Stumbled upon this lovely example of street embroidery from Barcelona, Spain. The cross-stitched dog and other designs were embroidered on a long railing/fence in a beautiful park in the heart of the city. A perfect grid surface, a little colorful rope/string, some creative folks and we have a wonderful piece of street art. For more [...]
My newest nephew (born the end of last summer) still loves to be swaddled when he naps or goes to sleep for the night. Unfortunately, most swaddling blankets you can buy in the store are meant for younger babies and my nephew is also big for his age. So his mum asked me to whip [...]
Pride and Prejudice by ~Mordaunt on deviantART My nephew and I have been experimenting with clay lately. We’ve started with air-dry clay and have created some amazing items. While looking to expand into polymer clay, I found these amazingly detailed and lovely Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice) dolls made from polymer clay. [...]
So Miss Cross Stitch (her blog) is traveling around Germany and the rest of Europe creating amazing street art using embroidery. She scouts for the perfect surface (benches, railings, etc.) and creates a design using colorful rope that fits in with the location. Usually, folks stop to watch and admire. Sadly, sometimes she isn’t allowed [...]
The Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) recently announced the results of its attitude and usage survey on the spending and crafting habits of U.S. households. Crocheting ranked #3 behind Scrapbooking and Drawing (#1). Knitting came in at number 9. See the report here>> I found it interesting that knitting was so low on the list [...]
Two cute little baby washcloths I knitted for my niece’s friend and her new baby. I used standard 100% cotton yarn (Sugar ‘n Cream brand) in a pale yellow and a heathered green. Simple enough pattern…mostly stockinette stitch with 3 rows of garter stitch at the start and finish to help the cloth hold its [...]
About this time every year, I force the family to join me in an afternoon of messy edible fun decorating something made of gingerbread. Sometimes it’s a gingerbread house…one year it was a gingerbread train…and another year it was a gingerbread Christmas tree. This year we decorated gingerbread boys and girls. I used the word [...]