top of page

茄子 (qiezi, which means eggplant), a very toothy lion I found in Hutong, Beijing. In China, people pose for photos by saying "eggplant!" instead of "cheese!" I took this little eggplant home and sewed overalls for him.

I like to sew, paint, and dress stuffed animals. I learned to sew in middle school, then I began making stuffed animals in 2016. It all began when my mom brought home a plain white turtle that I painted with thrift store fabric paint. I then decided the turtle needed friends.... (hover or click for details!)

montreux lac lemen lake geneva
smiling lions
hand-painted stuffed turtle
hand-painted, handmade elephant
stuffed painted elepant
stuffed animal dance-off
order of the bunstack
stuffed rhino and stuffed elephant
a family of stuffed dinosaurs
hand-painted, handmadelephant
red stuffed snake
stuffed polka-dot dinosaur
painted stuffed elephant
stuffed bunny and stuffed cat
stuffed bunnies
stuffed octupus, stuffed turtle, stuffed rhino
sock monkey
stuffed lizard
stuffed rhino
handmade peacock and smiley lio
cat and stuffed dinosaur
IMG_6326.JPG
IMG_6338.JPG
IMG_6341.JPG
lion cat catsup
IMG_6325.JPG
IMG_6328.JPG
IMG_6327.JPG
IMG_6334.JPG
winged blue dinosaur
IMG_6323.JPG
IMG_6324.JPG
IMG_6330.JPG

The Grunts are an extremely rare species of dinosaur that survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. They are named Grunts after the first of their species to be discovered, Gruntwinder (green), and after their highly developed language, which, to human ears, simply sounds like "ra ra ra." Later such Grunts discovered include Jatindergrunt (blue with stripes and mohawk) and Indergrunt (pink, via Skype). Grunts have shown incredible intelligence and sophistication, including Gruntwinder, who is active on Instagram.

IMG_6329.JPG
sock monkey and pelican whale
dinosaus and duck
white bun loaf
IMG_6331.JPG
bearded octopus
striped dinosaur
pink bun loaf
IMG_6340.JPG
shark dinosaur
biting turtle
upside-down bun loaf
sideways blue bun loaf
green bun loaf
lavender bun loaf
red bun loaf
blue bun loaf
black patterned bun loaf
sewing
bunny lion snow
sewing
BOOKSHELF.jpg
stuffed animal family
14482740_873002456164090_261739512650216

Sock Monkey came into my life on July 4, 2012. Since then, he has stayed true through all my ups and downs and accompanied me on all my travels. His first few outfits were curated by my mom (personal stylist to us both), though I have been sewing his most recent getups.

smiling bunny lion
smiling lion
IMG_5287.JPG
IMG_5084.JPG
IMG_1732.JPG
IMG_2053.JPG
IMG_2382.JPG
IMG_2490.JPG
IMG_2889.JPG
IMG_1587.JPG
39164639_304116843473571_744106416497124
43984898_612802032468695_575030976840790
35575851_543075576087875_402601189125914
34983246_211710982816798_738828058886144
IMG_3019.JPG
london lion sculpture
IMG_5775.jpg
IMG_5828.JPG
IMG_6114.JPG
IMG_6119.JPG
IMG_6124.JPG
56921728468__A9A2AD42-6250-4B4E-A34A-0F5
bunny lion and glasses bunny
57599396092__84423F2E-0FB7-421E-B56B-C2D
IMG_4651.JPG
44468961_306329373545068_635210793296511
28427483_2063768057232398_62635912357310
IMG_4110.JPG
IMG_5827.JPG
IMG_6113.JPG
IMG_6117.JPG
IMG_6122.JPG
IMG_6271.JPG
IMG_4252.JPG
IMG_6356_edited.jpg
IMG_6384.JPG
42141246_272360373623675_801836438600949
35272894_252692002191081_692620599115540
IMG_3020.JPG
IMG_5690.JPG
IMG_5780.jpg
IMG_5833.JPG
IMG_6118.JPG
IMG_6121.JPG
IMG_6123.JPG
IMG_6049.JPG
IMG_6402.JPG
IMG_6383.jpg
IMG_8174.JPG
22D76DC4-3527-4CB9-9CE7-4EDBFE2EA3A4.JPG
EA406167-98F8-4A2E-8CC9-AAED35BFEFE8.JPG
IMG_8172.JPG
IMG_7037.JPG
E5DF27E2-3782-40D6-BB34-CA39508B747D.JPG
f30cab40-ca09-4355-bb8d-3be12d09ee0a.JPG
IMG_7301.JPG
94531702-FCD4-486E-BDF0-4CA42529D38A.JPG
IMG_2012.JPG
IMG_2015.jpg
IMG_2014.jpg
IMG_6506.JPG
bb cheesu with buns ਪਿਆਜ਼ (onion, left) and ਲਾਲ ਪਿਆਜ਼ (red onion, left)
5C6AF7A2-A15F-407E-B1D8-6AFED9060837.JPG
0E488636-2FBB-4FA2-B23E-84A3A7F6B388_edi
IMG_6969(1).JPG
49AB3A8B-5DD0-4E1C-91B4-31A62AEBF206.JPG
IMG_6967(1).JPG
92E1D203-9DB0-4F1C-95C0-7445F4B7D79B.JPG
IMG_8058.JPG
IMG_8173.JPG
64b04514-f68d-4743-b79f-9c0c2737f4b9.JPG
6064e941-ee21-4117-a38e-efbd8cd55a1f.JPG
IMG_7702.JPG
76691A81-7600-4901-A69B-0A764027E514.JPG
IMG_7437.JPG
IMG_8025.JPG
IMG_8026.JPG
IMG_8171.JPG
7b2e94fe-ecf9-4e88-9d6e-551a4f17940d.JPG
e5d21380-24d9-48e0-b044-7e11ce364e41.JPG
IMG_2013.JPG
bottom of page