire a whole collection. This is exactly what happened this week.

I went for a walk in my lovely neighborhood of Boston, Jamaica Plain. Jamaica Plain is a sort of paradise. Imagine living in a great city, but instead of crowded dark buildings, and concrete everywhere, you have lovely victorian houses with gardens full of flowers, beautiful trees shading the streets, a great downtown with restaurants that serve delicious foods from all over the world, the best thrift store in town, Boomerangs, and of course the majestic Jamaica pond...But back to my walk.



I saw the most beautiful black iris in a garden, and got a rush of coloways passing through my head. I saw black and ruby, black and amethyst, black and tourmaline... I went home and started working... I wanted the colors to have both black and jewel tones, and I wanted smooth transitions. I opted for gradations from a practically pure jewel tone to the deepest black with a touch of jewel.
The results would make any black iris proud!



Enjoy this week's Black Iris Collection.

A Little Bit of Fabric

I have 2 favorite stores in Boston, Windsor Button, and Winmill Fabrics. I get my yarn, notions, buttons, and embroidery supplies from one, and my fabrics from the other.I am afraid to say it, but I do have a fabric stash... and a yarn stash... and a button stash... and a notions stash... Well, you know, one cannot be too cautious, what if there was ever to be a shortage of fabric, or yarn, or buttons, or...!
The other day, I had gone to Winmill fabrics to pick up an elastic band for a skirt I was making for my daughter, when, and I wasn't even trying to really browse the fabrics at all, this butterfly fabric caught my eye.



I had to have it. What could I make with it though? It was all down hill from there. I could make a quilt, but I needed fabrics to go with it. I picked the striped one, and then all the others...



I can't wait to play with them, they say spring and summer, and happy days to me! But first I'll have to finish my son's crochet blanket, and the embroidered pillow case, and ...