We’re SO excited for Camp Craftaway! You can try so many fun #crafts over one weekend. You’ll definitely pick up a new hobby (or two or three). #Seattle

Moles are so cute! I embroidered this one for week 30 of my 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle project, where I’m stitching a new animal on the same upcycled dress for every week of a year. #embroidery #craftsy

Finished waterfall embroidery that I’d like to live inside of. #embroidery #art #artist

Trompe l’oeil lace and beaded potted plants: two links I shared in my weekly fiber-focused newsletter, Orts! Here are 5 creatively inspiring things and 5 ways for you to DIY: orts.kit.com/posts/trompe... (Photo by Lora Avedian, another link I shared!)

I love miniatures, and I'm obsessed with these impossibly tiny, hand-woven baskets by Suzie Grieve, aka Foraged Fibres! www.brwnpaperbag.com/foraged-fibr...

I’ve been working on this bat hat for a while. It started by dyeing an off-white hat with indigo. Now, I’m enhancing it with #embroidery! #craftsky

If you like hand embroidery, fiber art, and making things, check out Orts, my weekly newsletter where I share links to it all! Here's what I published today: orts.kit.com/posts/stitch...

We had fake spring in Seattle last week, and it made me wish it was here already! I picked out some springy hand embroidery patterns if you want a jumpstart on the season: www.brwnpaperbag.com/spring-craft...

Aw! The red panda patch is from my DIY embroidery kit. Emily did an amazing job on it!

Crafters and craft-curious people in #Seattle and beyond: @mcreativej.com and I run Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults! Come meet people and make cool stuff this summer, August 1 - 3: www.campcraftaway.fun #craftsky #crafts #logoff

I finished embroidering an elephant shrew on my dress! Next up is a mole with a worm in its mouth #craftsky #upcycling #embroidery

Iyo Okumi’s embroideries remind me of pen drawings. Each stitched line is like a hatch mark! www.brwnpaperbag.com/iyo-okumi-li...

Caroline Harrius' vases are only complete once they're embroidered. Such incredible details: www.brwnpaperbag.com/caroline-har...

What are some early 2000s video game soundtracks that you love? I find it's easier to focus when I listen to The Sims original video game soundtrack when I work #videogames #y2k #soundtracks

This crochet frog purse pattern might be the push I need to finally learn crochet: www.alexandriamasse.com/patterns/fro... (PS I featured this link in my newsletter, Orts, last week! orts.kit.com/posts/melty-...)

I’ve been stitching wild animals on the same upcycled dress for over 2 years. I’m on 29/52 animal species: an elephant shrew. The #embroidery is about halfway done. Not sure what animal I’ll stitch next. Any suggestions? #crafts #craftsky #upcycle #wildanimals

work in progress!! 🐛 due to the overwhelming demand from my previous post of this piece, I will be auctioning it off on ebay! it should be happening in the next day or two. my username is shopenchantedplanet. i’ll let you know on bluesky as well when it’s going up! will be a buy it now option too!

Working on my 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle project, where I’m stitching a new wild animal on the same upcycled dress for every week of a year. This is week 29, the elephant shrew! #embroidery #upcycle #wildanimals

I received a copy of Christi Johnson’s new #embroidery book, The Art of Embroidery Design. It’s great! If you’re yearning for a way to express yourself through embroidery—even if you say “I can’t draw,” Christi is here to guide you through it: orts.kit.com/posts/how-th...

If you want to watch something hypnotic and satisfying, check out these videos by illustrator and printmaker Tatiana Svistunova

I’m upcycling this hat! I bought it off Poshmark and dyed with indigo. Now, I’m finishing up a bat embroidery 🦇 #embroidery #upcycle #crafts #bats

Relatable. Work by Jean Jullien

Looking for other artists and makers that find their inspiration through nature and wildlife! Let’s be friends! Embroidery here 🙋‍♀️ let’s see yours!

I published Orts, my weekly newsletter! It’s my 5/5 format featuring 5 creatively inspiring projects, 5 ways got you to DIY: orts.kit.com/posts/what-t... #embroidery #fiberart #textileart

WIP time! I’m almost done embroidering this custom pet portrait. I’m using my digital drawing as a guide where to put my thread color and stitches #embroidery #crafts

I've been thinking a lot about algorithms lately, questioning whether I like a trend or have seen it so much that I have no choice but to like it. It made me think about four artistic influences introduced to me before the modern-day algorithms took over our lives! orts.kit.com/posts/who-ar...

Bernie Kaminiski immortalizes everyday objects as paper mache sculptures. This is a junk drawer! See more: www.brwnpaperbag.com/bernie-kamin...

I used to say one of my favorite things was clicking around on the internet. I like gathering links! In this week's Orts, I share my 5/5 - five links of inspiring art (or artists) and five ways for you to DIY

I wrote in my blog for the first time in months! I always pick a word of the year—this year is consistent—which was partially inspired by my inconsistency in writing!!! But here's why I'm back, for real this time www.brwnpaperbag.com/2025-reflect...

Interested in the crafts industry? Check out our Starter Pack full of awesome crafty Bluesky accounts: go.bsky.app/Mipq9vB

This was a very satisfying image to make: a smattering of my custom pup pet portrait patches #embroidery #petportraits #crafts

How do you store your embroidery floss? I ranked 5 ways I’ve stored it, from least to most effective (for me). orts.kit.com/posts/rankin... My not-so scientific rankings are in my newsletter called Orts, which shares threads of creativity 🧵

I started embroidering on this upcycled dress at the beginning of 2023. It's called 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle, and I'm stitching a new wild animal on the dress for every week of a year. Here are some of my favorite animals so far! #embroidery #upcycle