analog girl in a digital world
a blog by selina zawacki
When I shut down my clothing line Lunar Descent in 2017, I decided to create fabric inspired by my designs up for sale on Spoonflower so that anyone could sew up tech themed items for themselves. Spoonflower requires users to first purchase at least a swatch of their fabric before being able to list them…
Last week I picked up some things I haven’t worked with in a long while – LEDs and soft circuits. After I was done working for the day, I sketched out a quick diagram of a light-up Chinese knot ornament: I knew that the knot size of the previous ornament I made wouldn’t be big…
Before I started my new job this week, I wanted to use the last of my time off to make something just for me. I’d brought back some Chinese knotting cord from my parents’ house in illinois, combined it with some of the newer laser cutting materials I ordered a few months ago, and this…
After I made this dress out of a second-hand plaid skirt, I still had enough fabric for a couple more projects. The first one was a cropped shirt version of the dress I’d just made – when my friend Sarah posted the bud vases below, I immediately fell in love and asked if she’d trade…
I made a new dress! ~ I used the Wattlebird Dress pattern by Common Stitch and half of the fabric from a skirt I got off depop. ♡ I love how well it goes with my El Cholo’s Kid purse. 🌈💖 Star hair clips are by Neon Heartbreaker. 🌟 I made the dress out of muslin first because…
I told myself I wasn’t allowed to buy any more vintage clothing until I began altering some of the pieces I already have. 🥲 I fell in love with the fabric of the original dress from depop, and couldn’t resist making a True Bias “Ogden Cami Hack” out of it. ♡ The Ogden Cami is…
Going into my holiday break I knew I wanted to sew something. This dress was perfect because: I’ve been wanting to sew something nice for myself! It’s been over a year since I’ve made a fancy piece of clothing (not counting the 4 hour fairie costume or altering my wedding dress haha) I’ve been wanting…
This post has links to the files needed to recreate the repos b4 bros shirt design. 🙂 I’ve provided file types for a few options: Cutting the design out of heat transfer vinyl on a DIY cutting machine like the Cricut or Silhouette Cameo, or with a laser cutter (make sure the HTV is laser…
These hand-painted ornaments were the first time I enjoyed the process of making something for a long while. I especially loved the slight char marks the laser made on each disk. It made them feel properly weathered and used, like a good floppy disk should be haha. I had these plus the slightly more polished…
Sometimes I pick up new hobbies.. a bit too quickly. I’m going to blame my parents for this – they were either too supportive of me whenever I wanted to try something new, or they set the example by always being up for learning new skills. 😛 An example: when I was in junior high…