CRAFT reader Merrill Lehmann of Sugar Darling Vintage is getting married in two weeks! As a special gift for her bridesmaids, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and a few other important ladies in her life, she embroidered these beautiful vintage hankies. Merrill writes: Many of them already had some beautiful stitch work, but I satin stitched each […]
I am utterly charmed by this delightful little embroidery pattern from Misako Mimoko. Based in Bareclona, crafter Eva Monleón makes fantastically unique and whimsical dolls. This embroidery pattern is based on one of her “kettle head” dolls, and just has me downright giddy.
I love seeing mixes of embroidery and technology. I fondly remember the embroidered MySpace profiles and the blog that is entirely embroidered. And now I’m loving this Twitter emrboidery from Flickr user nerdgirljuile. I also follow Michael Ian Black, and his tweets are hilarious. Seeing them stitched makes them even better. [ via Mr. X […]
Fraggle Rock was one of my favorite shows growing up, and this Dozer embroidery from Sew It’s For You makes me giddy. I’ve been humming the Fraggle Rock theme ever since I first saw it.
I’m a type nerd who loves hand stitching, so I’m utterly grateful for Jessica of How About Orange posting links to these free “stitched” fonts. Can’t wait to use them and get crafty even when I’m on the computer!
This amazing artwork from Evelin Kasikov combines my very favorite media: printing, typography, hand embroidery and book binding. Printed Matter is a project about craft within the context of graphic design. It brings together digital and hand made, aiming to challenge the idea what a printed page can be. It is a book design project […]
My husband often asks why I’m on Twitter and what I could possibly get from using Twitter so much. Aside from connecting with friends, coworkers, and keeping up with the craft community, I’m able to stumble upon random finds like these beautiful works of embroidered art from Hinke Schreuders. She has a nice range of […]
