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Mini Kitty Rugs

Here are some new kitten rugs! This is my first time tufting out this design, and I’m pleased with how it turned out. Tabby cats are my favourite to create, and I’m glad others seem to like them the best, too. There’s just something so charming about stripes.

I’ve made these two little kitties for the Capital Art Sale starting May 8th. I know money is tight for so many right now, so I’m trying to focus on making lower-priced goodies. Everyone deserves something colourful and fun to bring them joy!

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New Class Drop: Tufting a Mirror Rug

After a long delay, I’m thrilled to finally be releasing a new Skillshare class! This is an intermediate level class about adding a mirror to your rugs.

This class is perfect for anyone who wants to add more function to their wall-hanging pieces or who wants to add a bit of a surprise to their work. This is an easy way to add an extra level of interactivity to your work, which makes it super fun!

Thank you so much to everyone who supports my work by watching my classes. Please let me know if you have any questions or requests for future class topics!

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New Patch – Sparkle Every Day

Surprise! It’s another patch!

This is legit my last patch for a long while, but I just could not make a patch of Scuzzy without also making one of Sparc. Sparc is the world’s most happy, confident cat; and he wants to remind everyone to share their own spark with the world!

These patches have some metallic embellishments which make them extra fun.

You can get your own Sparkle patch here.

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First Kitty of 2025

A new year is the perfect time to paint more cats!

I have a few art goals this year, including figuring out negative space (aka, white areas in the figure) and playing more with edge types. I think the edges are an improvement on this piece, but I definitely have a lot more work to do with negative space haha.

Do you have any creative goals this year?

Learn to paint like this through my Skillshare classes.

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Last Sparc of 2024

Let’s wrap up the year with another cat portrait! This is another take on my youngest cat, Sparc.

I’m really trying to make the purple-blue-green colour scheme work, but I think I keep picking the wrong reference photos for these pieces. Either way, I think this is more successful than my last attempt, and it definitely looks like Sparc!

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Final Rug of 2024 – Big Scuzzy Cat Rug!

Here’s my last rug of the year (probably): Big Scuzzy cat! You can compare the level of detail next to the smaller rugs (with blue eyes) using the same design. I was able to do a lot of carving on the line work to make all the edges feel nice and sharp.

This is probably my favourite design of the year. I just love tabby cats so much, in general, but creating work of my pets is always super special and satisfying.

This rug will be available at the Capital Art Sale starting December 19th!

Learn to create rugs like this with my rug tufting class on Skillshare.

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Large Boba Eye Cat Rug!

Here’s another large rug: Boba cat! I originally thought this design was too simple to use for a large rug, but I found it too charming to pass up. Who can resist a pudgy cat face with big, round eyes!

I did a bit less carving on this kitty than on my large fox rug, so the colour lines overlap a bit more. I’m not sure which style looks best. What do you think, do you like the jagged/overlapping colour lines better or the super clean cut lines of my previous post?

Learn to create rugs like this with my rug tufting class on Skillshare.

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