Quick, set your tivo and tune on in — Craft Lab premieres today on the DIY network! Here’s the schedule of upcoming shows — it’s on every weekday, with a different cool craft project featured daily… from recycled papermaking to cake decor like you’ve never seen before. I heart Craft Lab Craft Lab’s host, the…
I love getting the chance to write my West Coast Crafty column once a month for getcrafty… but I realized I’d really like to update the older entries with new details, plus mix in a few more fun posts here and there as I come across people and projects to spotlight! So here is the…
New Embroidery: Not Your Grandma’s Doily, a show of unconventional and modern feminist needlework, opens at Contemporary Crafts Museum in Portland, Oregon on September 22. Twenty-one artists will exhibit their work, and one community-created piece will be spotlighted in the North Window: Stitch-O-Rama, a vintage tablecloth that’s made the rounds at crafty events all summer…
Faythe Levine and Micaela O’Herlihy are filming crafters at fairs, shows, and events coast to coast for their Indie Craft Documentary project. I crossed paths with them when I was selling at Renegade Craft Fair Brooklyn with PDX Super Crafty and got to do a quick interview about our book and everything else we’ve been…
Summer is the perfect time of year to throw a crafty party! Invite a few friends to bring their projects-in-progress over to your backyard (or meet at a neighborhood park), and serve something cool and delicious, picnic-style. Here are a few of my favorite drink recipes and some suggestions for cool summer-friendly stuff to make….
New York craftista Linda Permann has turned her love of sewing and crochet into a pretty amazing day job–a career in magazine publishing! As the founding craft editor of new DIY quarterly mag Adorn, she dreams up features, designs and makes projects, posts blog entries, and scouts out new designers to cover. I recently got…
Does your city have a cool craft fair — or just desperately need one? Spring is a great time to get started selling your wares, or launch a brand-new sale! I talked to Torie and Cathy of Portland’s Crafty Wonderland, which just premiered in April, and Jenny and Hazel of LA’s Felt Club, which kicks…
If you’ve stopped by your neighborhood bookstore lately, you’ve probably spotted a shelf full of cool new craft books covering everything from t-shirt surgery and naughty needlework to cleverly repurposing everyday objects with glue guns, power tools, and everything in between. Spring is the perfect time to get crafty with inspiring titles like these! I’ve…
Getting together with crafty friends to hang out and work on your sewing, screenprinting, knitting, or crochet is so much fun! I talked to Kelly, Betsy, and Fiona about their amazing Tuesday night knitting group, which has been going strong every week for three years now—they even plan crafty vacations together. I added some tips…
I love traveling almost as much as I love crafting, but I’ve learned the hard way that the two don’t always mix! I’ve dropped seed beads all over the car floor, had a marker malfunction leak ink everywhere on a long flight, and lost my half-finished project somewhere along the way. But if you bring…
Want to learn a brand-new crafty skill as one of your resolutions for 2006? Take a fun class and you’ll be crocheting, printmaking or even making your own shoes by Valentine’s Day! I’ve listed some of the best places to get your craft on worldwide, but I’d love to include your favorites, too, just comment…
To celebrate the release of our new book Super Crafty, my craft collective hosted a few shrink art parties in Portland and Seattle! Read on for all the details of how to make your own cool jewels! If you haven’t tried the magic of shrink art since you were a kid, what are you waiting…