Name: Jill Smith-Mott Age: 36 Location: outside of Austin, TX Profession: teacher, writer Craft(s) of Choice: KNITTING, spinning, quilting Blog: winstonandchloe.wordpress.com I knit, spin, crochet, quilt. Sometimes I feel like I should have been born 200 years ago. There is something about using my hands to make the things I need (or want, in the [...]
Name: mixtapezine (justine telfer & nichola prested) Age: 35 and 30 Location: Melbourne, Australia Profession: Crafty Ladies and Mums Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, Quilting, Knitting Blog: www.mixtapezine.com, www.62cherry.blogspot.com, www.nikkishell.com We like to create each and everyday. We have young children and we like to strip things back to the basics. We met online a few [...]
Name: Kate Richbourg Age: 43 Location: San Carlos, Ca Profession: Jewelry Designer Craft(s) of Choice: Jewelrymaking, Metalworking, knitting, fiber arts, quilting Blog: http://www.beaducation.com My earliest crafting memory is rooted in a box of costume jewelry that lived in a hall closet when I was a kid. My grandmother LOVED jewelry and took every opportunity to [...]
Name: Kathy McElroy Age: 56 Location: Fayetteville, TN Profession: Stay at home crafter Craft(s) of Choice: A little bit of everything. Blog: http://kathymcelroy.typepad.com I have always loved crafting. I quit work as a book store manager to be a stay at home Mom back in the 70’s. My husband was a Engineering Co-Op student at [...]
Name: Kay Lynn Odle-Moore Age: 52 Location: Tok, Alaska (about 90 miles from the Yukon Territory, Canada; Interior Alaska with ranges in temperature from 80′s in the summer to -70 degrees F. in the winter – closest large city with supplies – Fairbanks, AK – 210 miles away) Profession: Interpretive Park Ranger for Tetlin National [...]
Name: Krysten G Age: 24 Location: Colorado Profession: College studen Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, Embroidery, Quilting, Jewlery, Drawing, Painting, Scrapbooking Blog: http://littledevil-666.blogspot.com/ My Grandmother taught me to knit and crochet when I was 10 as another craft to try. I was always a crafty child and loved to try new things and she [...]
Name: Lara Geach Age: 38 Location: Perth, Western Australia Profession: Full-time mum and creative soul! Craft(s) of Choice: Painting, mixed media, crochet, sewing, knitting, quilting/patchwork Blog: www.larageach.blogspot.com I’ve always enjoyed making ‘stuff’ since I was very young – teddy bears, dolls clothes, you name it. I enjoyed art right up to the age of 16 [...]
Name: “Upstatelisa” aka Lisa Filion Age: 46 Location: upstate NY (Queensbury) Profession: SAHM, Landlord, Jack of all trades, a speech-languate pathologist in my former life Craft(s) of Choice: first passion is quilting but I sew, knit, scrap, stamp….. Blog: http://www.upstatelisa.blogspot.com When I was 13, my paternal grandmother gave me $100 (which was a lot of money [...]
Name: Lorna Collins Age: 37 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana Profession: I did work in the shipping department of a factory, but since a bad car accident, I’ve been off on disability. Probably won’t go back to that job. Craft(s) of Choice: Many. Knitting, rubberstamping, photography, cardmaking & scrapbooking, some needlework, latch hook, plastic canvas, beading, [...]
Name: Lou Pennisi Age: 36 Location: Yarraville, Victoria, Australia Profession: struggling Artist/Designer (also work in retail 2 days a week!) Craft of choice: quilting,Sewing,painting,card design,photography,drawing,mosaics…the list goes on.. Blog: www.queenloube.blogspot.com When i was a child I was always fascinated by my grandmothers sewing machine.I liked the noises it made and the things it created. I [...]
