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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!

Betsy La Honta Bag

Spotlight: Betsy La Honta, Product Developer

Betsy La Honta grew up in a home filled with creativity and the supplies to take time to play. She is now product developer for C&T Publishing and gets to…
Triangle Joy

Spotlight: Carole Lyles Shaw, Modern Quilter

As a modern quilter, Carole Lyles Shaw focuses on a set of tried and true design principles, resulting in work that is a bold combination of planning and improvisation. Eager…
Baby Shoes

Spotlight: Susan Brubaker Knapp, Fiber Artist

Susan Brubaker Knapp is one busy artist! She is known to fiber artists as the host of television's "Quilting Arts TV", as well as an award-winning art quilter, instructor, pattern…
Cartographic Collage

Spotlight: Valerie Goodwin, Mixed Media Fiber Artist

As an architect, Valerie Goodwin is well-versed in key design principles. Bringing this formal training to her work as a fiber artist, Valerie creates art quilts inspired by maps. Her…
Marilyn Lone Sew It Boldly

Spotlight: Marilyn Lone, Textile Artist

Marilyn Lone translates the world around her in her art quilts. Her work is brave and bold, making effective use of color and value to communicate her artistic vision. Marilyn…
Big stack of cards ready to send!

Spotlight: Erika Anderson, Founder Army of Lovers

With Erika Anderson Army of Lovers, love makes the world go 'round, one handmade, hand-delivered valentine at a time. Erika has recruited a growing army (anyone can enlist!) of people…
Last Roses of Summer

Spotlight: Bonnie Browning, American Quilter’s Society

Bonnie K. Browning is well-known in the quilt world. If you don't recognize her name, you will know her tremendous impact on quilters all over the world. She makes the…
Ana Paula Brasil

Spotlight: Ana Paula Brasil, Textile Artist

With roots in Brazil and at home in Canada, Ana Paula Brasil creates exuberant fiber art full of color and personality. Her art quilts, often created in series, convey stories…
Trio of sweaters by Amy

Spotlight: Amy Herzog, Knitter

Amy Herzog is on a mission to make knitting a creative adventure that results in wearable garments that fit. She has literally written the book on the subject, and is…
Karen Payton's Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Spotlight: Karen Payton, Fiber Artist

Karen Payton combines recycled textiles, paint, fabric scraps and stitch to create portraits inspired by hippies, love, music and joy. She shops thrift stores and transforms the fabric with bold…
Hand embroidered pet portrait

Spotlight: Oksana Kokovkina, Embroidery Artist

Oksana Kokovkina has always had a passion for creating and a love for dogs. Now a professional embroiderer, she prefers to work in miniature because small pieces are intimate and…
Blue and gold weaving

Spotlight: Lindsey Campbell, Artist and Weaver

Lindsey Campbell has a passion for craft and its transformative power to change lives for the better. She balances teaching weaving to others via online classes, writing instructional and inspiring…
Wiggle Room glass art by Carol Milne

Spotlight: Carol Milne, Knitted Glass Artist

Carol Milne has blazed a new artistic path with her work in knitted glass. Bringing the visual illusion of softness and drape to a material that is fixed in its…
Piccadilly Square

Spotlight: Gyleen Fitzgerald, Writer and Quilter

Gyleen Fitzgerald makes quilts that blend color, pattern, and texture to provide a contemporary sensibility to traditional quilting. Her engineering tools and innovative techniques simplify the construction of visually complex…
Sara Trail Her Story

Spotlight: Sara Trail, Social Justice Sewing Academy

Sara Trail created a quilt in memory of Trayvon Martin. Then her love for sewing and passion for social justice intertwined. After graduating from the Harvard University Graduate School of…
Simple Joy by Earamichia Brown

Spotlight: Earamichia Brown, Fiber Artist

Earamichia Brown always wanted to be a fashion designer. But she always excelled at academics, so she started her career as a lawyer. Now she follows her dreams and communicates…
Turquoise socks

Spotlight: Kate Atherley, Knitting Designer

Kate is Knitty.com’s Managing Technical Editor and a seasoned designer and teacher of all things knitterly. She’s known for her attention to detail in her patterns and her classes, and…
Once in a Blue Moon coat

Spotlight: Marijke van Welzen, Wearable Artist

Marijke van Welzen creates wearable art using techniques she developed over the years. Not afraid of experimentation or a challenge, Marijke produces unique art garments that explore a theme or…

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