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Valentine Brooch Postcards

In collage, embroidery, mail art, sewing on 4 February 2012 with Comments Off

I made these for a few mail art friends, new & old! Aren’t they sweet? They’re made with vintage papers, cancelled stamps, wool felt, lace scraps, vintage buttons and embroidery floss – hooray! The pinbacks are sewn on tightly, and nestled in punched out holes through the cardboard. I had to box-drop them (with what [...]

Darwin Party

In embroidery, holidays, sewing on 16 January 2012 with 1 comment

Don’t you love it when someone takes something cool you’ve worked on and makes it like, 300% more rad? These napkins are truly the best form of flattery! Darwin is a Big Party Boy These are so much cooler than anything I could have ever thought up, Olisa rocks! I especially love the neanderthal bling [...]

Cozies

In blogs I read, crochet, embroidery, friends, sewing on 21 December 2011 with Comments Off

I haven’t had time to make myself my new MacBook cozy, but I’ve been keeping it near the top of my “planning mind” – I think I might use up one of my favorite Kokka prints that I’ve been saving for years – it has pink and red apples on it Each one of the [...]

Happy Darwin Day!

In atheism, embroidery, tutorial on 13 February 2011 with 1 comment

An atheist before Darwin could have said, following Hume: “I have no explanation for complex biological design. All I know is that God isn’t a good explanation, so we must wait and hope that somebody comes up with a better one.” I can’t help feeling that such a position, though logically sound, would have left [...]