Re-shirt couture

I was looking for a new summer project and have been thinking about going back to my roots in wearable art. I was all set to take a t-shirt re-working workshop with button artists Beau McChamp when I realized that I was already obligated to participate in a festival.... bummer! So what is a tech savvy gal to do? Go to you-tube! There I was inspired to do all kinds of things with t-shirts. Taking some of the ideas I saw and then putting it with a little of myself I have created my own style. Much of what is available on cutting and refashioning cotton jersey shirts is designed for the young, the thin and the naked. My creations are made with me and my "gurlz" in mind. I have so far come up with a shrug, the pocketed sac, the ruched top and several pieces of neck wear. The fall line is soon to come and I will Clarence some of the summer wear at the upcoming Harlem Week festival: 8/18 & 8/19 on 135th street.

Midnight Amethyst

Working feverishly on a new coat with a recipe of yarns I call "Midnight Amethyst" . All yarns are part of the Lion Brand collection which is now my favorite as a staple of my creative fiber recipes since the yarns are easy to find, readily available and a good quality for a mass produced yarn collection . I am currently working on a Midnight Amethyst coat for the show at the museum tomorrow. Lets hope I get it finished.





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Urban Threads at the Studio Museum

Saturday October 22nd & Sunday October 23rd the Studio Museum in Harlem and Harlem Needle Arts will present "Urban Threads", a trunk show in the museum shop. Michelle Bishop, Gs Edwards and myself will showcase our wearable crochet and knitted works of art from 12 to 6pm both days . For more info on this special event please visit www.theGadsonGallery.com/currentevents .

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Location:W 134th St,,United States

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Harvest Taupe Coat

I a very proud to have presented my latest crochet coat at Pahti NYC's "Kocktails & Kouture" event. She debuted along side the fabulous work of Twains Twines (hand spun & knits) and Michi's machine knit fashions.


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Location:St Nicholas Terrace,,United States

Upcoming Jacket

Here are the ingredients for my proposed jacket.

Hooking Again

I the words of Rakim: It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you... (old school hip hop heads know what I am talking about). Had to put up my needles to address my quilting demand and to my purchase of expensive quilting equipment (trying to get them to pay for themselves!!!). I have also invested a lot of $$ in yarn over the years and everything must earn their keep at the Gadson Gallery so I am back hooking. With my trusty S hook (she is only for the "Big Girlz") and 4 strands of yarn/fiber I expect to have at least 1 coat and 1 jacket ready for this weekend's "Kocktails and Kouture" at the Rio II Gallery. Splitting my time between crochet and quilting will not be easy (and did I even mention my recent love affair with paper?) but I will be giving it a shot this season. I love buying supplies and now it is time to work on paying the piper.