It's 5/5! An impossibly tiny basket, tote bag jackets, and a “stitch by numbers” await. Keep on scrolling for five creatively inspiring things and five ways for you to DIY.
👉 ICYMI, this half-eaten embroidered cake slice was the most clicked link in the last 5/5 email.
✨ 5 creatively inspiring things
1️⃣ Embroidered animations always amaze me. Just thinking about how many frames are in one animation and all the stitching involved… it seems like a lot of planning and work. Check out this hypnotic collaboration between TraceLoops and Roise Brain Embroidery.
2️⃣ Suzie Grieve creates baskets that you can hold in the palm of your hand. They are exquisitely woven from leaves and vines; it’s incredible the detail she can weave into something so small. Watch how it comes together—thanks, in part, to a clipboard.
3️⃣ If you love optical illusions, Candace Hicks has some embroidery for you. This mind-bending notebook cover is a hand-embroidered vortex. In addition to those designs, she stitches Composition covers with fabric pages and embroiders journal entries.
4️⃣ Are you awash in tote bags? (I know I am.) Megan McSherry takes tote bags and turns them into clothing. It’s a great idea; her chore jacket is so cute—I want one!
5️⃣ OK, this isn’t fiber art, but I can’t help but share. Growing up in the 90s, my mom had the rooster kitchen. Did you have one of these “90s kitchens?” If so, which one?
🪡 5 ways to DIY
1️⃣ Nneka Jones of Art You Hungry has created “stitch by number” kits reminiscent of paint-by-numbers. This citrus-inspired design will have you embroidering a bright collection of halved fruit.
2️⃣ Swifties, this collection of kits is for you! Felicia Murray has created a set of five Curious Creator Kits inspired by Taylor Swift albums. The kit features embroidery, needle felting, and beading—allowing you to try a few different techniques in one hoop!
3️⃣ Honey Folk has created a PDF pattern that shows how to create a textile vessel—great for holding an air plant or other tiny treasures. Completely customizable, you can make it using fabric scraps!
4️⃣ More tote bags! This video is a great reminder to thrift a tote bag and offers inspiration for how to zhuzh it so that it feels brand new.
5️⃣ Who doesn’t love a fried egg? (My husband, actually.) But if you enjoy something sunny-side-up and have quilted before, this pattern by Meghan Groves looks an eggscelent one.
My book, Threads of Treasure: How to make, mend, and find meaning through thread, is now available for pre-order! While the book includes 13 artist profiles, it also has three DIY projects encouraging you to create (one of them is above). Here’s where to get your copy.
Talk to you next week,
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Sara Barnes
Embroidery illustrator and writer
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