stunning silk ribbon embroidery sunflowers

by Dunyamiz (Image: Elisi Dunyamiz)


and here's the tutorial

found via blisstree

i've never heard of the peeled paper technique

but i sure am going to try it with help from this

peeled paper technique tutorial

by Cyndi Lavin

(pic from cyndi's tutorial at blisstree)

blisstree tells us about

bundles of love for iraq

by Chloe Findlay-Harder

Are you a sewer, crafter or fiber artist who’d like to share with people who need some help overseas?

Iraqi Bundles of Love is a project set up by a soldier who is deployed in Iraq right now. He’s seen the need for so many different little daily necessities and wants to help.

What does he want people to send?

Fabric and sewing notions!.........

and from the iraqi bundles of love site, here's how to build a bundle!!!

here's their facebook page

oh my! i AM inspired!

Inspiring Fabric Origami
by Chloe Findlay-Harder

Fabric origami is such an amazing thing - you’re taking a soft, flat piece of fabric and transforming it into into sculptural object.

I’ve used duppioni silk to create origami butterflies before, but they’re nothing compared to the Japanese art of “Tsumami Kanzashi” or fabric flower making. The intricate flowers are made of silk, rayon or sometimes even cotton, folded and placed together to create realistic decorations and hair ornaments........

cool FREE online zine

arttrader magazine


found via blisstree
by Cyndi Lavin
ArtTrader Magazine is a free web based publication! Its specialty is altered art, and it has instructional articles as well as interviews with artists. ArtTrader Magazine is published quarterly (January, April, July and October) in PDF format, and like I said before, it is available FREE! All of the back issues are available too. Each year a physical compilation book is put together for purchase................

this is kinda cool

diy thread led tealight cover tutorial (pic from

by Mrs. Green Tea at

the weddingbee site)

(via blisstree)

stunning!

i think i'll give it a go on an OLD pair of tights. i don't think i have it within me to be gentle enough to sew beads on lace tights. i do have a few pair with holes in 'em i can practice on. can't hurt

anyway, park and cube give us this MOST WONDERFUL tutorial on how to embellish your tights with beading

Starmoss: Doo.Ri Tights

picture from the park and cube site

(via blisstree)

cards for heroes

cards for heroes

(ht: blisstree)

you can't go wrong wearing these bad boyz

cupcake earrings

(from Christine Gooding at blisstree)

blisstree tells us

the spring addition of the bonefolder is up

from the website: The Bonefolder, an outgrowth of the Book Arts Web, is a peer-reviewed “open-access” e-journal for bookbinding and the book arts. Since fall of 2004, The Bonefolder has reached a global audience and contributed to the body of knowledge in the book arts both theoretically and practically.

blisstree by Cyndi Lavin )