A collection of pieces I've made for myself, my friends, and my family.
None of the pieces on this page are for sale.
Ted Lasso is quite possibly one of my favorite TV shows of all time. Jason Sudeikis and the whole crew created something wonderful and hilarious and heart wrenching, so of course I had to make a shirt with the iconic BELIEVE sign that hangs in the Greyhounds locker room.
"But Jae, why didn't you just buy one, there must be a zillion Believe sign shirts online!"
Because why not, that's why!
Flower crowns! Quite a few of my friends graduated from UCSC wearing flower crowns I had made.
I got my dear friend Celeste for Secret Santa at work one year. We gave our Secret Santas hints to what we wanted, and Celeste wanted "something lavender scented, something soft, or a hug from Dolly Parton."
Since I don't have the extreme pleasure of knowing Miss Parton, I made Celeste a lavender filled pillow with this picture of Dolly out of a pink bandana and some vintage rickrack.
Rag rugs are an incredibly old form of "upcycling."
Folks would take old sheets, worn out clothes, moth eaten curtains, anything that was relatively long, and turn them into rugs by cutting strips from the textile, braiding those strips, and then sewing the strips together. This was one of my first attempts, but it's started an absolute love for rag rugs.
My brother and his friend as Team Magma from Pokemon for a comic book convention in Seattle. We made these costumes in under 24 hours out of cut up sweatshirts.
A cape made for a DND themed costume party in college.
Various masks made during the height of the COVID 19 pandemic.
A dress with a faux sweetheart neckline and puff sleeves. Details are in purple patterned with black bats, and accents are in black. The bodice is from the Macaron Dress by Seamwork, the sleeves are from the Esme Top by SewLiberated, and the skirt is a big rectangle- with pockets, of course! I made 3 or 4 different versions of the Macaron dress.