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January 17, 2007
I'm a poser, doo dah, doo dah
I am such a crafting virgin that I had to ask Shelba where she got her Japanese craft books. "Where do you get them?" I inquired. "eBay," she replied, and it was music to my ears. eBay? I am all over eBay. I know eBay so well that I have to have strict rules about when to search on eBay. Otherwise I get myself into trouble. "What do you search on? 'Japanese craft book'?" I asked because I'm a goober. "That's it. 'Japanese craft book'."
I am as of last week the proud owner of three such books. They are lovely eye candy. The instructions may make sense to some of you, but so far it appears to be fairly confusing to me. I am mostly in it for the inspiration anyway. Here's a peek.
I thought I had the title to this one, but nope. It is a book of projects of embroidery on linen.
I am enamoured with this dog. I must make a little embroidered linen dog.
Tiny Patchworks. When they say tiny, they mean tiny. I wonder what it would be like to try to sew such teeny tiny patchworks.
Aren't those teeny tiny octagons the cutest things ever? (I'm too lazy to go look up the name of this quilt.)
Banana bag. Can't imagine what it is supposed to be for, but isn't it cute? Pencil case? I'm thinking that I will not feel the need to embroider the word banana on my banana bag.
Watermelon bag. Seems like a summer project, no?
Isn't it sweet that Tiny Patchworks can make my life happy every day? (P.S. I like this one better than Tiny Patchworks 1.)
Isn't this little sewing box house the cutest thing evah?
I am longing to make one, but it would require me to applique, which I do not enjoy. But I want this house. So we shall see.
Have we discussed how much I love a short depth of field already? I know we have. I can't shut up about it. Anyway, I am a lover of short depth of field photographs. However, the depth of field in the photographs in the two patchwork books is so short so as to make me feel uncomfortable. In an extreme close up shot of a bag only part of the bag is in focus. The back of the bag is always blurry. Strange. Really. Just strange.
Posted by grrlTravels at January 17, 2007 3:27 PM
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don't ever tell K who started selling you this crafting *crack*, but i get my japanese craft books from YesAsia. Also, if you go to Kiddley.com, she's an australian crafter and she links to other places to get asian craft books. Ebay is great, but sometimes it takes a long time to get something you want to show up. YesAsia is much faster if you know what you are looking for (or you know, just browsing....)
Posted by: mortimersmom at January 21, 2007 6:01 PM
Try www.superbuzzy.com
Posted by: Viv at January 25, 2007 12:49 PM