Continuing with my gift guides this week is one for people who love plants. Whether you love a good Philodendron or can only keep a cactus alive, you need a planter for it. And while you can go with plain terracotta pots,…
Continuing with my gift guides this week is one for people who love plants. Whether you love a good Philodendron or can only keep a cactus alive, you need a planter for it. And while you can go with plain terracotta pots,…
It’s that time of year when we’re all clamoring for gifts for our favorite people. With online shopping, the possibilities are endless—so where do you begin? All this week I’ll be sharing some gifts to get you started on your…
I don’t often describe rocks as “cute,” but that’s exactly how I’d classify Shu Ning Lim’s fiber art. A lover of pebbles and stones, she created this collection that’s inspired by the book Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor.
I’m always on the lookout for interesting assemblages, and I recently came across this array of crocheted coffee cups by Tuija Heikkinen. Although they are all created individually, she has arranged them into an eye-catching stack that tells a story. This…
At the beginning of 2017, I featured the appliqué illustrations of embroidery artist Mika Hirasa. Since then, she’s been busy creating more of this type of work illuminating classic tales. Using a variety of fabrics and embroidery thread, she sews…
It was well over a year ago that I marveled over the hand embroidery kits of Kiriki Press, and with the holidays around the corner, I was thinking again about the delightful collection of stitched animals. If you know someone…
Embroidery artist Bugambilo, aka Sol Kesseler, first stole my heart years ago with her negative space stitching of cats and florals. (Perfect!) Since then, she’s continued embroidery by focusing on portraits of people. Each piece features detailed imagery combining fine…
It has been so unseasonably warm in Baltimore that it hardly seems like fall. I think that’s why I’ve been gravitating so much to Halloween-related illustrations (as evidenced on my Instagram), because I’m looking for a reason for it to…
I’m always impressed when I see people embroidering on tulle fabric. It appears finicky at best—and at worst, unforgiving of your mistakes (of which I make many as I sew.) But, the effect produced from tulle embroidery is worth it;…
Last Friday, it was fun to share some of the sketchbook inspiration that I’ve saved using the Instagram collections feature. Continuing that theme, I’m revealing some of the stitches I’ve hoarded in my Embroidery collection. They showcase a variety of…