Lisa Smirnova’s Favorite “Painting” Medium Is Embroidery
Moscow-based artist Lisa Smirnova is an artist who uses thread like paint to create beautiful, impressionistic portraits and abstract designs.
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Skill Builder: Using an Awl to Sew Leather and Heavy Fabrics
Introduction If you think about tools that we use today that are passed down from ancient people, the knife, or possibly a modern version of the spear might come to mind. Lying somewhere between those two implements in the modern-day usefulness is the awl. Made out of bone in ancient times, the basic purpose of […]
Smart Sewing Room: DIY Thread Hanger
Wish your thread collection was always neat, pretty, and within reach? Well, that can certainly be arranged! Check out smart, useful, and downright lovely DIY thread hanger tutorial from Anna at Plan B! I love a good craft studio storage solution, don’t you?
Sewing Tools: DIY Thread Spool Holder
Looking for a smart way to organize spools of thread and bobbins for your next sewing adventure? Create a custom holder that’s perfect for organizing thread for either one project or your entire thread collection!
DIY Smart Phone Mittens
You wouldn’t be long getting frostbit digits trying to text without these smart phone mittens from Becky Stern over at adafruit!
Jenine Shereos’ Spider Web-Like Lace Installation
Artist Jenine Shereos made thread look surprisingly like spider webs in a site-specific installation called “De/constructed Lace.”
Thread Replaces Paint in the Abstract Work of Nike Schroeder
Artist Nike Schroeder uses thread to create abstract works that are reminiscent of paint spread across the surface of a canvas.
