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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!

Liana Jeans pattern by Melissa Evans

Spotlight: Melissa Evans, Seamstress and Garment Maker

Melissa Evans is a seamstress and garment maker who creates handcrafted clothing and shares how she does it. She creates to satisfy her desires for color, style, originality and quality.…
Butterfly birthday card by Kathy Roehrer

Spotlight: Kathy Roehrer, Card Maker and Creator

Kathy Roehrer is a card maker and creator who loves to try new techniques and materials to customize her cards and make them extra personal. Let’s see what inspires Kathy’s…
Daniela Gutierrez profile picture

Spotlight: Daniela Gutierrez, DG Patterns

Daniela Gutierrez, owner and designer of DG Patterns, creates unique and modern sewing patterns primarily for women, but has a few for some awesome kids clothes, too. She follows her…
Katie Vernon Desk

Spotlight: Katie Vernon, Illustrator and Author

Katie Vernon has her new book, Make Art Every Day, that will jumpstart your creativity with guidance on new techniques to try. You'll discover new ways to visualize your creative…
Collection of embroidered dolls by Gianna King

Spotlight: Gianna King, Maker of Mandala Dolls

Gianna King, maker of Mandala Dolls gives each of her creations a unique and wonderful personality. She incorporates mandalas that she creates into the designs of her dolls and brings…
The 70273 Project IQF Special Exhibit 2017 fJPG

Spotlight: Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, Quilter

The 70,273 Project quilts create a moving display. Jeanne Hewell-Chambers created a project with many contributors. The quilts remind us of a dark time in history when people were perceived…
Jacquie Moesel and her models

Spotlight: Jacquie Moesel, Children’s Clothing Designer

Jacquie Moesel, children's clothing designer and owner of Moesel Clothing, partners her designs with a women's collective of artisans in Peru to realize her vision for a special line of…
Shards fiber art by Pat Solon

Spotlight: Pat Solon, Bending Artistic Boundaries

Do you collaborate? With yourself? Pat Solon does. From poetry to painting to drawing to fiber, she uses what she learns in one medium to push the boundaries in another.…
Hawaiian Breadfruit by Nancy Chong

Spotlight: Nancy Lee Chong, Appliqué Artist

Nancy Lee Chong, Appliqué Artist and Instructor from Snohomish, WA, found her singular passion for stitching and teaching the art of needleturn appliqué, and has never looked back! The only…
Showing the plant dyeing process by Kylee Barnard

Spotlight: Kylee Barnard, Silk Diaries

Kylee Barnard has taken a stress relieving hobby and elevated it into a rewarding business. Kylee does amazing silk dying for her business Silk Diaries when she winds down from…
English Paper Piecing Supplies

English Paper Piecing Supplies: EPP Essentials

English paper piecing, aka EPP, is a unique way to construct quilts by hand. It is an old technique that has new popularity. Often these days, we need a quiet,…

Art Quilt Supplies and Inspirations

Art Quilts can be pictorial or abstract, use traditional piecing methods or fusible appliqué - anything goes as long as it is a minimum or two layers stitched together -…
Clover Wedge Iron

Best Sewing Supplies and Quilting Tools: My Must-Have List

Whether you are sewing a garment, home dec, or making a traditional, modern or art quilt; there are some notions that you need to have in your sewing room /…
Final quilting from the back by quilted with love

Best Tools for Quilting Projects

Quilting is about taking a good piece of fabric and cutting it up to make something amazing! Whether you make traditional quilts, modern quilts, art quilts or just starting to…
Crochet

Crochet Tools for Beginners

Seems simple, all you need is a crochet hook and some yarn! There are so many crochet stitches to learn, where do you start? So we've rounded up the best…
Wire Wrapped Loop Hold with Round Nose - Wrap with Chain Nose

Jewelry Making Tools You Need

Make your own necklaces, bracelets, earring and more with a variety of techniques -- stringing, wirework, metal smithing. We've rounded up some of the jewelry making tools you need --…
Beading tools

Best Tools for Beading Projects

As with any other creative endeavor, having the right tools at hand makes the job easier and ensures quality results. This is especially true for beading. Frayed and tangled threads,…
knitting

Knitting Tools for Beginners

Knitting is a hobby that you can do just about anywhere. It is a great project to take with you, as easy as a one skein scarf or hat, or…

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