Stitch - Craft Night at CW
Monday, May 10, 2010 at 9:07AM Last Tuesday, May 4th, we enjoyed another Craft Night at the Crazy Wisdom Tea Room! It was lovely sitting with these few women and talking while working on our projects (I'm still trying to figure out how to do both at once!). There were four of us: Carol was knitting another prayer shawl, Jan was piecing tiny quilt squares for the Lotus Center, Jessica was knitting a scarf she may give to her grandmother in England, and I worked on a cozy flannel healing quilt for my children when they are home from school not feeling well. I like our small group, but we could use a few more folks to join in! We welcome all crafts that are portable and not too messy. Our Craft Circle is free and open to all, and is offered the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The next one is June 1st.
Here are some of the books discussed during Craft Night as well as a couple that I've been loving lately:
Quilting for Peace: Make the World A Better Place One Stitch at a Time by Katherine Bell
This is a pretty hardcover with more than 25 inspiring essays and 15 charity projects, including a sleeping bag project, an emergency snuggle quilt, a 30-minute shopping bag, and an Alzheimer's art quilt. What I love about this book is that it provides how you can help/how you can donate for all of the projects, and each one is explained very clearly. $19.95 - 1-58479-804-0
The Artistic Mother: A Practical Guide for Fitting Creativity into Your Life by Shona Cole
In this lavishly illustrated book, Shona Cole (mother of five homeschooled children and mixed media artist) helps you make time and space in your everyday life to make art. It includes a 12-week course that includes instructions for making artwork inspired by your children, with photography, poetry, and mixed media elements. There are also seven featured artistic mothers that give tips on how they make their busy lives work with children, family, and art-making. Always a difficult balance for me, this book provides inspiration and real help to fit in all the projects that I'd love to do, if only I had time! $24.99 - 1-60061-348-9
Dozens of Ways to Repurpose a Tea Towel by Nathalie Mornu
I just purchased this fun, whimsical book and can't wait to use some of my vintage tea towel stash to make a couple of the projects. Unlike any fabric you can buy, tea towels are a wonderful source of retro style and happy, graphic prints. There are 28 projects in this book, with many great photographs to illustrate the how-to, to make aprons, grocery bags, skirts, and toys. $19.95 - 1-60059-508-0
--Sarah Newland, organizer of the Crazy Wisdom Craft Night
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