Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Reading List

How We Felt Designs and Techniques from Contemporary Felt Artists by Carol Huber Cypher
Paper, Metal & Stitch by Maggie Grey & Jane Wild
Stitch Dissolve Distort with Machine Embroidery by Valerie Campbell-Harding and Maggie Grey
The Quilting Arts Book: Techniques & Inspiration for Creating One-of-a-Kind Quilts by Patricia Bolton

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Wish List

Books:
The Art of Embroidery by ?
Complete Embellishing by Kayte Terry
Creative Recycling in Embroidery by Val Holmes
Mixed Mania: Recipes for Delicious Mixed Media Creations by Debbi Crane and Cheryl Prater
Mixed-Media Self-Portraits: Inspiration and Techniques by Cate Prato
Softies by ?
Three Dimensional Embroidery by Janet Edmonds
Japanese embroidery books

Patterns:
Cupcakeology $3.50 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14555417
Halloweenie Eenies $5.60 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14159270
Kitchen Chemistry Set $7 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12309444
5 patterns from superchickenstudios http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5962511
Missy Balance's Embroidery Designs (Pimp Stitch) http://www.pimpstitch.com/missyballance.htm

Supplies:
Magenta size 20 $7.50 & shipping http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13616741
Pizzazz size 20 $7.50 & shipping http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14300186
fiber from exclusivelylindalee

Art Misc:

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Films:
8 1/2
Breathless

Music:
Jeremy Larson

Other:
madeinatreehouse lip balm pack of 3 $9 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13415288

PDF Embroidery Patterns not already available for sale

Etsy users: beemiceelf, elsiecake, historicallydestash, knittydirtygirl, sassalynne, therainbowgirl, tommie77, travelingrhinos, wildolive

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Individual Articles/Blog Posts

http://www.ccartwright.com/ - sequins!
http://www.joyfulabode.com/2008/02/12/tutorial-indian-shisha-mirror-embroidery
http://www.misplay.se/projects.htm
http://www.instructables.com/id/Embroidery-101/ - Embroidery 101!
http://planetmithi.blogspot.com/2008/06/image-and-obs-update-2.html - hand sewn hands
http://craftchi.com/blog/?p=610 - embroidery thread cards
http://blog.designedlykristi.com/?p=645 - yummy frozen yogurt pictures
Knit - R - Done: The Outside Looking In--Exploration of Perceptions