Are you looking for a new sewing project to benefit charities?
I think that Goods 4 Girls is a fantastic project to participate in!  Goods 4 Girls was created to help young women in Africa who don’t have regular access to sanitary menstrual products.  It can drastically affect their lives – it can mean the difference between attending school one week out of the month or helping their family farm.
Goods 4 Girls is asking people to make fabric sanitary napkins (patterns are available for free online) and donate them.  The napkins will be shipped to young women in need in Africa.

The blog of the week is Its A Purl Man about a guy in Boston with yarn issues. Stop by and check out his blog and be sure to listen to some of his podcasts! He has his OWN music. It’s a riot and he is very good.

Nola Cooper’s ‘The Classic Life Magazine’ has an article titled Why “Decorating Your Space”.  She discusses decorating your space whether large or small.  Her example is decorating her small powder room.  Here’s an idea – if you have a space to decorate, consider using an original needlework piece that you made as the focal point.  Choose the color scheme to highlight the colors in your piece.  What a better way to make your house your home?

Liz Smith, in Bebestages, writes about a very cool item that wouldn’t be hard to make as a gift for a new mom or an expectant mom.
It is a snack pack for the stroller or shopping cart. As Liz says, it’s “excellent for new little hands that can’t yet hold little snack cups or who like to …read more

What a cool way to use thread!  I never considered jewelry making a needlcraft, but it really is!  Check out Adornments by Lynn.  I really like these bracelets.

The blog of the week is An Irish Crafterworkers Good Life.  I particularly like her ‘Lucky Star’ post about the joys and perils of felting.
The sub-title of her blog is – The daily creativity of love, life & work.  Isn’t that what we all strive for – creativity in our love, our lives and our work?
Read Rebecca’s thoughts on creativity.  I’m sure you’ll be inspired.

Just ran across this blog – The Blond Mom Blog.  If you want a great read, check it out – you’ll be glad you did.

Each week I’ll highlight a really good blog about needle work.  This week it’s The Yarn Harlot.  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee goes on (and on) about knitting.  This is a really cool blog where Stephanie talks about her knitting life and sometimes her regular life.  It is well written and has links to some cool patterns.  Enjoy.

This week I’m featuring Ami’s blog, the stitching side of kitters. Ami features stitching updates and various stitching memes in her blog. The photos she shares of her WIP and completed works are quite lovely, and her writing is an enjoyable read.

If you need some inspiration to keep yourself on track and motivated with your stitching, every month she shares her own goals, and then re-caps that list at the end of the month. For those of you who prefer a site that has a clean simple look, you will love Ami’s page design.

If you …read more

This week I am highlighting the blog of katherine kerr of the Hermitage. I have in the past been a member of the SCA, and find all of her pages on her site both informative and enjoyable. For needleworkers in general, you may prefer the pages on garb and embroidery.

I decided to feature Vicki’s site this week because Hsien-Hsien Lei of Genetics and Health interviewed me this week, so have had Genetics and DNA on the brain… and in Katherine’s embroidery page she talks about incorporating scientific images into medieval needlework.
As a dedicated anachronist I had been toying …read more