Why hello, new issue of 91 magazine.

The fifth issue of 91 magazine is now online. Read it at 91magazine.co.uk.

Knit yourself a boyfriend.

Yes, ladies and gents, if you so wanted (and had the skills and patience of artist Noortje de Keijzer), you too could knit yourself a bloke (via incrediblethings.com).

(In other, related news, today is my lovely boyfriend’s birthday. Happy birthday J.)

Isn’t this the most beautiful collage you’ve ever seen?

Yep, I think it is. It’s by Liesl Pfeffer.

Lightbulbs: who knew they could be SO beautiful?

Why thank you, Lee Broom. You are a most talented designer and I LOVE these crystal bulbs.

 

Ikea: the perfect sewing machine?

Ikea? Sewing machines? Who knew?!

Kettle chips get stitched up

Kettle Chips new ad is sewn. Very glad to see craft being used by the ad monkeys.

Your crafty/vintage/DIY wedding needs these.

Vintage china, handmade bunting and all kinds of other paraphernalia at Frost and Pickles (because, sometimes, you just can’t be bothered to make your own FOUR MILLION METRES of bunting). That Frost is a good egg, so you can be sure they’ll do you well.

The bestest fabric for crafters who write. Or writers who craft.

Available from M is for Make, £4.50 for a fat quarter.

Quilting at Barbour

Look at the quilt-themed window at Barbour on Regent Street…

IS YOUR SEWING ADDICTION ACTUALLY A PORN ADDICTION?

This is a highly amusing dilemma I came across online …

‘Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I suspect my wife is addicted to porn. I didn’t know, because she has a “sewing room” which was of so little interest to me, I never checked what she did in there. I knew she had TV and movies on while she sewed and never bothered to look. I thought they were chick flicks — romantic comedies. Then one day she had to run out quickly and I was looking for the remote and chanced to look in her sewing room. Imagine my surprise when there was a movie lying there with a name so dirty I can’t even tell you…’ Read on here.