Red things.
Red flaming heart milagro. Vintage red leather corset. Red cowboy boots.
The efficient curve of a paperclip.
The paperclip’s efficient curve is a pleasure to the eye.
Poppies are lovely.
Poppies are resilient, symbolic and lovely. Here’s a poppy mosaic. Poppy tattoo. Ann Shaw’s art quilt with a single massive poppy.
Midcentury upholstery was lively and futuristic.
Midcentury upholstery emphasized color and modernity, as these samples from the Cooper Hewitt Museum attest.
Extreme mending.
Extreme mending flaunts the repair, with stitches that call attention to themselves.
Automobile grilles with attitude.
Jaguar grille. BMW grille. MG grille. Ford V8 grille.
Sugar high.
Felt donut. Silkscreen donut. Neon donut.
“Yellow communicates happiness and alarm in one fell swoop.” —Man Repeller
Cuna reverse appliqué. Pumpkin Infinity by Japanese artist Yayoi Kasuma. Student residences.
If you look closely.
Mid-century pod chairs. Deeply set windows. Paper clips.
Stripes on stripes.
Nancy Crow art quilt. Sashiko coverlet. Splitterwerk facade.