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How to Make a Leather Wrapped Rope Handle for a Bag
A leather-wrapped rope handle is the kind of detail that instantly elevates a handmade bag from simple to striking. It combines strength and softness, structure and style, giving your tote…
Spotlight: Stacey aka Curious Sleuth
Stacey is a craftivist, story-threader, yarn graffitist, and digital artist. She is an avid crocheter and her subversive hook opposes conventional fibre handcrafting traditions as a catalyst for craftivism, dialogue, and healing.…
Spotlight: Tilleke Schwarz, Textile Artist
Embroidery artist Tilleke Schwarz has been stitching stories for decades, blending traditional sampler techniques with pop culture, poetry, and unexpected humor. Raised in the Netherlands with plenty of creative freedom,…
Spotlight: Rosanna Lynne Welter, Quilt Artist
Rosanna Lynne Welter’s path to fiber art began with fabric shopping trips alongside her mother and grew into a full-blown love affair with ink, thread, and fearless experimentation. In this…
Spotlight: Susan Martin Maffei, Fiber Artist
Susan Martin Maffei weaves stories the way some people keep journals, slowly, thoughtfully, and with layers of memory stitched into every thread. Her path into tapestry has been guided by…
Spotlight: Polly Bech, Art Quilter
Polly Bech’s creative life is rooted in nature, curiosity, and the quiet power of making by hand. From spiral hand quilting to solar-printed fabrics and earth-toned palettes, she shares how…
Spotlight: Larysa Bernhart, Textile Artist
Step inside the richly layered world of Larysa Bernhardt, where vintage textiles, memory, and intuition intertwine into deeply personal storytelling. From Ukrainian summers at her grandmother’s house to a porch…
Spotlight: Salma Arastu, Multidisciplinary Visual Artist
In this soulful conversation, Salma Arastu shares how growing up in Rajasthan planted the seeds of oneness that now flow through her paintings, poetry, and material choices. She reflects on…
Spotlight: Margaret Grottenthaler, Textile Artist
Margaret Grottenthaler creates quilts that are playful, thoughtful, and refreshingly free-spirited. In this interview, she talks about her path from corporate law to full-time textile artist, her love of colour…
Spotlight: Debra Weiss, Fiber Artist
Debra Weiss has followed a lifelong pull to make with her hands. In this interview, she shares how confidence, curiosity, and a deep love of process have shaped her quiet,…
Spotlight: Nancy Dobson, Textile Artist
Textile artist Nancy Dobson shares how a lifelong love of fabric, nature, and playful experimentation shaped her creative path. From desert hikes and surface design to spontaneous problem-solving in the…
Spotlight: Sue O’Very, Serger Coach
From hand-stitched Barbie clothes to building a serger-loving community, Sue O’Very, known in the sewing world as Sookie Sews, has always believed there’s no such thing as doing it “wrong.”…
Spotlight: Carla Stehr, Fiber Artist
Carla Stehr’s creative path winds from tide pools and microscopes to fabric and thread. In this interview, she shares how a career in marine biology shaped her eye for detail…
Spotlight: Helen Geglio, Fiber Artist
Helen Geglio stitches together from memory, meaning, and a deep respect for the hands that came before her. In this interview, she shares how teaching, research, slow stitching, and repurposed…
Spotlight: Angee Turner, Modern Quilter
Angee Turner grew up with fabric under her fingertips and a sewing machine always nearby. Quilting found her when she was chasing connection, color, and creativity. In this interview, she…
Spotlight: Fenella Davies, Textile Artist
Fenella Davies is a hand-stitching storyteller, drawing on history, memory, and the quiet traces people leave behind. Working entirely by hand with aged and altered cloth, her process is intuitive,…
Spotlight: Michelle Freedman, Quilt Designer and Fiber Artist
Michelle Freedman began her creative path with early sewing, which led her to fashion and theater, including years as an outerwear designer for major brands. Today, she’s a quilt designer,…
Spotlight: Nikki May, Artist and Designer
Nikki May has always followed her curiosity, whether that meant diving into ceramics as a kid, building a decade-long corporate design career, or trading cubicles for life on the road…