Hoop it up
I don’t sew, but I do admire the beautiful graphics of many fabrics. Unfortunately, I’ve never come up with a way to use fabric without picking up a needle and thread—that us, until I came across these gorgeous swatch portraits, made by New York fabric shop the Purl Bee.
The concept is simple: use embroidery hoops as frames and fabric as art. After following the Purl Bee’s how-to tutorial, hang several swatch portraits of different sizes in as random a pattern as you like. The project is both beautiful and a bargain—my local craft store sells embroidery hoops for a mere $1 each. When it comes down to it, all you need is a fabric stash and a Hamilton to give your home a low-cost art makeover in a single afternoon.
[via Happy Mundane]
