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How to Make a Button Band for Face Masks
A button band helps make a face mask with elastic straps more comfortable. The elastic loops around buttons sewn on the band, instead of tugging around your ears. Don't know…
Spotlight: Christine Mayer, Fashion Designer
Fashion upcycling pioneer Christine Mayer takes garments and textiles that have a history of use and transforms them into sought-after clothing designs.
Spotlight: Jennifer Sampou, Fabric Designer
There are fabrics that scream "look at me, but just for a season", and there are fabrics that the fiber artist uses as a palette to create lasting work that…
Spotlight: Betty Busby, Fiber Artist
Always open to the new-and-what-if possibilities, Betty Busby creates fiber art using technological innovations and unconventional materials to create work with inviting texture
Spotlight: Margot Lovinger, Artist
Combining her fine art training with her love of textiles, Margot Lovinger creates figurative fiber art with layers that evoke the subtle translucency of Old Masters' paintings. With careful planning…
Spotlight: Norman Schwarze, Knit Designer
Norman Schwarze has been knitting since the age of 6 and hopes to spread the yarn-joy through his Nimble-Needles blog where he shares tutorials and patterns for knitters at all…
Spotlight: Bianca Spizzirri, Fiber Artist
Bianca Spizzirri designs block-printed fabric providing earth-friendly materials that inspire quilters, crafters and sewists to make their own creations. Using repurposed fabric and her original printing blocks, she transforms trash…
Spotlight: Sue Beevers, Fabric and Quilt Designer
While most people are content with just one or two creative pursuits, a few people seem to create nonstop. Sue Beevers doesn't think it's unusual that she quilts, spins, weaves,…
How to Make a Field Notes & Passport Wallet
With the Field Notes & Passport Wallet, I can slip my passport, driver's license, a couple of credit cards and some cash to lighten my load.
How to Make Blossom Bins
I've designed the Blossom Bin pattern in three sizes - from tiny to medium and large. These Blossom Bins are made with Kraft-Tex.
Spotlight: Lynne Curran, Tapestry Weaver
From her Tuscany studio, Lynne Curran weaves tapestries that mix traditional techniques with her own stylized imagery. She passes along her knowledge and passion to students who both live in…
Spotlight: Paula Kovarik, Textile Artist
Using thread as her drawn line, Paula Kovarik connects the elements of her work with pathways that meander, while leading the viewer on a journey that begs for a closer…
Spotlight: Cas Holmes, Textile Artist
To explore Cas Holmes' work, you have to engage with layers - layers of fabric, paper, paint, ephemera and stitch that bring the often overlooked to the front of mind.
The Art of Mending: Boro Stitching and Visible Mending
There is a resurgence in popularity in the art of mending. Before the age of disposable fashion, our grandmother's bought good clothes and mended them.
Everything You Want to Know About Working With Kraft-Tex
Kraft-Tex is a rugged paper that looks, feels and wears like leather, but cuts, sews and washes like fabric. It is supple and lightweight, yet strong enough to use for…
How to Make a Pleated Face Mask
I never thought that I would be writing a post about how to make a pleated face mask on Create Whimsy. This is a place to share inspiration and projects…
Spotlight: Phyllis Cullen, Art Quilter
From her paradise in Hawaii, Phyllis Cullen gathers color and inspiration from the rainforest to the ocean. The resulting art quilts are vibrant and tell stories both simple and complex.
How to Make a Fitted Face Mask
Who would have thought that we'd be in this situation where we need patterns and instructions on how to make our own face masks? We've tested some patterns, read a…