we're now featured on quilterblogs.com!
you can read dozens of quilting-related blogs all in once place! they also have a quilt store locator and product giveaways!
and while we're on the subject....
of guys, that is...crochet artist Nathan vincent turns "manly doilies" from a contradiction in terms into reality.
via DUDECRAFT, more great work on his site (linked from there).
THERE they are.
If you're a quilter, I'm sure you have noticed the almost complete absence of men in the field, as they make up just a few percent of the demographic. well, you can stop wondering where they all are, because I found them! (some of them, at least.) seems they hang out over on the MANQUILTERS blog.
emBREADery
Just when I think I've seen it all, I get proven wrong again. Catherine McEver has created some embroidery that looks good enough to eat, and will floss your teeth to boot!
Hungry for more? Click HERE!
foot-made art
Chinese embroiderer Gao Baoying does amazing stitch work...WITH HER FEET!! (I want to see her THREAD A NEEDLE with them!)
more amazing photos HERE!
sewing machine X printer = THIS
when you just have to match that thread exactly to the fabric, look no further than this thread-dying sewing machine! guess that's another set of ink cartridges we'll need to buy....
more info HERE
every day is Halloween
sewscary.com has some great spooky, goth-inspired handmade items for sale!
don't miss the coffin quilt under CUSTOM
gangsta quilts
This series of unusual quilts by Anne Brenneke features dead rap artists, and was exhibited in Berlin last year.
more photos & details HERE
crazy crafts
Artist Patricia Waller makes some of the most outrageous crafts you'll ever see! from conjoined twin teddy bears to dead animals and grisly accidents, these are not for weak stomachs- so look at your own risk!
click HERE if you dare!
death by rotary cutter
I know I'm kind of late to the party as far as quilting goes, but I had NO IDEA there was a whole GENRE of quilt fiction. Including murder mysteries, like this one by Terri Thayer. (love the bloody rotary cutter cover!)
Lots more at AMAZON
needlework that comes to life!
Filmmaker and crafter Holly Klein produced this super cute animated video, Maggie and Mildred. All of the backgrounds and characters were cross stitched by hand, then scanned into a computer and animated.
view it HERE
turn on, tune in, craft out
the book Switch Craft has instructions for 20 hi-tech projects, from a purse that lights up with your message to a tote bag with speakers and a wi-fi detecting laptop bag.
available on AMAZON
EEK! but, WOW!
Despite my distate for all things "Twilight", I have to admit this is a cool concept. I wanna be in a "quilters coven"!
Visit their blog HERE
AAAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!
from the same genuises who brought you "I can has cheezburger" and FAILblog, it's a new site called MUST HAVE CUTE!!
MUST....HAVE....
QUILT UPRISING
Join the revolution! Great modern quilts with contemporary and adult themes. WARNING: NC17/ NSFW material, due to sexual content.
Click HERE if you dare!
more game quilts
Donkey Kong this time, from etsy seller CarolinaPatchworks. It sold, too!
More details in their etsy shop
Last Meals quilt
Art quilter Jane Burch Cochran made this great quilt depicting death row prisoners' last meal requests. What a great idea!
See this and more HERE
CUTEST. THING. EVER.
The Octonauts is an impossibly cute series of childrens' books by designers Meomi, who also designed the mascots for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, among other things.
Get a cup to catch your teeth when they fall out, then follow the links.
Meomi site
Octonauts site
And now, another kind of needle art
Today I thought I would share a few sewing-related tattoos with you!
from creationssewclever.com
from bluemoonriver, the blog of Susan Brubaker Knapp 
from missouriquiltco.com
fun stuff!!
Light up your quilts!
Cheryl Sleboda made this adorable squid quilt that LIGHTS UP with LED "soft circuitry"!
Article with links to a tutorial & the lighting kit HERE
Yes, we quilt!
Not only are there numerous types of Obama-print fabric on the market, now there's a book cataloguing an exhibition of Obama quilts!
Preview a click-through book HERE
NO. WAY.
Here's a photo of an amazing quilt, right? Well yeah, but it's even more amazing because it's not fabric: it's made of CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD. seriously.
SEE FOR YOURSELF
cross THAT one off my list
The first time I saw the "tumbling blocks" quilt pattern, I immediately thought of the 80s arcade game Q-BERT, and did a quick sketch for a Q-BERT quilt. Turns out the folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories have beaten me to it, proving once again that everything's already been done. At least that's one less quilt I have to make!
lots more step-by-step photos HERE
mass destruction = pink & cute!
I have posted here before about my ambivalence toward Hello Kitty...but you can't deny how cool it would be to roll up in a PINK HELLO KITTY TANK while firing your PINK HELLO KITTY GUN. I know what I want for next Christmas!
See these and more HERE
quilting horror comic
Again from the "I-can't-make-this-stuff-up" category, here we have a classic Dell comic book with a QUILTING HORROR theme. That's, um....original?
Prepare to laugh HERE
the science of quilting
This physics quilt wil keep you warm while studying 9 scientific concepts, including Astrophysics, Thermodynamics and Relativity.
photos and explanations HERE
How I want to go
"DEATH BY QUILTING" promises "the most extreme quilting games anywhere"!
it appears that all those who sign up recieve a challenge at the same time, then try to "assasinate" the next person on the list by finishing first. 
perpare to die HERE
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