Japanese artists’ Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi have created an “esoteric” programming language called Pa++ern that translates input from visitors to their exhibit or from virtual visitors through Twitter and turns them in to graphics that can be embroidered on t-shirts. Visitors to the gallery enjoy the movement and sounds of this highly used but […]
Subversive Finds: Talking with Mr. X Stitch By Julie Jackson Jamie Chalmers is making a name for himself in the world of embroidery — and that name is Mr. X Stitch. This 6-foot-tall Brit regularly cross-stitches in public, mostly on the train to London. He’s a newlywed with an urban homestead and nine chickens who […]
Jen at Indie Fixx shares her free cross stitch pattern to Save America Shop Indie. Jen writes: There’s a music & book shop in my town that I like frequent called Rainbow. They are an independently owned store that’s been in business since the 70’s and one I’ve been going to since I was a […]
The cross stitch ninja’s been working on these these cross stitch world maps from Mario 3. I like the idea of hanging them up in different places around the house. At my house, this World 2 map would best go out on the desert patio. Via Sprite Stitch.
John tips us off to these fascinating needlepoint renditions of city graffiti by Tennessee artist, Jacquelyn Royal.
Artist Andrew Salomone embroidered this sweater for Amy Winehouse with all her tattoos in all the right places. It’d keep her publicly recognizable, but warm at the same time: About 9 months ago I heard something about Amy Winehouse having health issues. Then I noticed that Amy Winehouse never seemed to be wearing a lot […]
Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching and our Crafting a Business columnist shows you how you can even embroider the end-papers in a journal for more stitching to greet you. [ via Whip Up ] Also, in case you mi
