kikiborges

I am a costume designer, in my early 30s, and living in a little apartment with my cat Poppin. I am from Toronto, Canada, but one of my favourite places in the world is the Lake District in England. I'm also a children's illustrator.

• designing and sewing clothes and costumes
• knitting with natural fibres
• illustrating/drawing characters
• making jewellery with silk
• beading with seed beads

• Howards End by E.M. Forster
• A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
• The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
• The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay
• Richard Scarry books
• Gnomes by Rien Poortvliet
• Jane Austen

• (I don't watch TV, but in the past I've liked:)
• Power Puff Girls
• nature shows
• My So-Called Life
• Peewee's Playhouse
• 3rd Rock from the Sun
• cooking shows like Nigella Lawson and The Frugal Gourmet
• home reno shows