Name: Angie Stump McKibben Age: 44 Location: Ohio, USA Profession: Graphic Artist on Hiatus Craft(s) of Choice: Cut Paper Collage, Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, Painting, Etc. Blog: http://stumptious.wordpress.com I grew up with artists and crafters on both sides of my family, so creativity was always going to be encouraged in my life. One of my earliest [...]
Name: Beverly Army Williams Age: 39 Location: Granby, CT Profession: College freshman composition professor and fiction writer Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, spinning, weaving, embroidery, crochet Blog: http://www.wbnm.typepad.com My Gram was an avid stitcher. She and her four sisters loved to crochet, although only one of them could read a pattern. Aunt Franny [...]
Name: Christine Blystone Age: 26 Location: Portland, Oregon Profession: Web Editor at an Alt. Weekly Newspaper Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing & Embroidery Blog: http://flappergirlcreations.wordpress.com My first memory of sewing is from when I was around eight years old. My best friend and I were really into troll dolls, and we decided we were going to [...]
Name: Christine Hmiel Age: 24 Location: Albany, NY Profession: I just finished my Masters degree and now work at a nonprofit organization. Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, crochet, embroidery, block print… anything new I can learn! Oh and baking too! Blog: Unspeakable Visions Growing up, my mom encouraged creativity at every turn– craft-themed birthday parties, homemade [...]
Name: Claudia Dunitz Age: 55 Location: Santa Fe, NM Profession: Maker (of Natural Skin Care Products and Graphic Design) Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Freeform Crochet, Art Quilting, Baking, Mosaics, Beading, Sewing, Embroidery, Surface Design, Painting, Printing, Fusing, Burning, Yikes – I can go on and on! Blog: http://www.healmyhands.typepad.com I don’t think there was a time [...]
Name: Claudia Remijio Age: 33 Location: Santa Ana CA Profession: Work in the women’s shoe industry Craft(s) of Choice: Embroidery, some half assed knitting, learning to sew correctly, dying to learn how to crochet so i can do amuriguri Blog: http://craftpig.blogspot.com My mom gave me 3 things in life that I thank her for every [...]
Name: Curln Reed Sullivan Age: Location: austin Profession: artist/writer Craft(s) of Choice: botanical character studies, illustration, cermaics, collage, embroidery Blog: http://www.curlinreedsullivan.com/blog one day, while photographing my new flowergal embroidery kit, my son brought a praying mantis into my studio to serve as model and spokesbug for my art. (see picture!)
Name: Diana Gonzalez Age: 32 Location: Brooklyn, NY Profession: Work at home Mother, baby wrangler, crafter Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, crocheting, paper crafting, mixed media collage, altered art, embroidery Blog: http://www.confessionsofacraftaholic.blogspot.com I started making art and working with paper and such, some time ago, around the time I met my husband. I had a hard [...]
Name: Elizabeth Kalka Age: (cough) 41 Location: San Antonio Texas Profession : Etsy Shop Owner and WAHM of 4 boys Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet & Cross Stitch Blog: http://www.lavenderlizard.blogspot.com Every Christmas since my oldest son (now 12) was born, I have made ornaments for each of my boys. Usually they have been cross-stitched, but [...]
Name: Elizabeth Lay Age: prime Location: Orlean, VA Profession: Textile Artist Craft(s) of Choice: needlepoint Blog: http://www.orleanfinetapestry.com My mother taught me to needlepoint when I was about 10 years old. She had already taught me to knit but there was something about needlepoint; it was like coloring with both hands. I fell in love immediately. [...]
