Tonight I intended to make a quick and dirty art quilt.  Instead I watched a documentary about Nick Cave, shared a bottle of wine with Riscy and made a pin cushion:

Ugly, Isn't it?  The top fabric is screen printed with an image derived from photo of bare tree branches in winter.  I would vow to make a prettier one from the rest of the printed fabric, but I know I'll never be bothered, mainly because stuffing the bloody thing was such a pain.

Regardless of its ordinary aesthetics I do like its size so I suspect it will be part of my sewing life for a long time to come.

I have been browsing the net with a little less enthusiasm than last week but still found some great sites out there:

Lotu's Flickr has photos of her wonderful textile art which incorporates photographs transfered to fabric. 

Poppalina is a textile art blog based in Melbourne.  She has just returned from India with an amazing stash of crochet silks, so I'm watching her blog with great anticipation.

Steve MacDonald is an embroidery artist who lives in San Fanscisco - fascinating embroidered landscapes which would be great to see in real life.

I just pushed all the pins right down into the pin cushion and it looks quite nice with the pin heads twinkling in amongs the 'branches'.  I think I just got why people like to embellish stuff with beads. Doh!