The Sew Useful Contest, a joint project of Etsy and Instructables just extended their deadline to July 16th, so there’s still plenty of time to get in on the act! Bre and I will be among the judges. Entries must be “useful” as well as posted on Instructables and Etsy. What counts as useful, you […]
Hi Crafters! This Saturday, June 30th is the deadline to enter our Stitch N’ Pitch contest! For those of you who were having problems uploading your photos to Flickr, we now have an option for you to email the photos to nat@craftzine.com with the subject line “Stitch N’ Pitch Contest Entry”. Please still fill out […]
Fiber artists, unite! Knit, crochet, spin, felt, and anything else fiber related you like…even get tips from others on your latest project!! This happens EVERY Tuesday night (Yes that’s tonight!) from 6 to 8pm at the Etsy Labs (325 Gold St. 6th Floor. Brooklyn, SUBWAY: A/C/F to Jay St., B/M/Q/R to DeKalb.) It’s free and […]
Here’s a fun, quick video for the morning. Breakfast cereal Shreddies (UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand) shows how their cereal is really made — from knitting nanas! So cute. Thanks Sam!
CRAFT & MAKE Publisher Dale Dougherty writes: In the Sunday New York Times, I read the article titled “Where the Crafts Babes and D.I.Y. Dudes Are.” This Sunday Styles article, was about the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn but the author sadly made a choice to let her snide opinions get in the way of […]
This past weekend at FOO Camp at the O’Reilly offices, Arwen and I helped people refashion their own t-shirts. I worked closely with 11 year old Claire to help her sew up a t-shirt tote complete with tiny apple embroidery trim. Arwen made her own FOO camp undies and we had a host crafty folks […]
I love the site MY MY and now it is also a small boutique in Pennsylvania! Owner Taryn Hipp decided to celebrate MY MY’s 3rd birthday by opening up shop at 15 Byberry Road in Hatboro, PA. The small shop features handmade clothing, jewelry, fanzines, purses & more by over 100 indie crafters, artists & […]
