It’s been a little while since I started a new Kiva loan. The last loan to Janet in Samoa was paid back a while ago and the credit has been sitting there waiting for me to get organised..
Since I last made a loan the Etsy Lending Team has got more active and there’s a number [...]
Apologies for the lack of blogging. I’m in full on pregnancy countdown mode at the mo, and it’s not being the easiest one. So I’m thinking things will be pretty sporadic for a while. But there’s some stuff I just HAVE to share with you all!
I’m sure most of you have checked [...]
If you went into the city in the weekend, it’s quite likely you saw something a tad unusual. You may have seen a garden in a strange place, a performance that left you scratching your head or a group of people doing something a bit odd. Or you may not have even noticed at all as a group of silent people walked past you, experiencing the sounds of the city without making any of their own.
It’s been a bit quiet on the ol’ RCS blog as of late. Partly due to the never ending joys of pregnancy (promise not to bore you with the details..) but also partly due to the busyness of preparing for some upcoming exhibitions. And it’s about time our lovely readers got to hear the details!
Firstly, [...]
I went to Sunshine yesterday. Or as I call it ‘the suburb that should be done for false advertising’. It’s named after the Sunshine tractors that used to be made there. Sadly, visiting is normally a dreary experience. But it’s always full of surprises so I do keep getting drawn back again.
The best [...]
I don’t tend to get too worked up when famous people leave this world, but the passing of J.G. Ballard certainly gave me cause for more than a few moments contemplation. A friend tweeted the quote above – which I thought was quite a sweetly ironic thing to tweet – and I thought it deserved to be immortalised in cross stitch. But certainly not a traditional design.
Rest in Peace brother.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Pattern piece 1 and piece 2 – I recommend stitching it on black aida with white and DMC666 Red floss.
Hooray it’s Episode #9 of the Craft Cartel podcast, and we talk to Faythe Levine about her brand new documentary film “Handmade Nation”
Every Victorian has been watching the news this week and thinking ‘what can I do?’ Aside from the immediate obvious things like donating blood and money, many people are looking around and seeing what other skills and resources they have available to contribute.
Note: pictures and language in this post would probably fall into the not safe for work category…
One of the great cultural institutions in our suburbs is the shoes thrown over the power lines. Normally the old flung shoe indicates your friendly neighbourhood ganja delaer. Although some of them have been swinging up there [...]
In the weekend I had the joy of attending my first Rainbow Serpent Festival. It’s one of the biggest remaining trance festivals in the world and it was pretty freaking cool.
In a continuing series about how ace the suburb we live in is..
I juts wanted to say a big hi! to all the people visiting radical cross stitch from the Craft City Melbourne site. Please come in and make yourselves at home!
The lovely people at CCM just gave me a citizenship award which has made me feel very special. So a SUPER BIG thanks to [...]
The only way is up! baby!
I had to share this one. Now anyone who knows me, knows I’m not really a huge fan of the institution of marriage. I find it a lot more constructive to decide every day that I want to spend the rest of my live with my beloved (awww).
So I was pretty amused by [...]
One of my favourite friends who seems to be addicted to random acts of public craziness dressed in pink lycra has struck again for the Dare You to Dance There competition.
Basically you get someone to film you breaking out in to some random public dancing, upload it the website and then the best voted entry [...]
I’m never one to be ashamed of a bit of geek pride and I am screaming from the rooftops how much I love this dude.
MC Storm Troopa hails from the mighty crafty town of Hamiltron (naturally) and is absolutely brilliant, or should I say, fully sick mate!
I never would have thought that I’d find myself [...]
International Women’s Day is always a special day for me because I like to spend the day reviewing the last year of my own life through a feminist lens. I also like to spend time remembering all of the women who have fought and died for the freedoms I now enjoy.
This year I spent [...]
At last spring is within sight in Sweden and after working way too much during the past year I finally can do something else with my time than spending it on a train or at work. I intend to make as much of it as possible before the next job starts. Which basically means sleeping [...]
Righto so I got tagged for this meme (goodness it’s been a while) to tell 6 things of your life which look like manias or tics, and then pass it to 6 other persons.
So I’ll cheat and take the hint and say that number one would be my amusement of all things poo. I’ll [...]
OK so this has been on youtube for a while but I had to share it for those that haven’t seen it. Absolutely gorgeous puppet work. And I agree with the comments on the video post that it is a bit sad. But I just love the fact that such a large [...]
"Play so that you may be serious" - Aristotle
