Stitched Portraits: Tiny Tim

One of very few famous ukelele players, an outsider, and a true original.

On this bright morning, come and tiptoe through the tulips...

With Tiny Tim:

Stitched Portraits: Kasturba Gandhi

Unsung heroine, wife to a man of peace, a woman of peace herself who taught Mahatma the ways of non-violent protest. She gave up a life of wealth for poverty and died while interred in a prison.

For her sacrifice and solace, she was the necessary choice for yesterday's birthday portrait.
She would have been 143.

Kasturba Gandhi:

Stitched Portraits: William Booth

Founder of the Salvation Army, Booth was a Methodist Preacher who created the Army in order to abolish vice and poverty. If he could take away some of the misery that pervaded people's lives then they would have room to accept salvation through God. That was the idea.

At the time it was founded (1878) , The Church of England was against The Salvation Army because Booth appointed women to leadership roles within his Army.

But I guess that ideas such as those are difficult for some... even today.

A contented man, William Booth:

Stitched Portraits: Emma Caulfield

My wife and I watched the entire 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' TV series for the first time over the past few months. Every night we'd hopefully get in 2-3 episodes before one of us would crash into sleep, but we loved every minute of it.

Emma Caulfield was on the show and she played Anya, a reformed vengeance demon. She was deathly afraid of bunnies so it only stood to reason that she dressed as one on Halloween. They were the scariest thing she could think of. That moment was captured in this toy, which I gave to my wife as a gift for Easter.

Ironically, it happened to be Emma Caulfield's birthday yesterday too. So here she is as Anya, dressed in the bunny suit:

Stitched Portraits: John Oates

I don't believe this man needs any introduction.

His guitar playing raises my feel-good-dance-o-meter up to 11.

John Oates (and his Moustache):

Stitched Portraits: Robert Bloch

One of my favorite things about doing this one-a-day project is when I get to find out about a new famous person that just makes me happy. Robert Bloch was most known for writing the book, "Psycho," which went on to be made into a very influential film by Alfred Hitchcock.

Bloch wrote many other short stories, novels, and screenplays and was mentored early in his writing career by H.P. Lovecraft. They were close friends - Lovecraft even gave Bloch express written permission to kill him anytime he wanted to in his stories.

A love for the punny, Bloch shared his black humor often - famously quipping, "Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk."

 Robert Bloch, looking sinister and sweet at the same time:

Stitched Portraits: Hans Christian Andersen

A genius fairyteller. Is that a term? If not, it is now.

The author of such classics as The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling, and The Princess and the Pea, this Danish man knew about the heart of a child. I thank him for that with all of my heart.

Hans Christian Andersen, happy:

Stitched Portraits: Christopher Walken

I've been thinking about him since I heard this... (even though it's not really him reading.)

But I've loved him since this...

And I will never forget the happiness that is this.

A favorite portrait in this series,
Christopher Walken: