Interesting Stuff

(image via The Paris Blog)

My friend Taylor, who lives in Paris, sent me a link about an open-studio boutique of textile designers (going to Paris, BRB):

Atelier les Quatres is a studio/shop consisting of four young, talented textile designers creating fun and funky prints, designs and illustrations for pillows, napkins, dishtowels as well as T-shirts, baby clothes, canvas bags and one-off ideas like masks and found ceramics. The studio includes Eve-Marie Bousquet, Rachel Pelquin, elsako, and Hélène Georget,and on Saturdays they open their doors to the public to see what they are making and of course, to shop. They all work independently but a couple of them collaborate on other project. Most of the work is made in a limited edition and all of it by hand. It is ambitious yet fresh and fun. It seems they work hard but don’t take things too seriously. Bright colors, birds and other animals, sunglasses are silkscreened onto their respective objects giving them a new life and attitude.

36, rue du Fer à Moulin, 75005

Link (via The Paris Blog)

Related: Pop Market Paris

Rosita Johanson Adios Frida, 2005
Igolochkoy needle punch

I just learned, via a very nice customer email, about "igolochkoy" or Russian punch-needle embroidery. I mean, I already knew about punch-needle embroidery, but I didn't know its traditional roots were in Russia. (I need to get back to work on my needlework glossary.) My stitching curiosity piqued, I immediately searched the internets to learn more. I found traditional examples easily enough, but then found this very un-traditional example and hadta post it here. Embroidery is as embroidery does, people. And, you can use my patterns for punch needle!Y Yuh hunh!

Link (to more info on Rosita Johanson's work above)

Sublime Stitching Needlework Glossary (in progress!)

(Is this heaven?)

Amy Bindel of Early Bird tipped me off to Deluxe OK's embroidered portrait stitch-along! From their site:

The group will create a collection of portraits of famous Oklahomans for an Oklahoma City exhibition in Summer and Fall 2010. Spend the winter and spring months patiently creating your work of art for this low-pressure, accessible show. If you're not an Oklahoma resident, it's OK! Just choose an Oklahoman to embroider and be prepared to mail the piece to us by July 1. Three public exhibitions are currently scheduled, including the Oklahoma State Fair in September.

More info

Forgive the reflection on the glass (I snapped this in an antique mall). You can practically see the finger that stitched these words wagging at you. (But isn't it pretty?)

So, I kinda went overboard buying vintage, hand-embroidered linens.

Whoah now. That is some beautiful stitching on a lampshade with the M'oc Embroidery Patterns by Kristian Hudnall! This is only one of them! She stitched, like, FOUR LAMPSHADES! NO I WILL NOT LOWER My Voice. Okay. Sorry. Really, these contributions to the Sublime Stitching Flickr Pool made me use a lot of exclamations marks. 

Julie Jackson of Subversive Cross-Stitch just told me that her book has been translated into Dutch (neato! collector's item!) and sent me a copy of the cover. How cool is that? You can get the english version here, of course. 

Oh, and in case you haven't made the connection, Julie is also the author of the insanely popular (and hee-larious) book of cats wearing wigs: Glamourpuss! Miss Julie, you are funneh.

I've been stockpiling yummy looking Thanksgiving recipes and crafty turkey-day cuteness, and I thought I'd share my finds. The countdown to pumpkin pie (with cinnamon whipped cream) has begun!

Crafty Stuff:

Turkey redwork from The Little Red Hen

Badbird's Turkey embroidery pattern

Homemade pumpkin pie play-dough

KnitaLatte's Crochet Acorn Tutorial  

Turkey Boy Amigurumi Pattern

Abraham Lincoln Embroideries from Lasassone and IamSusie and Stitchin.Thyme

Wild Olive's Recipe Cards, Autumn Coasters, and Tired Turkey Embroidery

My Paper Crane's Turkey Hand Cookies (Brilliant!)

Upcycled Napkin Ring How-2

Grocery Shopping List Print-out

Yummy Stuff:

Buying a Turkey: Tips 

Mashed Potatoes with Brown Butter, Goat Cheese, and Sage

Cranberry-Apricot Chutney

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Carrot Flowers (Cute!)

Pull-Apart Rolls

Carmel Pumpkin Cheesecake 

Individual Pie Pops

Jennifer Perkin's Pumpkin Ice Cream

Jenny's take on giblet gravy. 

Vegan Thanksgiving recipies. (via Counter Culture) 

Other Fun Stuff:

Vintage Cookbook Illustrations

Vintage "Kitchens of the Future"

Scratch and Sniff Holiday Cards (love these)

Far out. Look at this totally groovy, vintage embroidery kit from the 70's! Too bad, already been snagged. But, you know what? It just so happens that I have a pattern for a quite groovy lady with an afro just waiting to be filled with French Knots: Mod Fashion

Link (found via AfroDandy)