Fiber Arctic Show

Fiber Arctic opens Friday June 12th at Schmancy Gallery in Seattle!

> sublimestitcher on 06/11/09 #

Plant Lovers BKLYN unite!

Urban Plant Research (Sara Bouchard & Leslie Kuo)are going to be in residence at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn, NY starting in August and are looking for more plant lovers to do mini events/walks/talks/how tos about their experiences with urban gardening. Get in touch with them if this sounds like you!

> Tsia on 06/11/09 #

Lick My Battery, Sucker

If you were to take all the great performers of the last century from Cab Calloway to Klaus Nomi, add the powerful voice of Nina Simone, the back story complexity of Sun Ra, and the face of an angel you might synthesize Janelle Monae, a soul singing android here to save the human race.

> Tsia on 06/10/09 #

Plant Tweets

I'm not on the twitter and had found nothing to endear me to it until now.

> helena on 06/10/09 #

New Social Inquiry

New Social Inquiry (co-edited by yours truly) is LIVE! NSI is an entirely online, open-access public-academic journal that aims to bring together artists, creative writers, craftspeople, journalists, filmmakers, AND academics in order to create and contribute public dialogue that is accessible to engaging, relevant to non-specialists, and sophisticated enough to push debates forward.

Check out photo essay by Tony Foushe and Aaron Doyle, prose-poetry, a review of Learningtoloveyoumore.com and a Shotgun essay by Ottawa's own, Tony Martins.

www.newsocialinquiry.org

> Riva on 06/01/09 #

Crafty Weekend USA!

There are three major craft events going on this weekend and my triple-transformer is broken, so I can only go to one. I'll be at Art Star Craft Bazaar in Philadelphia, while ICE Atlanta and Maker Faire (San Mateo) is happening this weekend too. My Sublime Stitching helpers will be at ICE, and good friend Mr. Jalopy will be at Maker Faire. Come say hi to all of us, wherever you may be this weekend!

> sublimestitcher on 05/27/09 #

Shark Attack

If you, or your kid, or indeed anyone in your circle of trust, lives every week like it's shark week, then this is the hat for them.

Thanks Boing Boing!

> Kirsten on 05/21/09 #

How turn your photos into miniatures!

Head over to Build/Make/Craft/Bake to learn a super easy way to make you photos look like teeny tiny, very convincing miniatures! Warning- This is potently addictive because it's so easy and weirdly satisfying.
Click on the link above to be transported to instant fun!

> Penny Nickels on 05/15/09 #

Embroidered Leather

Sarah Duede's re-claimed leather wallets are hand-embroidered wondrousness:Sarah Duede Embroidered Wallets

> sublimestitcher on 05/14/09 #

Fine Cell Work

I came across this article over at MrXStitch and thought I'd share it here.

"Fine Cell Work is a Registered Charity that teaches needlework to prison inmates and sells their products. The prisoners do the work when they are locked in their cells, and the earnings give them hope, skills and independence.

Savings reduce the likelihood of offenders returning to crime. Prisoners often send the money they earn from Fine Cell Work to their children and families, or use it to pay debts or for accommodation upon release."

The work is pretty amazing, click on the links above to see more.

> Penny Nickels on 05/14/09 #