Friday Finds is my weekly round-up of needlework, art, and book news from around the web.

This week simultaneously dragged on forever and went by super fast. How it that possible? My husband and I have been de-stressing by re-watching the Harry Potter movies. Tonight’s film: Prisoner of Azkaban. It has been at least a couple years since we last watched these movies, and somehow they are even better than I remembered.

Here are this week’s links:

• Create a wreath that celebrates your love of sewing and recycles old notions.
• Jen Kahn creates zipper pouches from old theater scenery backdrops and donates a portion of the profits to help students go see Broadways plays.
• The Craft Industry Alliance visited the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. I really need to go to this one year.
• In case you haven’t heard: Thread Heaven has ended production. Grab it while you can!
• Ceramicist Heesoo Lee creates beautiful sculptural bowls and vases inspired by the aspen forests of Colorado.
• Lit Hub has a round-up of the most recommended books for this fall, as gathered from dozens of media sources.

Video of the Week

This vintage commercial cracked me up because my sister and I both had these dolls. I think mine was Mandy and my sister had the Jenny doll. But, this brought back memories.