During my brief holiday stay in Dallas, I spent an enjoyable afternoon exploring the depths of Half Price Books with my family. I picked up an exceedingly dated, but nonetheless fantastic, sewing book from Better Homes and Gardens, circa 1961. I love the retro line art illustrations, not to mention the very thorough coverage of sewing basics.
Plus, as an added bonus, I found someone's doll clothes patterns tucked between the pages!
I problably won't make it up to New York in time to see The Gates, but I can see tons of photographs of them over on Flickr. Just search for images tagged with "thegates" and be transported. I think this one is just amazing:
I've never really been a fan of orange saffron, but images like this change my mind.
Update:
SpeakUp has an interesting write-up of the "show about nothing."
Jenny pointed me today towards some photographs from Teesha Moore's studio. What an amazing workspace! Not only does she have a very enviable personal library, but all her supplies are nicely organized without giving off a sterile or stark feeling. No wonder she creates such creative stuff.
I've been feeling that familiar spring creative buzz - too many ideas and too little time to do them all!
Which is why, on this last day of February, I haven't done anything for the Month of Softies. But I can't wait to see what everyone else has done! I'm already loving the wildly diverse creations I've seen so far - Calamity Alice, these amazing felted creatures, and this white rabbit. My original idea was to make a fun, colorful pair of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Sadly, it was not to be.
After pining away for a solid week, I did manage to hop on a train and head up to the city last weekend to see The Gates. I missed them in the snow, but I did catch a glimpse of them in brilliant sunlight - a view that made nine hours on a train completely worth it. I really got a sense of the detailed planning that went into the installation, and it really paid off. Of course, I also loved the Somerville Gates. :)
