Category: Textiles
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Spending the winter in sunny California (it's been 75 to 80 degrees much of the time) caretaking an orchard with animals has been good for slowing down, noticing small wonders. The wildlife is plenty here: deer and grey herons walk through the orchard, healthy ground squirrels pop in and out of their dens and the…
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I felt like writing a special letter. Something completely in contrast with the modern mode. So I decided to stitch a letter. At first I tried it out on paper (click on photos to enlarge): I love the embossed paper but it wasn't quite sturdy enough to hold up to more than…
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Just wanted to share a quick before & after from my current design job. $3 orange chair recovered with a pastel blue fret-work fabric: Way before: After!
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What do these things have in common? Pillow: Tom: Paul: It always amazes me when I read the Feedjit Live (the blog traffic cop in the lower right sidebar), how by way of my varied subject matter – it brings people here from all over the globe and from such diverse…
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Three years ago I had an embroidered artwork in my shop, Blossom Home. After I posted it on Flickr I heard from a sweet guy who reproduced it as a painting. I've continued to see other versions of it over the years. It's fun to see how a piece like this can connect people in…
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Sometimes just one page in a magazine will get me to buy it. Such is the case with the Mai/Juin issue of Marie Claire Maison and page 119. It features a mobile by Lyndie Dourthe, my latest greatest insprirationix: photo: cora büttenbender From her site: "A bit of botany, a little voodoo, a little anatomy,…
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I had to check my archives several times over as I thought for sure I'd already raved about Bascom Hogue of Cottonwood Diner, embroiderer extraordinaire, but apparently it was one of those posts composed only in my mind. This is long overdue, but happily so, as now I can also introduce Johnny Murder of Manbroidery.…
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Here's an easy-peasy idea for making a small pillow. As you may know I love re-purposing cloth items — shower curtains for wall art, bedspreads for tablecloths, etc. This project involves making a pillow out of a placemat. This only works with a double-sided placemat. The one I used is $5 right now at Pier1…
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Lara Cameron is a multi-talented graphic and textile designer out of Melbourne, Australia. She's such a prolific artist and dynamic force, I see her as a sort of Kali figure with ten arms! When we first "met" two years ago she hadn't yet begun her textile exploits, but was more focused on illustration and web…
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I'm deviating from my daydreams of Florence, Italy to inspirational epiphanies via Florence, Alabama. The source of my inspiration is Alabama Chanin, Natalie Chanin's lifestyle company that focuses on "slow design and sustainability." Their one-of-a-kind products are made by hand, incorporating organic and recycled materials, by artisans in and around Florence, Alabama. The collection includes…
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