a blog by selina zawacki
Finally got some photos of the Ilford Jacket I made last(?) month! Pattern is by Friday Pattern Company (available in 32″ – 60″ chest) and was a straightforward and satisfying sew. Lovely rainbow-speckled blue flannel is from Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics (close-up at the end of the post). ✨ I’ve been wearing this a ton while working from home…
I made 3 mousse cakes this past week, and I finally managed to get daylight photos of this 3rd one before bringing it to @iamchubbybunny‘s halloween party last night (I swear I tried putting the cut piece back in but it didn’t cooperate hahah). 🎉🎃🕷 Here are the layers: Chinese sponge recipe from Kristina Cho’s cookbook,…
Bat since 2015. 🦇 I like to dress up, but for halloween I always end up just wanting to be comfy and cozy hahah. The pink backdrop in a couple photos is a wall in @iamchubbybunny‘s cute office hehe ♡ And of course I had to get some photos with my boys. 🎃🦇😂 Below, the photo…
In 2019 my friend Aimee hosted a creepy plant making party, and that’s when I made the mandrake pictured above. It was so fun, just crafting for the fun of it with friends. ♡ The next year (2020), I started the mimbulus mimbletonia as a fun Halloween project. I put off working on it again…
Racing against the sun to take food photos is stressful (I only had about 10 minutes from setup to sundown)! 😂 But it’s too hot to bake in my apartment the rest of the year, so I’ll just have to make do with the sunlight I’ve got haha. I’ve been trying to work on my…
Another year, another round of homemade mooncakes – this year though, I made them with Pam and Sarah! ♡ Making mooncakes is definitely better with friends, since it means I automatically have people to share them with (I’m physically incapable of making a small batch). 😂 A couple of close-ups by Sarah: This was my…
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…