It would be an understatement to say that I'm not the crafty type. Sure, I can make a pretty fierce macaroni necklace (thanks to the skills imparted in me during my elementary school years), and I did create some cutesy friendship bracelets during my teenybopper days, but that's as far as I my DIY skills go. Every time I attempt to pull a Martha Stewart or an Extreme Home Makeover move, it's a fiasco. I've had to come to terms with the fact that I'm even unable to sew a button on, well, anything. Needless to say, I haven't been brave enough to attempt more complicated feats like wallpapering, applying stencils on walls, or knitting scarves or sweaters. Yup, this craftytard is sticking to helping my son with his kindergarten projects. Glitter glue and crayons I can handle. We've got experts we can call on for everything else.
So, of course,when I saw Fendi's new Baguette Needlepoint Stitch Kit, designed by Silvia Venturini Fendi, I shuddered a little. Initially, my eyes widened like a little kid at Santa's Workshop. The colorful box! The spunky packaging! It was all reeling me in like a glossy, whirling cotton candy machine. And, then, I saw the contents of the box — and that's when my colorful little bubble burst into a sudsy, slippery mess. Inside the box, you'll find a basic canvas baguette, threads in a bevvy of hues, and instructions on how you can embroider your very own bag using needlepoint. Uhm, how about no? Even if the instructions are modeled after an Idiot's Guide to Needlepoint, there is no way they'll actually help someone as challenged in this area as me. I'm still trying to master staying inside the lines when I color, so the guidelines, however detailed, would only read like Ikea assembly instructions to me (you know, indecipherable directions in Swedish).
The Fendi Baguette Needlepoint Stitch Kit retails for $995 and will be available starting November 30th at the F Factory in Miami, a multi-brand store that will be set up as part of the Limited Edition Experiences program in the Miami Design District. Launched by Dacra, a real estate company that owns 80% of the 18-block area that constitutes the Miami Design District, Miami's Limited Edition Experiences program brings together designers like Cynthia Rowley,Duncan Quinn, Christopher Ross, Maison Martin Margiela, and Marni, all of whom engage consumers with a series of initiatives ranging from pop-up stores to limited-edition wares, in-store events, documentary screenings, and more.
