CRAFT: Transforming Traditional Crafts
CRAFT: Transforming Traditional Crafts If you haven’t already heard about Craft Magazine then let me tell you what’s up. This is the magazine for the modern craft person. Every issue has great...
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Sweet Needle Felts: 25 Projects to Wear, Give & Hug For the first time I am recommending a book I don’t have yet. It will be out real soon and you can preorder it from Amazon at a discount. But,...
View ArticleHenry Darger, the Vivian Girls, and the Realm of the Unreal.
Henry Darger: Art and Selected Writings One thing that I haven’t talked about much in my blog is my love for outsider art. I love it because under the title of outsider you find the mentally ill,...
View ArticleAlabama Stitch Book
Alabama Stitch Book: Projects and Stories Celebrating Hand-Sewing, Quilting and Embroidery for Contemporary Sustainable Style Primitive Elegance is what I think as I go through the book Alabama Stitch...
View ArticleI love history.
I love history. For the last few years I have been studying the History of North American. Because I get bored easily I prefer books that not only have great information but their writers are...
View ArticleOkay, here is what I have so far.
Thanks for the great response to my last blog regarding a possible book in my future. You all have made it clear what you would like the book to be about. Basically a book about the creation of...
View ArticleTile Quilt Revival: Reinventing a Forgotten Form
On my trip to Texas I was able to spend some little time exploring the town of Las Cruce, NM. I stopped by a cool quilt shop called Organ Mountain Quilt Shop. I bought a bunch of fabric and a book...
View ArticleDoodle Stitching, The Motif Collection
Doodle Stitching, The Motif Collection by Aimee Ray You know what’s awesome? Aimee Ray’s new book Doodle Stitching, the Motif Collection. When I first started my blog I reviewed Aimee’s original...
View ArticleFour reasons why I think that I would be a great children’s book illustrator.
ps- Don’t worry, I haven’t given up on doing a craft book. In fact, I am part of a quilt book that will be coming out soon.
View ArticleBooks for Sale!
I need to let go of some of my books! I won’t embarrass myself by telling you how many I have but I have got to let go of more than just a few. I am starting with my vintage books. I love them...
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