For my knitting friends
I’ve noticed this on a few blogs – and then found a post on Craft (via @debroby) They had this neato link to the “how it was made” – which is equally cool.
I’ve noticed this on a few blogs – and then found a post on Craft (via @debroby) They had this neato link to the “how it was made” – which is equally cool.
Well it’s been a couple of crazy days here – but I’ve spent today sitting and stitching with my computer next to me…surfing the blog world. First, check out this event: Really! How can that NOT be a winner? Now I don’t exactly cross stitch, but my friend Dianna does
Just a bit of blog reading to try to recuperate after a crazy day yesterday (new hairdo if you have access to my Facebook). Here is some massive eye candy in the way of books turned into art – amazing! http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5020134&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Hoedown from Rodeo from Eleanor Stewart on Vimeo. And
So excited about this: I’ve been reading “Sense and Sensibility” and finished a while ago “Pride and Prejudice” – Rex claims everyone goes through a “Jane Austen” phase! And I ran across this on Craft Magazine (had I known I could win a copy I would have hopped right on
Wow! Every time I think I know what I’m doing, I run across someone like Salley Mavor – who I found through Mimi Kirchner (who is massively talented and drool worthy also) – who does such fabulous and amazing work that I’m never quite sure where to start. If you’re
Yay for “Craft” for highlighting Crazy Quiliting and showing lovely pictures of this quilt: There are some lovely stitch combo ideas there my CQ friends! I’m busy in the studio today – having some challenges transferring a needlework pattern, making a lady bug costume for Missy C’s baby doll and
Check out this great photoset I found on Flickr via Drawn – Balakov has recreated famous photos in Legos – you can even see how he stages them here. I was drawn to this one because I posted the original photo here.
Mimi has been an amazing inspiration for me for years – imagine having bits of stuff all over and never wanting to throw anything away – if you’ve seen my studio, you know I have a kinship! He dolls are lovely and I adore her use of wool. A great
I have always loved Andy Warhol – his eccentricities make him so much more than an artist. So, running across this article tickles me. Warhol’s Junk Becomes Inspirational Treasure Just a teaser: A cardboard lid is lifted and four archivists peer inside. A postal box from Paris. Who sent it?