paula sanz caballero----Cross-Stitched Cars----help needed, We are in need of some help making little jackets we believe will be easier for you and our hens.. -----Dance monster, by Lou Lou & Oscar - made for In Stitches show at Renegade-----
patchwork, What possesses a woman to cut out tiny pieces of fabric and spend hours and hours sewing them together? The words of one help explain: "I made quilts as fast as I could to keep my family warm . . . and as pretty as I could to keep my heart from breaking." ----
Thirteen thousand, six hundred and ninety-nine people die each day from preventable diseases related to water. Artist Christine Destrempes decided to represent this daily loss of human life by stringing together 13,699 clear plastic bottle caps and arranging them in a powerful installation. via EVERYDAY TRASH
El Anatsui.....Ghanaian-born/Nigerian-dwelling artist El Anatsui uses all kinds of cool trash in his work: from would-be discarded casava graters to the caps used to top off local home brew, to milk tins and so on.
93 year old cook and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes....more videos from Clara with other recipes
iN iTALY, a summer dish , once was very popular , is Panzanella, bread salad, a variation of the cooked bread from the video-----Like many Italian recipes, panzanella originated because of thrifty Italian cooks in the Tuscan region.-------Strawberry Panzanella Recipe----
stitching: Zurciendo calcetines, sewing socks----Stitch until it hurts.----embroidered text messages , in keeping with my love of keeping diaries, i have decided to stitch text messages i receive.------
Los primeros pantalones vaqueros no hicieron aparición hasta mitad del siglo pasado pero el tejido con el que se fabrican llevaba en circulación desde mucho antes. -----
lamps made from cans-----“Untitled Sponge Painting” #1,----George Stoll handcrafts items that are normally mass factory produced to create viewer-challenging installations whereby highly realistic objects are abstracted beyond their “domestic function.” Included are sponges, toilet paper, and paper towels. In creating these works, he is focused on the relationship between consumer culture and high art. -----
It's time to [re]design design... What is design for? It is widely accepted that we have no more than 10 years to turn around our unsustainable ways of living. In this state of emergency, what role can design play in creating positive solutions and true quality of life?---reCALL, design della memoria----
Feeling Out Of Shape and Unattractive? Then check out this video!
Faces in Places, A photographic collection of faces found in everyday places.---
environment:The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is an international campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime.---The study of effects of exposure to syntheticchemicals, EMF, and radiation. Everyonehas different reactions to such exposure.Some hazards may take years to show theireffects.----
ECO HOME----Excellent NYTimes article on backyard cottages-----Environmental Artist ---Consumerism is a pattern of behavior that helps to destroy our environment, personal financial health, the common good of individuals and human institutions. This site details ways that you can help defeat consumerism, save money, work less and lead a more satisfying and environmentally benign life while helping to restore the economic self-sufficiency of your community.----vivienne westwood says 'People must stop buying and buying'----
Souvenirs from earth is the first TV station broadcasting a 24/7 program of Film and Video art, transforming bigger flat screens into an art terminal, giving access to the avant-garde of visual cultures. We first presented our concept of a TV channel for "video paintings", close to the ideas of Nam June Paik and Brian Eno, at London's ICA in 1998 and at the Venice Biennale in 1999. The program finally went on air in 2006. We are available on the French and German Cable TV networks. Artists and filmmakers are welcome to submit their works.
patchwork and curtains : martha quilt as a curtain 2-----Patchwork corset-----patchwork curtain.----another delightful Patchwork curtain----Is it curtains for me and Jim?----Glass curtains (Glasgordijnen) is a wonderful old Dutch term for “net curtains.” We have taken this as our inspiration for a spontaneous new collection. Marlies Spaan, our stylist, used everything she could find to create collages based around this theme. -----Patchwork Curtain-----
The use of Shisha, or mirror work, in embroidery stems from three Islamic beliefs: the first, that mirrors will trap the evil eye and hold its reflection for eternity; the second, that mirrors will ward off the evil eye by reflecting it away from the wearer, and the third that mirrors will dazzle the evil eye so that it will either go blind or, at the very least, blink and miss you. ----Tutorial: Indian Shisha (mirror) Embroidery------The mirror glass used in embroidery, known as shisha or abla, decorates clothing, torans (doorway hangings), household shrines, curtains and rumals (cloth wrappings).------
Street furniture combining a novel seat and removable plant holder
---street sofa----we make--Hong Kong has pretty ugly street furniture------Ali Rhind is collaborating with one of the country’s leading hand-crafted furniture makers, Hexham-based Hepple Furniture Ltd, to produce a bespoke range of contemporary chairs part-upholstered in proggy----yaron elyasi: recycling patience-----
collage...Ron Pokrasso, "She Had An Elegant Garden"
Susan Taber Avila -----Tamara Marwood: Stitching a Line ----Large stitched drawingby Catherine Chalmers----Stitched drawings open a window of fancy ---Bernie Leahy, stitched drawings----CHRISTINE EMILIE CLEMMESEN----Barbara Lee Smith has brought surface design and machine embroidery to a new artistic level by fusing layer upon layer of synthetic fabric and using the stitch as a drawing tool---Collage Created by thesoulofhope. ---- The Bleu Cheese Facial!----This is a 'stuffed' drawing on fabric. ----Another Point of View---Snailbooty Studios
yoyo quilt: The Yo-yo Quilt---yoyo quilt----This is a yoyo quilt I made many years ago----Yoyo quilt---- yoyo / clusters---this is a BEAUTIFUL purse, The bag is basically from creative little daisy's (thank you) online tutorial with some yoyo's (with a nod towards my japanese craft books) I added some pockets inside. ------more yoyos here----If you liked the quilt you might want the "Yo-Yo"pattern that has been requested by many people. -----the aura in laura yoyos------A yo-yo quilt in the making.-----A yo-yo quilt, embroidered pillows found here----Yo Yo Quilts and Using Yo Yos for Applique-----Yo-Yo Pillow----Going Yo-Yo---heatherbailey.typepad.com > How to Make a Yo-Yo
blue rags and potato chips----- then and now-----Postcard to Paloma---monkey on bicycle----
embroidery one off pieces by laura walker
hammock by Anu Tuominen ----
Charles Darwin quilt
purse, corrina rockwell, 
earth cubed
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