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Spotlight: Tatiana Sarasa, Visual Artist
Tatiana Sarasa's art connects her with the earth. That connection gives her so much satisfaction that she promotes the connection through her own work and by providing a collaborative workspace…
Spotlight: Sarah Lovett, Artist and Psychic
If you happen to find yourself anywhere near Sarah Lovett's art, you can't miss it! Her giant puppets are large, colorful, glowing and powered by humans collaborating their movements in…
Spotlight: Donna Lee Dowdney, Fabric Artist
Bringing as much meticulous attention to her work as an artist as she brought to her technical career, Donna Lee Dowdney creates nature-inspired visual art with fabric and mixed media.…
The Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts
From conception to execution to exhibition, students at the Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts stretch their creative reach to find their own voices and expand their skills by experimenting…
Spotlight: Kate Colleran, Quilt Pattern Designer
Kate Colleran's "hobby business" has blossomed into a full-time enterprise designing quilts, quilting tools and classes. Her complex-looking patterns are surprisingly easy to construct using the tools and techniques she…
Spotlight: Katie Pasquini Masopust, Quilt Artist
Art quilt pioneer Katie Pasquini Masopust is always on the hunt for her next challenging series of work. And when she finds it, she perfects it, then shares her colorful…
Spotlight: Silke Cliatt, Fiber Artist
It's never too late to start something new, and those things you loved to do as a child re-emerge later as a foundation for future creative work. That's what Silke…
Spotlight: Candyce Copp Grisham, Fiber Artist
Candyce Copp Grisham has taken the classic Dresden quilt block and transformed it into a bright, cheery and versatile design element. She is enthusiastic about her discoveries and shares them…
Spotlight: Paula Nadelstern, Quilt Artist
Who would have thought that someone who makes the intricate kaleidoscopic designs that Paula Nadelstern creates in fabric is a self-taught quilter? How fortunate for us that she did not…
Spotlight: Lucy Levenson, Folk Art Designer
Her brave use of color when combining fabric, stitch and paint sets Lucy Levenson apart from the crowd. With intricate details, her fanciful work invites an up close and personal…
Spotlight: Timna Tarr, Quilt Designer and Artist
One of Timna Tarr's quilts might use hundreds of fabrics to achieve the color variation and visual texture her work is known for. That doesn't sound like a recipe for…
Spotlight: Lizzy Dabczynski-Bean, Stitcher
This is not your grandmother's cross stitch. Lizzy Dabczynski-Bean began with admiring the work of her grandmother and great-grandmother. Lizzy gives it all a new twist with contemporary patterns depicting…
Spotlight: Mariana Murabito, Textile Artist
In her journey from web and graphic design to weaving, Mariana Murabito discovered the joy of creating images by hand with warp and weft on the island of Mallorca. She…
Spotlight: Amanda Murphy, Quilt Designer
Try to keep up! Amanda Murphy designs fabric for Benartex, creates quilt patterns, writes books on quilting, creates her own line of quilting rulers and teaches workshops at BERNINA dealerships.…
Spotlight: Laura Lee Ullrich, Bead Artist
Who knew that a self-taught bead artist could create such intricate work? With no beading classes nearby, Laura Lee Ullrich picked a project she loved from a magazine and has…
Quick Beaded Gifts
If you have beads and some basic tools, you can be ready with a unique and personal beaded gifts in minutes. I made all of these projects with beginner-level beading…
Dad’s Heart, My Art
We often relegate dads to the back seat when we talk about our early creative influences. “Mom taught me to ______ (insert sew, knit, cook, etc. here).” And she did,…
How to Make Tubular Herringbone Beaded Jewelry
Tubular Herringbone (sometimes called Ndebele) stitch creates sinuous beaded ropes that await your creativity to design bracelets, necklaces and more. It can be a fussy stitch to get started, but…