10 Holiday Crafts That Don’t Involve Glitter

Glitter! It’s the holiday help-all that keeps on giving — on your clothes, furniture, even eyebrows — long after you have completed the crafting task at hand. While the ever-present…

Learn Sewing with These 5 Tips for Beginner Sewers

I learned how to sew on an aqua 1960s Singer sewing machine, and I really love those sturdy, simple mechanical machines – they are especially great for complete beginners! But…

Windy Chien on Pricing and Selling Handmade Goods

Artist and maker Windy Chien has never been one to follow a typical life path. She happily admits that she’s probably had three or four lives before going out on…

5 Clever Ways to Upcycle Vinyl Records

There's a record store near my house that has an insane Record Store Day sale, plus a Vinyl Saturday once a month. The shop usually has a few bins of…

6 Quilters to Follow on Instagram

Quilting is an intensely visual medium, which is why it's unusual that more quilters haven't taken a shine to Instagram, a social media platform that's entirely devoted to sharing images…