Put a Big Ole Kitty in Your Pocket [My Monthly Studio Check-In]

My plan for my cat in the pocket.

It’s been a lit­tle more than a month since I shared what I’ve been work­ing on in my stu­dio. And, look­ing back, it’s been a pret­ty pro­duc­tive mid-June to mid-July! Here’s what I’ve been up to:

Working on my Cat Lady shirt.

In between cus­tom projects, I began exper­i­ment­ing with cats stitched beyond the col­lar. I start­ed with a kit­ty pop­ping out of the plack­et of a shirt. After fin­ish­ing her, I moved onto the pock­ets. I’m now work­ing on a giant pock­et cat that I hope to com­plete soon.

When I share my work, one of the most pop­u­lar ques­tions is, “What is that white stuff on your fab­ric?” It’s stick and stitch sta­bi­liz­er, and it’s how I get my dig­i­tal draw­ing onto fab­ric! I share it, along with more of my favorite embroi­dery sup­plies, in this post.

See more of work in progress when you fol­low me on Insta­gram!

Continuing Custom Work

I have instant-down­load embroi­dery pat­terns and DIY kits, but my favorite thing is cus­tom pet por­traits. I LOVE bring­ing your fur­ry friends to life through stitching.

I’ve been lucky to have a steady stream of per­son­al­ized col­lars to work on. Here’s one on a den­im jack­et that I recent­ly com­plet­ed. I enjoyed work­ing on the jack­et because of its larg­er col­lar. (What I’m say­ing is more jack­ets, please!)

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