Things I like - 19.07.08

Embroidery by Takashi Iwasaki

Quilt

For a recent college assignment I had to review the Imperial War Museum in relation to suitability for school visits. I hadn't been there since I was in primary school, and whilst I consider myself to be a pacifist (despite drunken play-fight tendencies) I loved it so much I made my Mother take me back there in the holidays.

Whilst walking around their 'Children's War' exhibit I came across this quilt, which was made by a family member to celebrate the birth of the child. After starting the quilt WW2 started, and so as it was worked on more and more things were embroidered on it relating to that. Whatever the subject though, it's an amazing thing to look at, and gives you a real sense of what the family was going through. I would definitely recommend checking it out.

Apologies for crap pic by the way - the lighting was very subdued.

Nice gloves!

Found these today by the way of Craft: magazine's blog; a white velvet pair of boxing gloves, complete with Swedish folkloric embroidery, made by Inger from Hello Craft Lovers! How good?

And apologies, I'm being quite a lazy so and so at the moment, both blog-wise and craft. However, a scheduled catch up with my friend Nicky tomorrow should put pay to that :)