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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!

Dance Contest at the Salty Dawg by Julie Sevilla Drake

Spotlight: Julie Sevilla Drake, Artist, Poet, Storyteller

Julie Sevilla Drake has been an artist and a stitcher since a young age. She is mostly known as an art quilter, but also creates painted collages, acrylic paintings, and…
Monet in Yellow art quilt by Rita Lynne

Spotlight: Rita Lynne, Dimensional Art Quilter

Rita Lynne translates her life experiences into 3-dimensional art quilts and art vessels to tell her stories. She starts with ideas in her head. As she works on the project,…
Clear Mind quilt, pattern by Esther Frenzel

Spotlight: Esther Frenzel, Quilt Designer and Teacher

Esther Frenzel is a free motion quilting teacher who specialises in intermediate to advanced quilting designs. She quilts on a domestic sewing machine and a longarm and teaches online using both…
Friends finished fiber art by Serena Brooks

Spotlight: Serena Brooks, Contemporary Quilt Artist

You'll find Serena Brooks working on more than one piece at a time. When she is unsure of where a piece is going, she can walk away and work on…
Close up of one of Kyra Reps medallion quilts

Spotlight: Kyra Reps, Quilt Designer and Teacher

Kyra Reps is a quilt designer and teacher. Finding inspiration everywhere, she dabbles in many media to create her intricate quilt designs. What remains the same with each piece? She…
Winter Star quilt by Shannon Fraser

Spotlight: Shannon Fraser, Modern Quilt Pattern Designer

Shannon Fraser is a modern quilt pattern designer and teacher based in Montreal, Canada. Having discounted quilting as something she'd never be into, she's now on a mission to encourage…
Girl with red embroidered hair by Sophia Isabella Brown

Spotlight: Sophia Isabella Brown, Screen Printing and Embroidery Artist

Sophia Isabella Brown grew up in a creative home. She paints, illustrates, and embroiders her designs while exploring shapes and patterns looking for places to add a face. How did…
Call and Response: Dakar fiber art by Toni Kersey

Spotlight: Toni Kersey, Fiber Artist

Toni Kersey came to art quilting later in life. She refers to her process as 'Spirit Dancing', working improvisationally with commercial fabrics, and fabrics she creates with dyeing and surface…
Because I Say So fiber art chair front by Evelyn Politzer

Spotlight: Evelyn Politzer, Visual Artist

Evelyn Politzer creates visual art using a variety of techniques to transform materials into her works, including knitting, embroidery, crochet, and weaving - all of which have long histories and…
Untitled QuiltMarkings quilt by Julian Jones

Spotlight: Julian Jamaal Jones, Multidisciplinary Artist

Julian Jones creates abstract textile art, he tells his story in code to protect his narrative from the world around him. Working in textiles connects him to his family history…
Canterbury #2 fiber art by Debbie Grifka

Spotlight: Debbie Grifka, Textile Artist

Debbie Grifka writes in her journal almost daily to help her work through details in her pieces. Her work is inspired by the beauty in life, wherever she finds it.…
Earthly Pleasures Reimagined fiber art by Diane Deery

Spotlight: Diane Deery, Landscape Artist

Diane Deery creates her hand-dyed silk fiber art in nature. You'll find her traveling the world to find unique rock formations that she uses to create texture with dyes on…
Whispering fiber art by Carol Quarini

Spotlight: Carol Quarini, Textile Artist and Lace Practitioner

Carol Quarini discovered lace bobbins on visits to antique shops with her Dad. She took some lessons and now creates intricate pieces telling stories about family history and the place…
Sealights fiber art by Paola Machetta

Spotlight: Paola Machetta, Improv Quilter

For Paola Machetta, engineering and art go hand-in-hand. The connection is activating the creative part of our brain in problem solving. She is a full-time engineer. In her free time…
Jans X quilt by Mary Tabar

Spotlight: Mary Tabar, Fiber Artist

Mary Tabar draws, paints, is a dressmaker and quilter. She finds inspiration from art she sees and makes it her own. You'll find her experimenting with discharge to create her…
Mirror of the Soul fiber art by Mirjam Pet-Jacobs

Spotlight: Mirjam Pet-Jacobs, Mixed Media Artist

Mirjam Pet-Jacobs creates mixed-media art, including fiber, inspired by things she notices in society or things happening around her. Working in a series, you'll find Mirjam creating wall hangings, but…
Fall Fireweed 2 fiber art by Ree Nancarrow

Spotlight: Ree Nancarrow, Quilt Artist

Ree Nancarrow has been interested in art from a young age. She was introduced to quilting, and fiber arts became her medium of choice. A summer job in Alaska changed…
Homage to Alma Thomas for First Lady Michelle Obama at the Request of The Congressional Club in Washington D.C. fiber art by Cathy Fussell

Spotlight: Cathy Fussell, Fiber Artist

Cathy Fussell has been sewing since she was a young child. After retirement, she pursued quilting as a full-time occupation. Her daughter, an art student, came home from college and…

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