Monty Python Flying Circus Silly Book

The next in my series of busy book patterns: Monty Python's Flying Circus Silly Book! It's a little obscure and a little quirky, but still fun and accessible even if you don't get all the references. Take a look at all 12 pages in action under the cut!

 Page 1: Title page.

Announcement: Feminist Felties is coming!

Feminist Felties: 21 Inspiring and Empowering Projects in Felt and Fabric is coming!

Available on Amazon.com in the U.S. starting September 11, 2018! (Pre-orders are available now!)

I'm very excited about this labor-of-love project and hope to be able to show some behind-the-scenes processes here on the blog. (Not every project dreamed up could make it into the book, for various reasons, and some went through some interesting iterations/transformations--for example.)

Projects include:
1. An Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Susan B. Anthony badge
2. A Marie Curie finger puppet.
3. Sojourner Truth bookmark.
4. Ada Lovelace egg cozy.
5. A Rosie the Riveter coin purse.
6. Firebrand bracelet.
7. A justice & equality needle case.
8. A set of feminist symbol coasters.
9. Right to write pencil case.
10. Suffragette purse.
11. The smell of revolution scent satchet.
12. Gaia goddess phone case.
13. Fiery females candle holder.
14. Dress for the revolution magnet dolls.
15. Uterus ornament.
16. Stick it to the man pin cushion.
17.  Venus fly trap felt pot.
18. Pink pussy coffee cozy.
19. Little flower tampon roll.
20. Labrys barettes.
21. #MeToo keychain.

Shirley Chisholm: Black History Month

I've made ornaments of Maxine Waters, Michelle Obama, Maya Angelou, Angela Davis, and more. My voice isn't the one that should be heard the loudest in celebrating these accomplished women. However, these are women that I admire and that deserve representation, recognition, and...maybe felt ornament portraits? I'm not even scratching the surface on who I'd like to make: Zora Neale Hurston, Josephine Baker, Sojourner Truth, Marian Anderson, Bessie Smith, Mae Jemison, and on and on and on.

This Shirley Chisholm quote was brought to my attention when, in her swearing-in, @tamayaforcincy brought a folding chair. Badass. 

"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."

Go out and do your magnificent things.

With the sentencing of Larry Nassar to up to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting many, many young athletes, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina pronounced: "I've just signed your death warrant."

And I was really, really tempted to embroider that on a felt ornament. But alas. Instead I chose a slightly more uplifting quote; her statement to the victims: "Leave your pain here, and go out and do your magnificent things."

Shortened: "Go out and do your magnificent things."

I've been working on a book (yeah, of felt stuff! Feminist felt stuff, to be exact), so I haven't been doing much for myself--but I couldn't let that powerful quote slip by. So here is the honorable Rosemarie Aquilina herself, complete with burgundy highlights.