Sara Barnes
@brwnpaperbag.com
🪡 Embroidery illustrator, bearandbean.shop. I've been stitching wild animals on the same dress since 2023!
✍🏻 Author of 'Threads of Treasure'. Currently blogging at brwnpaperbag.com and newsletter orts.kit.com
✍🏻 Author of 'Threads of Treasure'. Currently blogging at brwnpaperbag.com and newsletter orts.kit.com
Moles are so cute! I embroidered this one for week 30 of my 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle project, where I’m stitching a new animal on the same upcycled dress for every week of a year.
#embroidery #craftsy
#embroidery #craftsy
April 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Moles are so cute! I embroidered this one for week 30 of my 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle project, where I’m stitching a new animal on the same upcycled dress for every week of a year.
#embroidery #craftsy
#embroidery #craftsy
Trompe l’oeil lace and beaded potted plants: two links I shared in my weekly fiber-focused newsletter, Orts!
Here are 5 creatively inspiring things and 5 ways for you to DIY: orts.kit.com/posts/trompe...
(Photo by Lora Avedian, another link I shared!)
Here are 5 creatively inspiring things and 5 ways for you to DIY: orts.kit.com/posts/trompe...
(Photo by Lora Avedian, another link I shared!)
April 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trompe l’oeil lace and beaded potted plants: two links I shared in my weekly fiber-focused newsletter, Orts!
Here are 5 creatively inspiring things and 5 ways for you to DIY: orts.kit.com/posts/trompe...
(Photo by Lora Avedian, another link I shared!)
Here are 5 creatively inspiring things and 5 ways for you to DIY: orts.kit.com/posts/trompe...
(Photo by Lora Avedian, another link I shared!)
I love miniatures, and I'm obsessed with these impossibly tiny, hand-woven baskets by Suzie Grieve, aka Foraged Fibres! www.brwnpaperbag.com/foraged-fibr...
March 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I love miniatures, and I'm obsessed with these impossibly tiny, hand-woven baskets by Suzie Grieve, aka Foraged Fibres! www.brwnpaperbag.com/foraged-fibr...
I’ve been working on this bat hat for a while. It started by dyeing an off-white hat with indigo. Now, I’m enhancing it with #embroidery!
#craftsky
#craftsky
March 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I’ve been working on this bat hat for a while. It started by dyeing an off-white hat with indigo. Now, I’m enhancing it with #embroidery!
#craftsky
#craftsky
We had fake spring in Seattle last week, and it made me wish it was here already! I picked out some springy hand embroidery patterns if you want a jumpstart on the season: www.brwnpaperbag.com/spring-craft...
March 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
We had fake spring in Seattle last week, and it made me wish it was here already! I picked out some springy hand embroidery patterns if you want a jumpstart on the season: www.brwnpaperbag.com/spring-craft...
Crafters and craft-curious people in #Seattle and beyond: @mcreativej.com and I run Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults! Come meet people and make cool stuff this summer, August 1 - 3: www.campcraftaway.fun
#craftsky #crafts #logoff
#craftsky #crafts #logoff
February 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Crafters and craft-curious people in #Seattle and beyond: @mcreativej.com and I run Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults! Come meet people and make cool stuff this summer, August 1 - 3: www.campcraftaway.fun
#craftsky #crafts #logoff
#craftsky #crafts #logoff
I finished embroidering an elephant shrew on my dress! Next up is a mole with a worm in its mouth
#craftsky #upcycling #embroidery
#craftsky #upcycling #embroidery
February 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I finished embroidering an elephant shrew on my dress! Next up is a mole with a worm in its mouth
#craftsky #upcycling #embroidery
#craftsky #upcycling #embroidery
Iyo Okumi’s embroideries remind me of pen drawings. Each stitched line is like a hatch mark! www.brwnpaperbag.com/iyo-okumi-li...
February 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Iyo Okumi’s embroideries remind me of pen drawings. Each stitched line is like a hatch mark! www.brwnpaperbag.com/iyo-okumi-li...
Pauline keeps a watchful eye over me while I’m stitching and editing video!
February 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Pauline keeps a watchful eye over me while I’m stitching and editing video!
Caroline Harrius' vases are only complete once they're embroidered. Such incredible details: www.brwnpaperbag.com/caroline-har...
February 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Caroline Harrius' vases are only complete once they're embroidered. Such incredible details: www.brwnpaperbag.com/caroline-har...
I’ve been stitching wild animals on the same upcycled dress for over 2 years. I’m on 29/52 animal species: an elephant shrew.
The #embroidery is about halfway done. Not sure what animal I’ll stitch next. Any suggestions?
#crafts #craftsky #upcycle #wildanimals
The #embroidery is about halfway done. Not sure what animal I’ll stitch next. Any suggestions?
#crafts #craftsky #upcycle #wildanimals
February 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I’ve been stitching wild animals on the same upcycled dress for over 2 years. I’m on 29/52 animal species: an elephant shrew.
The #embroidery is about halfway done. Not sure what animal I’ll stitch next. Any suggestions?
#crafts #craftsky #upcycle #wildanimals
The #embroidery is about halfway done. Not sure what animal I’ll stitch next. Any suggestions?
#crafts #craftsky #upcycle #wildanimals
Working on my 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle project, where I’m stitching a new wild animal on the same upcycled dress for every week of a year. This is week 29, the elephant shrew!
#embroidery #upcycle #wildanimals
#embroidery #upcycle #wildanimals
January 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Working on my 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle project, where I’m stitching a new wild animal on the same upcycled dress for every week of a year. This is week 29, the elephant shrew!
#embroidery #upcycle #wildanimals
#embroidery #upcycle #wildanimals
I’m upcycling this hat! I bought it off Poshmark and dyed with indigo. Now, I’m finishing up a bat embroidery 🦇
#embroidery #upcycle #crafts #bats
#embroidery #upcycle #crafts #bats
January 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m upcycling this hat! I bought it off Poshmark and dyed with indigo. Now, I’m finishing up a bat embroidery 🦇
#embroidery #upcycle #crafts #bats
#embroidery #upcycle #crafts #bats
WIP time! I’m almost done embroidering this custom pet portrait. I’m using my digital drawing as a guide where to put my thread color and stitches
#embroidery #crafts
#embroidery #crafts
January 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
WIP time! I’m almost done embroidering this custom pet portrait. I’m using my digital drawing as a guide where to put my thread color and stitches
#embroidery #crafts
#embroidery #crafts
Bernie Kaminiski immortalizes everyday objects as paper mache sculptures. This is a junk drawer! See more: www.brwnpaperbag.com/bernie-kamin...
January 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Bernie Kaminiski immortalizes everyday objects as paper mache sculptures. This is a junk drawer! See more: www.brwnpaperbag.com/bernie-kamin...
This was a very satisfying image to make: a smattering of my custom pup pet portrait patches
#embroidery #petportraits #crafts
#embroidery #petportraits #crafts
November 27, 2024 at 9:04 PM
This was a very satisfying image to make: a smattering of my custom pup pet portrait patches
#embroidery #petportraits #crafts
#embroidery #petportraits #crafts
I started embroidering on this upcycled dress at the beginning of 2023. It's called 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle, and I'm stitching a new wild animal on the dress for every week of a year. Here are some of my favorite animals so far! #embroidery #upcycle
November 24, 2024 at 4:17 AM
I started embroidering on this upcycled dress at the beginning of 2023. It's called 52 Weeks to Ms. Frizzle, and I'm stitching a new wild animal on the dress for every week of a year. Here are some of my favorite animals so far! #embroidery #upcycle