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Create Whimsy

Create Whimsy

At Create Whimsy, we’re artists, makers, crafters and creators – just like you. We share the stories of makers and what they make, inspiring creativity in our everyday lives.

If you enjoy inspiring artist Spotlight interviews as well as helpful how-to tutorials and project ideas for quilting, embroidery, beadwork, sewing and fiber art, then settle in with a cuppa or a glassa.

We think that after you visit you’ll want to come back!

Day Lily

Spotlight: Ann Shaw, Art Quilter

With her unexpected use of printed fabrics as her palette, Ann Shaw begins with photographs, then abstracts design lines for the pictorial quilts she creates. Careful planning of stitching lines…
Pottery ringed incense holder

Spotlight: Francesca Stone, DIY Blogger

Always looking for new things to make and new ways to make them, blogger Francesca Stone shares her love for on-trend crafting with an ever-growing audience. She is as likely…
Hope art quilt

Spotlight: Michelle Jackson, Fiber Artist

When you see fiber artist Michelle Jackson's work, it will come as no surprise that she has much to say and that she speaks fluent color and value. Her experience…
Showing the finishing of a neckline

Spotlight: Sonya Philip, Garment Designer

Born in the Philippines to creative parents, Sonya Philip has explored the world of art with a multicultural perspective. In addition to the Philippines, her family has lived in San…
Rosy Retrospection by Emily Bellinger

Spotlight: Emily Bellinger, Contemporary Quilter

As a fine art student, Emily Bellinger encountered the perceived wall between art and craft, but believed that the disciplines have too much in common for any conflict to exist.…
Stitch detail

Spotlight: Shelley Rhodes, Mixed Media Artist

Shelley Rhodes has always found joy in making art. Inspired by her world at hand, Shelley's contemporary mixed media art includes fragments, scraps and objects observed in her environment that…
Maggie's Song

Spotlight: Barbara James, Textile Artist

As a professor with the Ohio State University Extension, Barbara James enjoyed a career of teaching family and consumer sciences and community development, focused on local community issues. So she…
Urban Rhythym

Spotlight: Dianne Koppisch Hricko, Fiber Artist

Delighted by surprises, lifelong artist Dianne Koppisch Hricko finds the fluidity and endless possibilities of applying dyes to silk opens more than enough creative doors to inspire her next fiber…
Zanzibar Beach

Spotlight: Linda Seward, Quilter and Author

A needleworker all her life, Linda Seward has fed her passion for needlework on two continents. When she discovered quilting, she found her creative passion and not only created for…
One block wonder quilt in progress

Spotlight: Maxine Rosenthal, Quilter

Few people are lucky enough to discover something that feeds their creativity so much that it becomes a specialty with endless options. Maxine Rosenthal is that lucky. An idea from…
Back of sweater detail

Spotlight: Erika Knight, Designer and Author

Designing from the influences of the world around her, Erika Knight creates knitted garments full of texture and surprising details. The silhouettes are timeless, but made her own with a…
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 Back Stitch Embroidery: Tutorial with Video

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, 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…

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