better than football

modflowers: kimika hara - rainy dayRegular 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 them. But sometimes I feel slightly lonely in my preoccupations.

I say this not because I am alone, but because 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.

So whilst the World Cup continues unabated, I sit on the sofa ignoring the football and seeking out online the things that make me happy.

And oh my goodness! I think I have stumbled upon the ultimate proponent of both of my current obsessions…

modflowers: Kimika hara creatureKimika Hara is Japanese. A textile artist… stitcher… illustrator… spinner of dreams and creator of fantasies.

She “makes the embroidery of free stitch of colour colourful” (her website is in Japanese – thank you so much for that description, google translate!)

I am in awe of her talent and wish that I had but half of it.

modflowers: kimika hara - dogmodflowers: kimika hara embroiderymodflowers: kimika hara - pandamodflowers: kimika hara - mushroomsmodflowers: kimika hara - she was a girlmodflowers: kimika haraYou can see more of Kimika Hara’s work on her blog, Facebook page, or Flickr.

So much prettier than football. ♥

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3 thoughts on “better than football

  1. I definitely see what you mean. I think I’d resort to something like that if the Husband had any interest in ball sports whatever. As it is, though, he’s becoming rather quilt-literate and can tell the difference between applique and piecing at 10 paces.

    • Ah, you have found a good’un there Kate!
      My other half is supportive in many ways – e.g. he doesn’t complain about the fabric everywhere including half the living room strewn with scraps and overtaken by sewing; he drives me to stalls and carries tables for me; etc etc.
      But he doesn’t have the slightest interest in any of it. 🙂

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