<\/a>Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that at the moment I have a bit of a thing for a) quirky creatures, and b) embroidery.<\/p>\n I love finding new examples of these twin obsessions – and, well, obsessing over them. But sometimes I feel slightly lonely in my preoccupations.<\/p>\n I say this not because I am<\/em> alone, but\u00a0because living in a home with only two football-crazy males for company means that I don’t get the most enthusiastic response from my nearest and dearest to photographs of cute handmade creatures and examples of pretty stitches.<\/p>\n So whilst the World Cup continues unabated, I sit on the sofa ignoring the football and seeking out online the things that make me<\/em> happy.<\/p>\n And oh my goodness! I think I have stumbled upon the ultimate proponent of both<\/em> of my current obsessions…<\/p>\n Kimika Hara<\/a> is Japanese. A textile artist… stitcher… illustrator… spinner of dreams and creator of fantasies.<\/p>\n She “makes the embroidery of free stitch of colour colourful” (her website is in Japanese – thank you so<\/em> much for that description,\u00a0google translate!)<\/p>\n I am in awe of her talent and wish that I had but half of it.<\/p>\n <\/a>You can see more of Kimika Hara’s work on her blog<\/a>, Facebook page<\/a>, or Flickr<\/a>.<\/p>\n So<\/em> much prettier than football. \u2665<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Regular readers of this blog may have noticed that at the moment I have a bit of a thing for a) quirky creatures, and b) embroidery. I love finding new examples of these twin obsessions – and, well, obsessing over … Continue reading