some recent book purchases

the deep

i really want this cool book - the deep, by claire nouvian - it's full of photos of crazy looking deep sea creatures. if i can figure out how to preserve their transparency and luminosity, i'd love to use them for a quilt design... i mean, look at that the one that looks like giant lips wrapped in christmas lights!
check out the book here (although it's cheaper to buy it on amazon).

birthday treats

in addition to fabulous cooking implements (not pictured, although the fruit of my future labors in the kitchen may well show up here), i got these treats for my birthday a couple of weeks ago:



Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture. hmmm. nice idea.

lots and lots of cool fabric from purl patchwork. you never know when you might need to quilt all of the sudden. it's best to be prepared.

perfect. from luke.

craft mag

if you want a craft magazine that actually has challenging, interesting projects, then check out craft.

new books!

i have been busy with work lately, but i have found a few amazing books:

this one is my favorite.

cool british magazine about textiles.

i will use this book as source material for my next quilt - a hawaiian style baby quilt.

three books

i love these books. see my flickr site for more photos.
the art of manipulating fabric by colette wolff

sheila hicks: weaving as metaphor

by arthur danto, joan simon, edited by nina stritzler-levine

fiber structures, handweavers guild of america