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Spotlight: Jen Hewett, Designer and Textile Artist
Jen Hewett is a successful print maker, surface designer and textile artist. She is also an advocate for women of color who enjoy expressing themselves with craft. Knowing that there…
How to Make the Ribbon Star Quilt Block Tutorial
The Ribbon Star Quilt Block is a quick and easy quilt block using half square triangles and squares. It is generally made with three fabrics, two for the ribbons and…
How to Make a Variable Star Quilt Block (Beginner-Friendly Tutorial)
The Variable Star quilt block is a classic with a twist. At first glance, it looks like a traditional star, but with a few simple changes, it can shift from…
How to Make a Quarter Square Triangle Quilt Block (Hourglass Block Tutorial)
The quarter square triangle quilt block, also known as the hourglass block, is a classic design that shows up in everything from traditional quilts to modern layouts. If you’ve ever…
How to Make an Ohio Star Quilt Block (Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial)
The Ohio Star quilt block is one of those timeless designs that feels both classic and fresh every time you make it. With its bold star shape and simple construction,…
Spotlight: Annabel Wrigley, Textile Artist
A common thread in textile artist, designer and author Annabel Wrigley quilt designs is joyful, playful color. This busy mom designs quilts, writes books, publishes patterns, designs fabric and teaches…
Spotlight: David Hastings, Multidisciplinary Designer
With a drive to create, Multidisciplinary Designer and Art Director David Hastings found encouragement from a young age to pursue art and design. Depending on the project, he may sharpen…
Spotlight: Kate McCully, Amigurumi Pattern Designer
From sock monsters to crocheted dolls, Amigurumi Pattern Designer Kate McCully's imagination has always been filled with creative ideas that she then simply had to make with her own hands.…
Spotlight: Yvonne Fuchs, Modern Quilter and Designer
Most people fear rejection. Instead, Modern Quilter and Designer Yvonne Fuchs actively pursues it, pushing her skills to discover her strengths and the processes that best express her vision. The…
Spotlight: Karoline Dahrling Hughes, Sustainable Sewist
Rules? What rules? For sustainable sewist and crafter Karoline Dahrling Hughes, the joy is in the making. Creating is above all a happy pursuit filled with embraceable imperfections that we…
Spotlight: Claire Passmore, Textile Artist
Taking the art quilt to new dimensions - 3 dimensions, textile artist Claire Passmore pushes herself to explore experimental materials and processes to achieve her vision. Claire works spontaneously, but…
Spotlight: Tighe Flanagan, Quilter and Designer
Life takes interesting turns, and a stint teaching in Jordan for the Peace Corps ignited a passion for the geometric grids and patterns of Islamic art, transforming Tighe Flanagan from…
Kumihimo Supplies for Beginners
Kumihimo, an old Japanese braiding technique, looks complicated, but the process is really very easy to learn. Newbies to the craft will have greater success with the right Kumihimo supplies…
Spotlight: Michelle Staub, Pet Embroidery Artist
Pet embroidery artist Michelle Staub starts with photos of much-loved pets and creates realistic embroidered portraits with needle and thread. With her attention to detail and and an eye for…
Spotlight: Mel Beach, Quilt Artist
Mel Beach's next quilt could emerge from a simple roll of the dice. But not just any dice. The quilt artist, teacher and lecturer applies creative instructions to the sides…
Spotlight: Jo Avery, Fiber Artist
Fiber artist Jo Avery began creating with needle and thread as a child when she sewed alongside her big sister. That lit the spark for Jo, and she takes a…
Spotlight: Lindsay Swearingen, Embroidery Artist
Describing her work as whimsical dark humor, embroidery artist and designer Lindsay Swearingen takes cross stitch to a level beyond traditional schoolchild samplers. Designed and stitched with as much precision…
Spotlight: Ellen Rubin, Knitter and Creative Director
Knitting isn’t just fun, it develops neural pathways that lead to physical and mental benefits. That’s what knitter and immunologist Ellen B. Rubin, Luv2Knit & More shop creative director, intuited.…