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What I Wish I Knew Before I Ever Picked Up a Paintbrush

There's something so satisfying when I get to see one of my students have a “lightbulb moment” about their watercolor practice. These little epiphanies have been scattered along my own... View Content

What I Wish I'd Known When I Started Sewing

Picture an electric blue polyester-satin tube dress with spaghetti straps and a beaded appliqué — on a seven-year-old. That was my first sewing project, and it was not a costume!... View Content

How Basil Helps Me Cope With the Loss of My Grandfather

When I’m missing my grandfather a little more than usual, I have a quick fix that brings him back to me almost immediately: I go to the nearest grocery store... View Content

Quilting Advice From a Seasoned Pro: Latifah Saafir Shares Her Best Beginner Secrets

If you're a beginner quilter, terms like bias tape appliqué and curved piecing can sound mighty intimidating. But they don't have to be! Quilting pro Latifah Saafir — who teaches... View Content

After an Injury, Crochet Brought This Maker Back to Life

I stared down at my crochet hook in disbelief. The tool I’d used since I was a teenager suddenly felt so foreign to me. I couldn’t remember how to hold... View Content

Knit + Crochet Makers Morgan Woltersdorf and Vincent Green-Hite Share Secrets for Launching a Craft Business

Knit vs. crochet is often a hot debate among fiber fanatics. It also just so happens to be the theme of our exclusive Knit Meets Knot series, where two yarn-thusiasts... View Content

Multi-Crafter Vanessa Vargas Wilson Proves You Can Learn a New Craft at Any Age

It’s never too late to start a new craft. Just ask Vanessa Vargas Wilson (aka The Crafty Gemini), who not only teaches sewing in Sew Little: Nursery Design, but also... View Content

I Battled Breast Cancer 5 Times — and Baking Helped Me Stay Strong

It was 1992, just two months after I turned 30, when I felt it: a lump. I had noticed a soreness in my chest before, but chalked it up to... View Content

Pattern Drafting Demystified: Sewing Pro Suzy Furrer Says It’s Easier Than You Think

If you’re a home sewist, patternmaking (also called pattern drafting) might feel like a distant set of skills you’re not yet ready to tackle. But it’s actually closer than you... View Content

Sewing Advice From Pros Who Know: Mimi G and Norris Dánta Ford

We dare you to watch He Sewed She Sewed — our hit series featuring Mimi G and Norris Dánta Ford — and not be inspired to make your own clothes.... View Content

Muralist Wyland Paints to Save the Seas

Photo by Gary Firstenberg Most of us will never see a whale up close — but Robert Wyland's monumental murals of marine life may be the next best thing. Through... View Content

Meet Griffon Ramsey, Chainsaw Artist and Believer in Magic

Photo by Tremendous! Entertainment Her Instagram feed is a wall of wood, tattoos, carvings and the occasional bloody finger. Her Twitter bio reads: Chainsaw artist seeking a life of travel,... View Content

It Starts With a Seed: Talking With Lauri Kranz

Photo by Yoshihiro Makino Black thumb? Think again. Edible landscape designer Lauri Kranz believes you can and should plant a veggie garden, stat. An educator and author (watch for her... View Content

Real Talk From Kristy Glass: 'If I Couldn't Knit, I Might Lose It'

As a super busy mother of three, I often feel like I have to justify the time I spend knitting. There are so many demands on my time, it sometimes... View Content

Fine Art Photographer Brooke Shaden Discuses Finding Beauty in Shadows

Photo by Tremendous! Entertainment You could say that fine art photographer Brooke Shaden is living the dream, literally. Her images — often self-portraits — have a dreamlike quality that's gorgeous,... View Content

Coming Back to Ballet at Age 36

Photo by Brooke Kosofsky Glassberg Team sports: no thanks. The gym: groan. Yoga: closer, but not quite. Ballet has always been My Thing. I started in kindergarten and didn’t ease... View Content

Artist Tiffanie Turner on Why Paper Flowers Deserve Your Love

Photo by Tremendous! Entertainment Paper flowers are big. REALLY big, if you're talking with Tiffanie Turner. The artist, author, workshop instructor and subject of our series Spark has captured the... View Content

Be Good, Do Good: A Chat With Kirsten Potenza

Photo by Tremendous! Entertainment POUND has been described as "the world's first cardio jam session inspired by the infectious, energizing and sweat-dripping fun of playing the drums." So you might... View Content

The Secret to Adrian Younge's Success: All Confidence, All the Time

Photo by Tremendous! Entertainment Producer Adrian Younge lives his passion every hour of the day, and if it were up to him, you would too. The man behind this season's... View Content

I Picked Up a Paintbrush — And Changed Everything

In 2013, an evening spent playing with art supplies changed the course of my life. I was recently divorced, recovering from four years of surgeries and a long hospital stay... View Content

From Hobbyist to Pro: How a Woman Turned Creative Passion to Business

Photo by Samantha Stenson Anna Von Rosenstiel, the owner of Portland’s beloved Carter & Rose, has always had a creative streak. As a child, she’d spend hours playing with scrap... View Content

Finding Knitting Nirvana at Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival

For many knitters, myself included, the New York Sheep and Wool festival (lovingly referred to as Rhinebeck) is the stuff of dreams: for one glorious weekend, knitters gather in upstate... View Content

How “Me Time” Broke My Back and Forced Me to Find Balance

What do you do with your "me time" when your creative energy is zapped? If you’re a total hobby-head like me, you fill that time with hobbies that don’t require... View Content

My First Quilt Literally Put Me in the Emergency Room

This is a story of firsts: my first quilt, my first boyfriend and my first trip to the emergency room. (OK, technically my fourth trip, but who's counting?) I was... View Content