Maura Grace Ambrose is known chiefly as a sage of 21st-century quilting. From her home in Austin, Texas, the young Savannah College of Art and Design graduate hand-sews gorgeous, oversized quilts from scraps and new materials, injecting the traditional domestic craft with fresh life. Ambrose has just added a new series to the Folk Fibers portfolio with the indigo wholecloth collection, which uses dyes from …
Once used for model-making, Doug Johnston‘s nimble fingers have found a new medium in recent years. The trained architect creates vessels, sculptures and wearable masks by stitching together sewing thread and braided cotton cord on his industrial-strength, vintage Singer zig-zag sewing machine, which he then hand forms into the uniquely curious shapes. Born in Texas, raised in Tulsa, OK and now based in Brooklyn, Johnston …
$48 width=”100″ height=”100″ /> $48 Child’s Sewing Machine The “there’s no business like sew business set” includes everything a burgeoning fashionista needs to hone their trade. This set Includes sewing machine, 4 bobbins, 2 machine needles, threader, felt, ric rac, pin cushion, sewing needles, straight pins, scissors, thread, buttons, measuring tape, thimble, ribbon trim and two yards of floral fabric. Available from Land of Nod …
