Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

Not your nana’s needlework– these patterns put the cross into cross stitch and are available for grumpy-bum stitchers from Subversive Cross Stitch.

subversivecrossstitch.com

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For crafty folks who are nifty with a needle, you might get a little thrill out of Ume Craft‘s shop of patterns for felt plush. In the shape of foods. How funny is felt food? That, and William Shatner singing Cee Lo Green’s ‘Fuck You’.

umecrafts.etsy.com

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Shhhhhh. This is a sneak peak of a very exciting project that Mitchell & Dent has been working on. Stay tuned and all will be revealed.

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Pip Lincolne from Meet Me at Mike’s is super ace. When Miss Gem and the mesdames rocked up on her doorstep unannounced, instead of telling us to sod off, she invited us in for tea and brownies and a sneaky peak at Project Yellow Box. That kind of kindness deserves to be paid back in kind, so we heartily recommend you visit the Meet Me at Mike’s shop in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in Melbourne. Or Pip’s blog if you haven’t stumbled across it already (and if you haven’t, where have you been hiding yourself?!). We also love her first book of crafty projects (pictured above) and are excited to hear that her second book Sew La Tea Do is not far away.

meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com

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You might have noticed that Mitchell & Dent have been a little quiet on the tittle tattling front recently. That’s because we’ve been beavering away, making damn good goodies to take to Melbourne next week. If you want to take a sneaky peek before they hit our online shop, just trundle on down to Magnolia Square at the Malvern Town Hall on August 5-6-7 and come say hooroo. We’d love to see you.

magnoliasquare.com.au

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Mitchell & Dent have recently been compared to Basil Zempilas in the Perthonality stakes which is one of the loveliest compliments we have ever had. If you aspire to Heath Ledger status (probably a bad choice, but we’re going with it), you’ve got to start somewhere. We think we’re in good company and if you want to spend a weekend working your way through the best Perth has to offer in Perthonalities, blog style, start here…

1. The Worst of Perth (theworstofperth.com)
Perth is all its wonderful awfulness, thanks to Andrew.

2. Dropstitch (www.dropstitch.com.au)
Emma Bergmeier knows her fashion, even Vogue UK knows that.

3. Craftapalooza (craftapalooza.typepad.com)
Clever Nicole knows about the crafty side of Perth.

4. Kristy Leigh’s Food for Thought (www.kristyleigh.com)
Kristy Leigh’s culinary adventures (with recipes!).

5. Love Freo (lovefreo.wordpress.com)
Izzy, Orla and Phil really do love Freo.

6. Future Shelter (futureshelter.blogspot.com)
Jane and Adam design for folks worldwide, all from their studio in North Perth.

7. Cerebral Excrement (cerebralexcrement.blogspot.com)
A haiku a day keeps the sanity away, thanks lovely Elissa.

8. Perth’s Best Architecture (perthsbest.wordpress.com)
And not just the Iwan Iwanoff buildings, thanks Andrew.

9. August Animals (augustanimals.com)
Type geeks and design nerds – Russ, Mick and Tim, boys after our own hearts.

10. The Ginger Fox (www.gingerfoxvintage.com)
Tara Fox knows Perth’s best vintage, oh yay.

Apologies to all we’ve forgotten – did we mention ‘part one’, of course we did. Suggestions welcomed.

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Carboard Safari have made it so we can feel like intrepid adventurers without the pith helmet, safari suit or all the animal cruelty. These spiffy-looking animal heads are made of cardboard and come flatpacked so you can assemble them yourself and dress them up however you may desire. Marvellous.

www.cardboardsafari.com

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I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break. I know I certainly have. Four nana naps, enough chocolate to sink a battleship and internal giggles galore (thanks to Homer Simpson I can’t hear ‘Jesus’ without substituting ‘Jeebus’ in my head). The only thing that could have made it better is UK design studio Mibo‘s Yolk Folk. Awwww.

mibostudio.co.uk

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You can’t imagine how exciting this is. Having been kindly invited to join the clever crafty gals of the Cotton Club, I needed a project, stat. With distant memories of my Granny’s aprons and bolster cushions in mind, and this perfect online pic of an old McCalls pattern (sadly, no instructions), I thought I’d give gingham smocking a go. How hard could it be? Quite hard, it seems. I did manage to work out this pleaty bit, but how does that criss-crossy bit work? Hmmm. All comments most gratefully received.

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Rightio then. Get out your scissors (no running, mind you), your thread, your needles and pins. The Purl Bee, a wonderful crafty blog from the folks at Purl Soho in the US, have posted this winter white felt flower wreath lesson for us. Sure beats algebra.

Felt Flower Wreath Tutorial
www.purlbee.com

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