Design For Mankind » embroidery http://www.designformankind.com design is inevitable. celebrated. design for mankind. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 a year ago today…http://www.designformankind.com/2010/09/a-year-ago-today-15/ http://www.designformankind.com/2010/09/a-year-ago-today-15/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:00:35 +0000 erin http://www.designformankind.com/?p=15666

… I found Kate Jenkins, a foodie-turned-yarnie. And I still love her. Almost as much as I love this griddle of goodness (made of thread! Yes!)

Link:  KATE JENKINS on DESIGN FOR MANKIND

]]> http://www.designformankind.com/2010/09/a-year-ago-today-15/feed/ 4 monika’s floor stitches.http://www.designformankind.com/2010/09/monikas-floor-stitches/ http://www.designformankind.com/2010/09/monikas-floor-stitches/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:58 +0000 erin http://www.designformankind.com/?p=15273

Monika stitches her floorboards. How cool is that?!

Link:  TEKSTIIL RUUMI

p.s. I would totally tie Husband’s shoelaces to each stitch on April 1st. Or October 1st. Or, well, any day of the year. And then? Then I would laugh wildly.

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Oh, dear. I’ll bet this knitter’s got a bad case of arthritis after all of that work. Amazing!

Link:  MY MODERN MET

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Gina embroiders movie star home maps. I spot Bob Barker!

Link:  GINA DAWSON

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It looks like the aftermath of a horrid bout of writer’s block, yes?

Wrong. It’s fabric. And embroidery. And typical Frances Trombly awesomeness.

Link: FRANCES TROMBLY

]]> http://www.designformankind.com/2010/06/frances-trombly-2/feed/ 2 susie cowie.http://www.designformankind.com/2009/11/susie-cowie/ http://www.designformankind.com/2009/11/susie-cowie/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:00:39 +0000 erin http://www.designformankind.com/?p=9925 fabric-textile-embroidery-susie-cowie

Oooh, vintage fabrics AND embroidery? Bonus!

Link:  SUSIE COWIE

]]> http://www.designformankind.com/2009/11/susie-cowie/feed/ 6 mariska karasz.http://www.designformankind.com/2009/10/mariska-karasz/ http://www.designformankind.com/2009/10/mariska-karasz/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:00:39 +0000 erin http://www.designformankind.com/?p=9682 mariska-karasz

Feeling inspired by the early work of Mariska’s embroideries. Such talent here.

Link:  MARISKA KARASZ

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History, like a great pattern, always repeats itself.

Link:  HISCOCK AND SHEPHERD ANTIQUES

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Fishy. But soooo cool. Kate embroiders goodies that only a foodie could love.

Link:  KATE JENKINS

]]> http://www.designformankind.com/2009/09/kate-jenkins/feed/ 8 emma kisiel.http://www.designformankind.com/2009/09/emma-kisiel/ http://www.designformankind.com/2009/09/emma-kisiel/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:00:45 +0000 erin http://www.designformankind.com/?p=9215 emma-kisiel photograph, embroidery dear john letter

Dear John letter + 1864 = Emma Kisiel’s embroidered handkerchief.

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