Puntadas 111

El-Fima is the name by which Oley Elfimova is known, the designer of these tender rag dolls.

Sarah London is online shop of crochet patterns in PDF format. Her creations are colourful and modern. At her website you will find some free patterns.

A small project for the weekend. If you want a change in your tableware, this is an enjoyable and cheap offer. A coat of paint and you will be able to use a pan as a slate, for example, to indicate the kinds of cheese you are serving. You have the DIY at Wit & Whistle.

And for the children I propose you some embroidered bookmarks and cardboard cards. They make the drawing, we pierce it and then they can sew it. It’s a Petite Purls’ idea.

In Transparency Quilts the well-known designers Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr explain, through  ten projects of modern patchwork, how to combine fabrics to obtain the best effects and contrasts using the technique of paper piecing. A very interesting book.

¿A qué son chulísimas estas “joyas” hechas con lápices? Si queréis probar, en Design Mom tienen un DIY fotográfico muy sencillo.

Don’t you think these “jewels” made with pencils are really cool? If you want to try, at Design Mom there is a photographic very simple DIY.

Buscando cosas bonitas y sencillas para San Valentín he encontrado esta taza de flechas y he descubierto el trabajo de Erin Sketchler, la autora de estas originales piezas de cerámica pintadas a mano.

Looking for some nice and simple things for Valentine’s Day I have found this cup with arrows and I have discovered Erin Sketchler‘s work, who makes these original painted by hand pottery pieces.

Con botellas recicladas y restos de lana se pueden hacer estas preciosas botellas. El DIY es de Penelope and Pip.

With recycled bottles and wool remnants we can make these precious bottles. The DIY is by Penelope and Pip.

Muy, muy interesante este artículo de Julia Rothman en el Washington Post analizando la recuperación de las labores tradicionales: ¿necesidad, moda, vuelta atrás, somos unas antiguas o es algo enriquecedor y satisfactorio que hacemos por elección? Yo he hablado de ello varias veces en el blog: no es menos “chic” coger una aguja o una cuchara que un violín o un pincel y educar a los niños en estas actividades desarrolla su creatividad y psicomotricidad. En fin, el artículo hace un análisis muy acertado.

Very, very interesting this Julia Rothman’s article in the Washington Post analyzing the recovery of the traditional works: necessity, fashion, a step backwards, we are old-fashioned or it’s something enriching and satisfactory that we do by choice? I’ve written about it several times at the blog: it is not less “chic” to hold a needle or a spoon than a violin or a brush, and to educate the children in these activities develops their creativity and psychomotricity. In short, the article makes a very accurate analysis.

Helen Friel es diseñadora especializada en papel e ilustradora. Ha trabajado para Vogue, Vanity Fair o Men’s Health, entre otros. Su obra está llena de magia.

Helen Friel is a designer specialized on paper and illustrator. She has worked for Vogue, Vanity Fair or Men’s Health, among others. Her work is full of magic.