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Spotlight: Karen Meador, Jewelry Artist
Karen Meador designs gorgeous jewelry combining wirework, metal folding, cabochons and enamel. She blends techniques in creative ways to make color and texture sing. How did you get started making…
Spotlight: Sandy Peterson, Quilter with Compassion
Sandy Peterson has a sewing and quilting journey that has led her along a creative fiber path. From sewing for dolls (a gateway activity for many) to sewing clothing with…
DIY Valentine Fabric Postcards
Show your love by making your own Valentine Fabric Postcards! Fabric postcards are little pieces of art that the recipients can display and enjoy, and they are so fun to…
Decorating with Old Books
Got Books…Use 'em! Decorating with books organizes books for projects you may be working on and most importantly make books accessible to the children in your life. Even in our…
Spotlight: Melissa Evans, Seamstress and Garment Maker
Melissa Evans is a seamstress and garment maker who creates handcrafted clothing and shares how she does it. She creates to satisfy her desires for color, style, originality and quality.…
DIY Reversible Snap On Dog Scarf
Lucy is ready and fabulous for Valentine's Day in her reversible snap on dog scarf! She sports her bandanas for most holidays (and other days), but they get dirty and…
Make A Snap Closure Case
This snap closure case can be used for your jewelry when you are traveling, or keeping any little things safe. I found the pattern in the book "Sew-It-Yourself Home Accessories"…
Digital Marketing 101 for Makers
Digital Marketing. You know you need to do it, but it is all so overwhelming. So many articles, tips and tricks and things that you really would rather not have…
Spotlight: Kathy Roehrer, Card Maker and Creator
Kathy Roehrer is a card maker and creator who loves to try new techniques and materials to customize her cards and make them extra personal. Let’s see what inspires Kathy’s…
Making Quilts for the 70,273 Project at Marbridge
The project acknowledges the 70,273 people with disabilities whose lives didn't matter to the Nazis and were sent to the gas chambers. Being a sister to an amazing Down's syndrome…
Spotlight: Daniela Gutierrez, DG Patterns
Daniela Gutierrez, owner and designer of DG Patterns, creates unique and modern sewing patterns primarily for women, but has a few for some awesome kids clothes, too. She follows her…
Celtic Appliqué Throw Pillow
Begun in a class with Nancy Lee Chong, this appliqué lesson became a Celtic Appliqué Throw Pillow. Bias strips, stitched with needleturn appliqué, became an intricate design with Nancy's pattern…
Super Makoplasti-Girl Doll
Last summer I had a total hip replacement due to a too-close encounter with our large (92 pound!) Lab mix. He meant well - I think he was genuinely trying…
Spotlight: Katie Vernon, Illustrator and Author
Katie Vernon has her new book, Make Art Every Day, that will jumpstart your creativity with guidance on new techniques to try. You'll discover new ways to visualize your creative…
Spotlight: Gianna King, Maker of Mandala Dolls
Gianna King, maker of Mandala Dolls gives each of her creations a unique and wonderful personality. She incorporates mandalas that she creates into the designs of her dolls and brings…
Spotlight: Jeanne Hewell-Chambers, Quilter
The 70,273 Project quilts create a moving display. Jeanne Hewell-Chambers created a project with many contributors. The quilts remind us of a dark time in history when people were perceived…
Spotlight: Kristi Leduc, Art Quilter
Meet Kristi Leduc, an art quilter whose textile journey may seem familiar to many fiber artists. Designing and sewing for childhood dolls grew into designing clothing for herself. Then she…
Spotlight: Diane Roubal, Up for the Challenge
Diane Roubal, Up for the Challenge artist, is an uber-experienced seamstress and quilt maker with hundreds of projects in her portfolio. To spice up her quilting life, she enters challenges…