Born in the Wrong Era of Fashion

Source: Glamour Daze

Source: Glamour Daze

If you were to give me a few more inches in height, I'd have done quite well in the 20's, I think.

Not sure I could pull off all the petting, drinking, and partying, but I could certainly pull off the look.

Which is a bit of a bummer, since I'd love to fill out those awesome 40's and 50's fashions as well. Can't win them all, I suppose.

String Art Trending?

I feel as though in the past week or two, I've seen more string art coming up than I have seen since elementary school. I even saw a tired old string art eagle at the antique mall on Sunday, which I should have taken a picture of, but had not thought of it until now. 

Either way, I love it! I cannot say I fully understand the resurgence or the fact that everyone seems now to be noticing. It's like an old slang term all of a sudden became popular again. Or should I say, "hip" again? (On further review, I wonder if it's just that *I'm* starting to notice it more, or that it's starting to show up more in the home than just art galleries.)

Source: Re-Nest.com; This one even comes with a DIY tutorial

Source: WiseCraft; String art of fine art

By Dominique Falla; Source: Colossal; Typography meets string art

By Martin Pyper; Source: Colossal; The process leaves me cross-eyed.

Here's a short video, even!

Unconventional Sewing

Thanks to the Colossal blog, I have been made painfully aware of just how roughshod my sewing skills are.

Cayce Zavaglia does portraits by crewelwork and acrylic painting. And just because paint is involved in there somewhere (I think it's just the background), don't think that the sewing involved in each of her 14 portraits isn't amazingly detailed and minute. Because it is.

Garrett, detail

The reverse of the above portrait

Even greater detail

Judith G. Klausner also provides humbling examples of just how delicate one can be with needlework. She has a series of pieces involving embroidery on toast and cross-stitch on Chex cereal.

It still weirds me out to think of the egg as only a series of flat stitches.

The best part is that this is really NOT bread mold. I was totally fooled.

The most important meal from which to find sewing media, apparently.

Thanks ladies for making me hang my head in needle-wielding shame.

Completely Random Observation

Just as an aside, I was thrifting a bit over the weekend, and came across this pattern.

Doesn't the girl in the green remind you of Mena?

I mean, seriously!