Embroidered Che

the finished piece in my fair hand, afer a few hours!

I find cross stitching really relaxing and have yet to start experimenting with other techniques, so here is a picture of a Christmas present I made for my brother!  I was proud of myself, it took a lot longer to make than expected. The design is not original, it was a kit bought at a craft night organised Craft Guerrilla. The craft nights are held once a month in East London and there another major event, part the Camden Crawl on 1 May.

I only looked at original pictures of Che Guevara after... maybe next time I'll do more research...

The Proenza Schouler western-styled dress that started it all... (for me)

Over the Christmas holidays I headed down to Dover Street Market for a good dose of creative inspiration and fell in love with this dress... I woke up on 1 January with the huge to sew my shirt version of it! I had bought a few men's shirts in charity shops for a yet-to-conceive future project, so I took a beige checked one and started cutting... I've been quite busy with the shop this week so it's not yet finished.

Happy new year...

A favourite Norman Parkinson picture 

... already January! December went in a flash... I'd never been so busy, it was frenetic, thanks to The Guardian's feature!
Hopefully this year will be as exciting as last one!

I've just read an etsy blog post suggesting we make something new everyday to keep creatively refreshed, but I'm not sure where to start... Daily Portrait for instance make a new portrait everyday, and I would love to do something along this idea, but time is the big hindrance... Any suggestions?