Every scrap tells a story. ✂️
Making art from old clothes and textiles.
My next creative project is inspired by vintage “crazy quilts.” If you’re a fabric or clothing hoarder I need your help!
I am looking for fabrics that are:
Textured (velvet, brocade, satin, jacquard, upholstery fabric, corduroy, etc.)
Has a story to tell (would love old clothes, ties, tablecloths, pillow covers, furnishings, etc.) but living in your stash as a beloved fabric waiting to be used is also a story.
Preference to jewel tones, but may use other colors if the textures are amazing
Bonus points for vintage, but I’m also interested in raiding your sewing stash if you have something that fits!
I’m open to trading something from my hoard or I can reimburse you for shipping costs!
Image Credit: Folk Art Museum
A peek into my creative process and an update on my collection, “This is my Brain on Motherhood.”
I’m still recovering from my first book festival so I haven’t been making art in the studio this week. Unless you count the fun Davy and I had with these new thrifted pop beads.
Other bits and bobs I’d like to recommend this week.
Read
I almost could have written this myself
. In fact we had a pajama day today.Loved this reflection on choice, chance, and DADA from
.“When we set up constraints and let go of infinite decision-making, we start to collaborate with the universe.”
Listen
Levar Burton speaking about his love for speculative fiction and Star Trek on Don’t Ask Tig,
“I believe that the storytelling that we do… is very probably the most powerful tool ever invented in the history of civilization for creating change on a societal level.”
Hopefully these creative breadcrumbs offer some inspiration.
For Readers
Built in bookshelves have been a bit of a theme for me this week.
First I learned from
that Harrison Ford build Joan Didion's bookcases. Then I saw these bookshelves on Instagram.
The takeaway? I need to learn how to build my own bookshelves. Maybe carpentry will be my big project in 2024.
For Parents
“Flamingos – both male and female – can lose their pink pigments outside of breeding season. That’s because the breeding is so intensive and so much of their food is used for their chicks. During this time their white colour basically means ‘Please leave me alone. I'm a little bit exhausted from breeding – I'll join in the dancing later.’”
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Cheers,
Oh I’ve had so much access to wonderful theatrical fabrics over the years - this has sent me into some wonderful memory banks and I’ll defo look out for some for you! ✨🎨✨