This chair only appears to have mobile, interlocking plates capable of structural minimization and stylistic transformation. But your ass doesn't need to know. Sure, the Relief Chair only looks......

Ben Mickus sent me a note about his Relief Chair, which is made out of felt and will very deservedly be featured in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's upcoming exhibit Fashioning Felt. Naturally I wandered over to his site to check it out, and it's indeed gorgeous. (Go look...I'll wait.) Whe...

My damn kttehs are always nosing around in my needle felting bag, trying to get their mitts on some wool. I decided that they needed a needle felted kitteh toy to inspire them away from my other woolen projects. Here......

"it sucks" I call it "it sucks" because I used to love smoking and had to quit cold turkey quite a few years ago. Yes, a disgusting habit but one I enjoyed on occasion.It is a soft sculpture wall hanging and still a work in progress made out of felt (filled with fag ash and rice to weigh it down). A...

The passing of longtime North Carolina State head coach Kay Yow was felt all over the national basketball community, but it hit particularly hard at H.D. Woodson....

Quilters and fabric artists have discovered all types of new techniques to produce projects they might never have imagined years ago.  Fiber and fabric art, that has evolved from quiltmaking, offers fascinating options for one’s talents. Felting is one of these my daughter is exploring.  Yo...

I used a medium weight denim for the body of the apron...I think I got in on sale at Jo-ann's last year and the orange double fold bias tape also came from Jo-ann's. Even though I despise going there, Jo-ann's is a useful shop to have around. The pocket fabric is vintage and I found it a...

In thinking about the year soon to pass, I can't help think about some famous people who died that had some significance for me, such as Sir Edmund Hillary, who climbed Everest the year I was born, or Suzanne Pleshette, who appeared on a TV show ending screwed up b7y our local affiliate. An inordina...

Although most media members used the occasion of Mark Felt's death on December 18 to praise the former FBI official better known as "Deep Throat," George Friedman of the geopolitical intelligence organization Stratfor warned readers about journalists becoming "tools of various faction...

"My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start.  So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake.  I feel better already."  --  Dave Barry Some pieces flow easily out of the studio, while others are a s...