Banquet Journal

handwork

lace making is one thing i will probably never learn how to do. it's on the list, but i can't even begin to wrap my mind around how something like this is made. from a now defunct etsy listing.

romper

  beautiful detail on this simple white romper from belle heir. the peter pan collar has a broad scalloped edge, much like this.

here and there

playing with the camera, and trying to sew some stockings.

Renate Müller: Toys + Design

would love to see this renate muller exhibition! found via belle heir...

snail trail

from the folk art museum.

kit one - the snake

the make a snake kit includes everything you need to paint, sew, and stuff a 29 inch long snake suitable for blocking cold air at the foot of a door. this "draft dodger" (as he now is affectionate...

and again with the waterbirds...

printed some silk with a handful of waterbirds.  feels lovely -  just need to decide what to do with it!

folk costumes

from kris's color stripes.

blue

  this, that, or the other ? (i think this may be the winner...)

josh blackwell

beautiful embroidered shopping bags by josh blackwell. (remember that fat fluorescent 70s yarn the cool girls in elementary school tied their ponytails with? we made our hair ties from the leftov...