It was love at first sight, the rock star blue (fake) leather, the fabulous lining, the huge pockets – it had to be mine. But it was a skirt and I don’t wear skirts, so I put it back… But it was a fiver in the sale, so I took…
The Funk Files: Embroidery Frontiers – Meet Shonaegh Stewart
Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging embroidery talent. The 2017 brief invited entrants to ‘celebrate, let go, to let loose and indulge in childlike freedom, to celebrate history, global culture, sense…
Too Cute Tuesday – Peter Rabbit anyone?
Artist Amalia K has got right on the money with this cutesy version of the well loved Peter Rabbit. She posts on Instagram under the name Whimsylandia and has an awww worthy shop on Etsy. Go get your cuteness fills, full of ‘kitty whiskers and bunny kisses’ (her words not…