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Spotlight: Sue Burley, Textile Artist
Finding her creative path with a focus on issues that affect people's everyday lives, Sue Burley uses textiles to give form to her ideas. One piece inspires the next -…
Spotlight: Mary Vaneecke, Fiber Artist
Mary Vaneecke is a fiber artist with a passion for social issues and making a difference with her work. From small art quilts to curating a huge installation of 23,000…
Art Cloth Network: Celebrating 20 Years
Art Cloth is cloth transformed by adding or subtracting color, line, shape, texture, value, or fiber to create a compelling surface. This is the Art Cloth Network's definition. Art Cloth Network…
How to Print on Fabric with Rubber Stamps Tutorial
Make your own fabric designs by using a stamp on fabric with textile paints. You can use any type of stamp -- either purchased or one you make yourself. Here…
Letters Home: A Crate and a Gate
The central focus in this quilt is a large crate. Our Mother tells the story of their sea shipment arriving in a large wooden crate, the excitement of having a…
Spotlight: Patricia Mosca, Artist and Writer
Painting intuitively, Patricia Mosca, of Rochester, New York, lets color speak to her and guide the layers she builds with whatever tools manipulate the paint to her satisfaction. An adventurer…
Spotlight: Melinda Hutton, Recycled Jewelry Artist
Loving the improvisation of finding ways to make disparate elements work together to become a cohesive whole, Melinda Hutton has found her happy place with Closures-Remnants. She combines old buttons…
DIY Mouse Pad
The makeshift mouse pad on my desk, which had evolved from a large folded piece of tissue paper, looked more than a bit pathetic. It slid about on my glass-topped…
How to Make a Garment Bag: Free DIY Sewing Pattern
Pick your own fabrics to personalize your own garment bag. We are all doing more road trips, and I find being able to pull together my hanging clothes and put…
Creative Things To Do In and Around Philadelphia
Many things do to in Philadelphia will always have to do with Revolutionary War history but there are plenty of other creative and fun activities and experiences that call this…
Creative Things To Do In and Around Tampa
Located on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Tampa, Florida, is a vacation destination filled with museums, family-friendly activities, flea markets, restaurants and famous attractions. Explore the Tampa Riverwalk past scenic parks, hotels and restaurants, soak up the famous Florida sunshine on…
Spotlight: Jill Jensen, Fiber and Mixed Media Artist
From engineer to artist, Jill Jensen's work has evolved to adapt to lifestyle changes as well as to satisfy her natural curiosity. She combines the strong graphic quality of printmaking…
Spotlight: Christine Ricks & Amy Ellis, Curated Quilts
What happens when two quilters start meeting for lunch? For Christine Ricks and Amy Ellis, they launch Curated Quilts, a quarterly quilt show you can hold in your hands. The…
Creative Things To Do In and Around San Antonio
The Alamo City is primarily known for, well, the Alamo. It’s also home to SeaWorld, Six Flags, and the River Walk, but that’s only a start! Think of San Antonio…
How to Make a Face Mask from a Template
As long as we need to wear face masks, I like to have a deep inventory. I need fresh ones - doing laundry is not my favorite quarantine activity when…
Spotlight Barbara O’Steen: Fiber Artist
Barbara O'Steen's art career has spanned many years and many obstacles that would have kept a lesser woman down. Through gender barriers, supporting a young family as a widow and…
Creative Things To Do In and Around Los Angeles
So many creative things to do in and around Los Angeles! From great art museums, to museums in entertainment and fashion, you'll find a lot to do!
Spotlight: Tara Axford, Mixed Media Artist
When Australian mixed-media artist Tara Axford discovered she could bring printmaking into her home studio with adapted equipment, it changed her creative life. It opened up the possibilities of using…