Pui from Studio Wonjun makes these gorgeous – oh so stylish – doily coasters and lavender balls. So simple yet so wonderful – I love them.
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January 2009
These fused plastic bags & bamboo utensils rolled up for eating “on the go” are a great, green way to eat & run.
About the designer: Lenny is the owner of garden party, NYC’s freshest green-minded events! she writes tried & true tips for getting your party on greenie style on her blog, garden party NYC.
You will need:
6-8 plastic shopping bags : scissors : iron : wax paper : sewing machine : fork/knife/spoon/chopsticks—I used bamboo ones, but vintage ones are cool too : bandana/napkin : ribbon
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Knitting Daily Launches Free e-Book Giveaway of Five of the Site’s Most Popular Knitted Sock Patterns.
For Dummies, a branded imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., has announced the relaunch of Dummies.com, a site that offers proven experts to distill complex subjects into concise, jargon-free steps that make learning how to do anything easier.
Maria Peagler is doing a blog tour to promote her new book - color mastery – we are hosting the first in what promised to be an interesting series. So check in here on Feb 2.
Mon. Feb. 2 – WhipUp
Tues., Feb. 3 – TrueUp!
Wed., Feb. 4 – Quilter’s Buzz
Thurs., Feb. 5 – Annie’s Quilting Stash
Fri., Feb. 6 – Quilting Gallery
Mon., Feb. 10 – How to Quilt/Harper Homeschool Academy
To celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration, The Washington Post ran Carol Barton’s (from popular kinetics) do-it-yourself pop-up commemorative in it’s KidsPost Section on January 20 – if you missed it – download it here.
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Matt gilbert has developed a computer program which appropriates technology normally used for mass production for the purposes of small-scale production. He calls this “augmented craft”, where the computer plays a role, but it does not displace the person. [thanks Garth for the link]
“The program is a design interface that takes a given pattern, in this case a sweater, and allows me to draw and generate crochet patterns in the “sweater space”. Once a pattern is generated, I can go back through the pattern and follow along step-by-step as I crochet the pattern by hand.”
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The Quilters of South Carolina have created one-of-a-kind bras for Breast Cancer Awareness. The forty-nine unique and entertaining bras will hopefully increase public aware of breast cancer and to help remember those lost to the disease as well as to honor the survivors. The bras will be auctioned at the end of the touring exhibition.
Found via extreme craft – the bras are at once poignant and humorous and as Garth points out – not exactly practical and may potentially put off would be suitors.
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