Since I’m finishing up Boheme #3, I think it’s time I posted pics of Boheme #2. I knit this one using the feather and fan stitch for the body. I think it’s my favorite finished product, but I did not enjoy the pattern. I’m not sure why. It just seemed tedious. I always wanted to make a feather and fan scarf someday. Guess that’s not going to happen. Still, the sweater knitted up beautifully. Love it.
stash: still working with the Paton’s Rio from my stash. Boheme #1 here.
I spent some time at the library the other day flipping through the craft books on display and guess what I found: embroidered daisies! These wouldn’t hide a t-shirt hole very well, but they’re really cute. I like that they’re not your average stitched daisy.
resource: The book is The Gentle Art of Stitching: 40 Projects Inspired by Everyday Beauty (amazon link). It has some interesting projects — too bad there isn’t a “look inside” option on amazon.
my swipe file: snapshots of past inspiration to keep my creative muscles limber
original swipe file post here
Driving down 14th Street last summer all I ever heard was: “Mom! We need to see the Bizarre Beasts! They’re at Morrill Hall!” However, we never managed to make it for one reason or another.
On Sunday my daughter went to a birthday party at Morrill Hall. We had long since forgotten about the Bizarre Beasts, until we wandered into the exhibit hall and Oh! My! Goodness! a squeal that rattled even the oldest dinosaur bones.
It’s a small exhibit, but she loved it. She also had a blast at the party. I’m guessing we’ll be spending more time at Morrill Hall in the future.
I’ve had this fabric in my stash for so long that I don’t remember where I found it. It has always been destined for my sister-in-law who loves horses. I always thought I’d make it into a tote bag because it’s a tricky print. Lay it out flat and it’s kind of busy. I never imagined I’d make it into an article of clothing.
But then I happened across a pattern for a fabric infinity scarf and couldn’t stop thinking about it. I dug it out, wrapped it around my neck and you know what? It looked really nice! I liked this pattern so much, I even set aside some brown and black flannel to make a scarf for myself. Now I just need to sew it!
resource: You can find the tutorial for this scarf over at The Cottage Home.
I usually don’t spend time mending holes in my daughter’s shirts. She’s growing so fast that it doesn’t seem to make sense. However, sometimes holes happen to a favorite shirt — one we bought a little big so she could wear it a long time.
Usually, holes show up in sleeves and seams — easy places to hide a few stitches. This one was right in front. I was extra careful, but there was no hiding anything. So I decided to turn it into a decorative element.
I don’t do a lot of embroidery. I’m not the best at it, but I sewed a little daisy in matching thread. The result is actually kind of cute. I’ve seen people mend holes with a star stitch, but I think this is a little nicer. Of course, it would help if all of the petals turned out the same size!
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by Soule Mama.
Col. Chris Hadfield is a Canadian astronaut living on the International Space Station. I started following him on twitter because my daughter is studying Sally Ride in school. He posts cool stuff like the kind of food he eats and how his watch floats around his wrist.
The past few days, though, he has been posting some phenomenal photos of earth. They almost look like paintings and are beautiful displays of color and texture.
If you’re the kind of person who looks to the world around you for inspiration, you should definitely be following him on twitter. His photos are posted on a tumblr blog, as well. In case you were wondering, the images above are of Mumbai, India; The Bahamas; and The Australian Outback.
my swipe file: snapshots of past inspiration to keep my creative muscles limber
original swipe file post here
I love getting email with this in the subject line: “Your daughter has new artwork!”
Not all of the art projects from school come home right away. They are saved and put together in a book that the children bring home on the last day of school. In the meantime, parents get emails of the artwork so they can see what the children have been creating.
I love these little owls. The description that came with this painting said: “Students made these Snowy Owls by using different painting and printmaking techniques. Can you see how we used pieces of cardboard to print the branches in our trees? Or the way we used the “wrong end” of a paintbrush to create the falling snow? How about our thumbprints that became the owls sitting in the trees?”
My daughter is a big fan of Ed Emberly’s thumbprint book series. (amazon link) I’m guessing she loved this project.
