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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!

Shape of You

Spotlight: Dong Kyu Kim, Fiber Artist

While still a preschooler, Dong Kyu Kim would draw on anything he could get his hands on, improvising art supplies from pens, pencils and the margins of books. When he…
Macaroons quilt by Sarah Hibbert

Spotlight: Sarah Hibbert, Modern Quilter

Taking a cue from the Bauhaus movement, modern quilter and collage artist Sarah Hibbert designs with bold colors and striking geometrics. Like many modern quilters, Sarah began quilting classic patterns,…
White and pink granny square sweater

Spotlight: Brianna Sipp, Crochet Fashion Designer

If you believe the old tale that creativity and good business are mutually exclusive, then you have not met crochet fashion designer Brianna Sipp! Perfectly meshing old and new, Brianna's…
Garden Collage

Spotlight: Cathy Taylor, Mosaic Artist

Taking inspiration from the lakeside environment that surrounds her studio, mosaic artist Cathy Taylor creates realistic images that she pieces together from bits of colorful glass. Working from her own…
Calypso Swirl

Spotlight: Rachaeldaisy Dodd, Quilt Designer

With blasts of color and pattern, award-winning Quilt Designer Rachaeldaisy Dodd makes her presence known through her art. Working with a variety of fabrics provides endless opportunities to combine color,…
Laws of Motion; 30.5"W x 35"H, 2020

Spotlight: Regina Marzlin, Fiber Artist

Unlike many fiber artists who learned to sew from their mothers and grandmothers, Regina Marzlin was surprised to find herself drawn to textiles as an art medium - she didn't…
Orange and peach quilt

Spotlight: Julie Burton, Quilter and Pattern Designer

Quilt designer Julie Burton admires traditional quilts, but discovered that when she made them, she took the blocks into her own design sensibilities and transformed them. The result is Julie's…
Rhythm in Blue

Spotlight: Jen Broemel, Fiber Artist

With training as an architect and the improvisational instincts of an artist, Jen Broemel creates fiber art that is both structured and free-flowing. The layers of hand stitch that float…
Perfectly Imperfect

Spotlight: Barbara Matthews, Fiber Artist

Balancing the precision of laser cutting with the serendipity of silk dyeing, fiber artist Barbara Matthews engages both left and right brain when creating her art. By adhering silk to…
Broadcast Quilt

Spotlight: Brigit Gail Dermott, Modern Quilter

With bold color choices and an eye for geometry, Brigit Gail Dermott is making her mark in the Modern Quilting universe. Many of her designs begin with colorful paper collages…
Pistachio Smiles with lace

Spotlight: Ailish Henderson, Textile Artist

From her large body of collected work, Textile Artist Ailish Henderson shares her art by printing her designs onto fabric and creating scarves and cushion covers - wearable art for…
Flamingo embroidery

Spotlight: Amy Burt, Textile Artist

There's nothing stuffy and old-fashioned about Amy Burt. She is an avid student of traditional methods of embroidery, but designs and teaches modern applications of the art. Her take on…
Red orange yellow and grey quilt

Spotlight: Shelby Skumanich, Quilt Alchemist

With a background in photography and an admiration for the Gee's Bend quilters, Shelby Skumanich mixes her trained compositional eye with the freedom of improvisation. The resulting quilts are striking…
Collection of seven mobiles

Spotlight: Karolina Merska, Pajaki Artist

Artist Karolina Merska takes the traditional Polish folk art of pajaki and transforms bright papers and modern materials into contemporary art mobiles. Karolina's work sparks joy from every angle, introducing…
Line Dance, Tree Ring Patterns. Var. 15

Spotlight: Barbara Schneider, Fiber Artist

Fiber artist Barbara Schneider sees details that most of us overlook in the natural world, then translates what she sees into cloth so that we can see it, too. Her…
Needle felted dog

Spotlight: Emma Herian, Fiber Artist

With creative parents as role models and cheerleaders, as well as a teacher who allowed her to knit on pencils during story time, it's no surprise that fiber artist Emma…
Beaded Dragonfly

Spotlight: Nancy Cain, Bead Artist

Every piece of bead art that Nancy Cain designs is creatively engineered to achieve her vision for a sculptural piece with inherent structure. Math Brain and Art Brain have worked…
Intertwined

Spotlight: Wen Redmond, Mixed Media Artist

Pioneering 21st century processes in the field of fiber art, mixed media artist Wen Redmond combines stitch with digital manipulation of images printed on unusual substrates. The result is ethereal,…

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