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So I've been busting my ass (ok not really, two days a week?) preparing for a zinefest this weekend and I'm STILL not ready.

I discovered a great screenprinting studio here that offers youth classes for $4 with all supplies provided. They've got plastisol inks, a heat dryer, a light exposure unit, the works! I AM NEVER STENCILING AGAN HAHA.

The business cards I wanted printed would've cost me $75 so I've got to rush and get cardstock and screenprint them tomorrow myself. busybusybusy. I also had my portfolio printed for potential customers to look at but they cut some of the edges off...

So here're the photos from my portfolio of the stuff I've made in the past three months and some when I started out that I never posted.


This is Hannah and I; we had about two sewing parties while she visited me. This is us holding up the shirt we specially designed and made for Sufjan Stevens. He loved it but feels subconcious wearing it, he told us! haha. I'll post a photo of him in the shirt whenever I get it.


silkscreened, resized and made

into this.


This was my favourite sweater when I was a youngin'. I didn't have the heart to throw it away and I needed a new bag so I made myself a messenger bag out of it. I had two but I can't find the other one; when i do I'm going to make myself a little side zip up from it.

photo of the whole thing

strap stitching



I bought a really ugly "surfer" sweater and covered up all the logos.

The backpatch is a collage from Chynna Clugston Major's Scooter Girl


A testrun of the shirt that I made my friend, Ben, because he graduated this year and was the first editor in cheif of the literary journal we worked on.


a tie dye shirt I made when I was first starting out using bleach. It's still wearable but the the back is completely torn up from the bleach.


pirate skirt I made a year ago out of cotton stretch fabrics


Reconstructed from a Joe Sayers shirt (jsayers.com). I pretty much fucked up on the puff sleeves but it was my first time making them...


Zombie double screened onto the shirt with lace detail. I left this shirt lying around without finishing the lace and my mom got annoyed and finished it for me without letting me know. It was strange!


My friend Hannah (in the first photo) drew this and we screened it onto shirts but the text came out a bit splotchy.


I finally got around to reconstructing my shirt from my first screenprinted batch. This was my first time making a baseball tee too. It wasn't as hard as I expected.

The back of the shirt (everyone's "number" was a ridiculous one like infinity, etc)

The team!

Specially made for a Decemberists kickball game


Reconstructed threadless shirt. I was going to do a ringer on the neck and sleeves but got lazy and sewed in piping instead. The front and back panels are different kinds of lace.




The first of the deershirts that I made myself. The girl is inspired by Hannah who's always talking about deer. Thus the antlers.


The ones for the fest; all have appliqued leaves which then have stems and veins screened over them.

The yellow one's my favourite!

OPPN: If I made a few of these shirts in guy sizes do you think anyone will buy them? And also, how should I price them at? I'm thinking $20 because I put a lot of work into each one but do you thinkt hat is too much?


I'm making loads of these patches to have a little variety at my booth and for all the scooterists of SF, haha.


OPPN: If I made a few of these shirts in guy sizes do you think anyone will buy them? And also, how should I price them at? I'm thinking $20 because I put a lot of work into each one but do you thinkt hat is too much?

for more info about zinefest visit www.sfzinefest.com! I hope to see many of you there!