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Embroidered flower face

Spotlight: Sarah Godfrey, Embroidery Artist

Taking her cues from nature, Sarah Godfrey renders the world around her using needle and thread. As an embroidery artist, Sarah stitches on sheer fabrics, adding a level of challenge…
Blue ceramic bowls

Spotlight: Georgie Rennie, Pottery Artist

Isn't starting a creative business doing something you have never done before everyone's first thought when life throws a curve ball? It was for Georgie Rennie, whose High Street merchandising…
Back stitch embroidery pig sample

How to Embroider the Back Stitch

For an unbroken stitched line of hand embroidery, there's nothing quite like the Back Stitch! It's popular among newer stitchers for its clean, modern look.
Watermelon watercolor

Spotlight: Mako, Water Color Artist

Discovering the joy of the journey liberated Mako to become a better water color artist, gaining enough confidence to not only share her art with the world, but to guide…
Fabric dolls

Spotlight: Delanie Holton-Fessler, Teacher, Maker and Founder of Craftsman & Apprentice

Artist and teacher Delanie Holton-Fessler fulfills her own need to make things, but she also helps others, especially children, experience the joy of creating with their hands. Drawing on the…
Getting ready for a workshop

Spotlight: Amy Vallejo, founder Social Creative

Can't decide where to dabble creatively? Or work on perfecting your skills? Do you like the stimulation of working with a group, but don't know where to find one? Amy…
Teressa Johnson Flowers 1

Spotlight: Teressa Johnson, Floral Designer

With her palette of fresh flowers and other natural elements, Floral Designer Teressa Johnson builds artful compositions that are beautiful no matter how you look at them. Optimizing shadows, contrasts…
Black and white fabric bowl side view

Spotlight: Kirsten Fisher, Fiber Artist

Open to adventure, and willing to persevere through the details of her life journey from Copenhagen to Brooklyn, it is no surprise that Kirsten Fisher creates fiber art bowls that…
My Tweets quilt by Erin Russek

Spotlight: Erin Russek, Quilter and Pattern Designer

When you find something you love to do and it feeds you creatively, it's okay to follow quilter and designer Erin Russek's lead and pursue it with joy. As an…
Flower Market by Meri Vahl

Spotlight: Meri Vahl, Quilt Artist

With a painter's fine art training, art quilter Meri Vahl transports viewers to fascinating places around the globe using fabric instead of paint. She has developed techniques of her own…
Quilt with tints and shades

Spotlight: Heather Black, Modern Quilter and Designer

An early education in oil painting gave Heather Black an appreciation for strong design principles. She carried that love of composition with her into the world of quilting where she…
English Paper Piecing tools

Tips and Tricks for English Paper Piecing

English paper piecing is a perfect project to take with you on the go, or to keep hands busy on a creative project while watching TV. Use up scraps from…
Structural Beadwork

Spotlight: Beth Stone, Bead Jewelry Artist

A third-generation bead artist, Beth Stone thrives on challenges - on visualizing a new piece, then engineering how to make beads of various shapes and sizes work together to build…
Alli Koch Flower Mural

Spotlight: Alli Koch, Visual Artist

Why let a pre-determined size of paper or canvas limit your creativity? If you think big, then you work big. Alli Koch's drawings might be in one of her books…
New York Beauty by Cinzia

Spotlight: Cinzia White, Quilt Designer

When quilter Cinzia White designs a quilt with thousands of pieces made with many different fabrics, she somehow brings order to chaos. You can revisit one of her quilts time…
Freeform Embroidery 2

Spotlight: Jenny Clouston, Crazy Quilter

Jenny Clouston is happiest and most content when she is stitching by hand: crazy quilting, flower embroidery or English Paper Piecing. In embracing the process, she feeds her creativity and…
DETAIL Symbiosis work-in-progress

Spotlight: Hannah Streefkerk, Installation Textile Artist

Working in concert with her surroundings and reflecting her passion for global warming and environmental issues, Hannah Streefkerk uses crochet and embroidery to create unique textile installations.
A Semblance of Rhythm by Dayna Collins

Spotlight: Dayna Collins, Mixed Media Artist

Just as there are layers in life, there are layers in Dayna Collins' art, making some elements obvious and others the almost-hidden gem worth digging for.

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