"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..."
If you've forgotten, that's how Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem The Raven begins. See, I know it by heart now since Jack has been trying to memorize it this entire week for his public speaking class. He prides himself that, even though it's very long, he really liked it so that's why he picked it. Luckily, when he was struggling with the entire poem, the teacher backed down from the original 18 stanzas and is only making him recite 7. So, every night, all this week, I've been reading and listening to this wonderfully written masterpiece. And, it led me down a path this morning and I found Urban Threads...
Their site is full of very hip and urban machine embroidery and hand embroidery designs similar to Sublime Stitching and including this design Nevermore. I just purchased a number of them but my all time fave is this one...
They also offer a free design every month...last month was Nevermore (I missed it!) -- this month is this design which is also their logo...
I also really enjoyed reading through the archives of their blog. They have done a great job of creating a very vibrant embroidery community. There's even a Flickr site for pictures of items made from their designs. Loved it!
And, another connection is that Edgar Allen Poe spent most of his life reading and writing within the city of Baltimore, my hometown. This year there is a year long celebration titled Nevermore 2009 to comemmorate the 200th anniversary of Poe's birthday which is January 19.
Pic courtesy of mikeyexists
