I made myself a New Art Journal The truth is, most of us discover where we are heading when we arrive. Bill Watterson Before summer I bound myself another Art Journal with watercolor papers and a cloth… Categories Art journaling/Bookbinding
Book review: Freestyle Embroidery on Wool by Karin Derland I think that Swedish artist Karin Derland makes a time-consuming and seemingly tedious craft like embroidery look like so much fun in her new book that I am reviewing today… Categories Book Inspiration/Fabric & Sewing
You’ve gotta have Moxy Moxy is definitely not a word I learned in school when the English language was on the curriculum… But when I looked it up at the online Free Dictionary (swoon,… Categories Creative People/Textile Art
The Embroidered Heart and the Fear of Failure I love the beautiful symbol of love and its many pains; the heart. I’ve been obsessed with the heart shape for over a decade, and I am just now working… Categories Crafts/Creativity & Life/Textile Art
Embroidery Workshop | How to stitch a Heart – with LOVE This weekend I sent out a Newsletter announcing that my darling embroidery workshop Stitch with Love, is up for grabs! I have been wanting to make a stand-alone workshop hosted… Categories Fabric & Sewing/Mixed Media Experiments/Textile Art
A look at our Embroidery Exhibition Did you know I do embroidery too? I love free form embroidery a lot. And what I usually call mixed media embroidery, where there are some elements of painting involved… Categories Textile Art
My New Hand Bound Art Journal with Embroidered Cover I am a big fan of art journaling as many of you know. But with the swap taking up my time in April, it’s been way too long since I… Categories Art journaling/Bookbinding/Textile Art
Inspirational Craft Books from Sweden with Love Sweden has a big international music industry for such a small country, so it is probably well known how creative swedes are out there “in the world”. But did you… Categories Book Inspiration/Crafts
Video where I’m romanticizing Dalarna, Sweden This week I’m taking a course to play with free form embroidery. But last summer, we took a road trip to the Swedish area Dalarna to do some touristing in… Categories Traveling
Repurposing an Old Embroidery I am working on a fun Easter Project right now. I started it a bit late but I wanted to share it with you because it is so vibrant and eastery!… Categories Fabric & Sewing/Textile Art/Thrift & Recycle
Writing & Embroidery You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world… Categories On writing
STITCHED Video Workshop 2015 I am so happy to introduce you to an online class – where I am going to be one of the teachers! I’m part of Alma Stoller’s STITCHED 2015 –… Categories Fabric & Sewing