Last Slice of Summer

Today's the last day of summer and I hope everyone had a great season.  It's strangely grey outside in NYC but I'm thinking back over the last few months and these Citrus Coasters I made from the Purl bee.

Here's the process going backwards.  
I still want to make them in all of the summery colors.

So simple and so cheerful. 

I have the pink grapefruit at work to brighten my desk.

It was finished in the car 

on the way to Philly for a weekend getaway.

It was easier to do the pinning at home first

and most of the cutting too.

The spring felt bundle from Purl Soho has all these great colors.

Thanks, summer...

I think I'm ready to welcome autumn tomorrow.

Craftiness at its Finest

[from Pursuitist]

Happy NYC Fashion Week!  

On Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending a gallery reception at the 

Hermès boutique on Madison Avenue showcasing photographs by 

Koto Bolofo.

[from Wallpaper*]

A fashion photographer originally from South Africa, he is the first to gain access to the famous and historically secretive Hermès workshops where the beautiful leather, silk and other objects are hand-crafted.  Over seven years he documented and compiled his work into La Maison, a collection of 11 volumes: Horses, Saddles, Kelly Bag, Clothes, Perfume, Bugatti Veyron, Gardens, Special Orders, Silk, John Lobb and Collection Émile Hermès.

[from Wallpaper*]

Thirty-three images will be on display at The Gallery at Hermès this month and I found some others online.  I was struck by this image of waxed thread:

[from New York Magazine]

A rolling tool is used for imprinting the leather: 

[from New York Magazine]

So many dyes:

The Gallery at Hermès 

691 Madison Avenue, NYC, Fourth Floor

Monday through Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Now through Friday, September 30th 2011