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Ottawa Lumeire Festival (via Robbie PhotoArt’s Flickr stream) Ottawa’s Lumiere Festival is happening Saturday August 8th from 5-11 p.m. and festival organizers are looking for volunteers and Continue reading Lumiere Festival Lantern Making Workshops in Ottawa
Performances at Traflagar Square near the Fourth Plinth. In celebration of Antony Gormley’s One & Other Project (via Deadly Knitshade’s Flickr stream) In line with last Thursday’s royal theme, I thought I’d share some upcoming, really innovative [...] Continue reading Knitting, Gritting and the Fourth Plinth in London
Lady spinning some wool at Museum of London’s Create @ Late [...] Continue reading You Can’t Twitter a Cushion Cover
Complex Geometries’ Split Square dress features a slight cowl that can be worn as a sleeve or neckline and a polished silk chiffon lining that can be worn on the outside Today’s Globe and Mail featured [...] Continue reading The Infinity Dress and Beyond
With the forecast at 70% chance of thunderstorms last Thursday evening and grey skies that were looming a couple of hours before the event, we weren’t quite sure whether the weather would cooperate. But it did. And the night was fabulous. [...] Continue reading Fit for Royalty: Mad Crafter + DJ Outdoor Party Recap
Are aprons back? Check out my take in last Saturday’s Ottawa Citizen (and other Canadian city newspapers). I have a full-length Milk (does a body good) apron picked up at a garage sale [...] Continue reading Mad About Aprons Check out how to make your own digital coat of arms (via DESIGNwathcher’s blog). Here’s my quick and dirty design. (These were originally conceived for owners of Toyota Scions but could be easily altered using Photoshop.) Who doesn’t love Alice in Wonderland? We have been wanting to incorporate this into a Spins & Needles event for a couple years now and looking for lots of ways to do it. We finally felt it would be right for July with our very first outdoor party at [...] Continue reading Photo Inspiration: Alice in Wonderland british textiles stamp – paul nash, originally uploaded by maraid. Continuing from the last post, here are more postage stamp design resources found during [...] Continue reading Project Inspiration: Postage Stamp Design Resources
With every Spins & Needles comes the research for potential projects. So with this month’s installment at the Canadian Museum of Civilization being associated with Britain’s royal stamp collection [...] Continue reading Project Inspiration: Make Your Own (Legal) Postage Stamps |
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