Name: Marie Z. Johansen Age: 58 Location: An island in the Great Pacific Northwest USA Profession: County Employee Craft(s) of Choice: quilting, knitting, felting, mixed media art journaling Blog: http://zquilts.blogspot.com I thought that I needed to climb a career ladder in order to be happy and have money. I climbed the ladder but the view [...]
Name: Joey Tan Age: 10 Location: Fair Oaks, CA Profession: Homeschooler – 5th Grade Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, Spinning, Sewing, Felting, Card Weaving, Dyeing Blog: http://www.syrendell.blogspot.com I enjoy spinning yarns, crocheting presents and sewing new fashion out of old clothes. I demo spinning and Tunisian crochet at conferences and workshops along with my mom. I [...]
Name: Libby White Age: 55 Location: Alpharetta, Ga 30004 Profession: microbiologist Craft(s) of Choice: fibers/felting Blog: http://www.fiberartisttoo.blogspot.com I never wanted to learn to felt. I signed up to take a puppet making class from Teesha Moore that turned into a felting class. Since I had paid and all the other classes were full, I stayed. [...]
Name: Dede Huchteman (aka Craft Hippie) Age: 48 Location: Dallas TX currently Profession: Product Manager/Indie Crafter/Artist Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, felting, painting, mixed media, PMC, polymer clay, etching and glasswork on old casement windows, screenprinting, sewing, photography, to mention a few Blog: http://crafthippienews.blogspot.com My mother taught me to knit when I was 5. My aunt [...]
Name: Mary Pattavina Age: 27 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Profession: UNL Graduate Student, CEO of PrettyGoodThings.com Craft(s) of Choice: sewing, hat making, gluing, drawing, painting, felting Blog: www.prettygoodthings.blogspot.com I enjoy creating because of a secret I discovered back in 1988 when I was making faceless dolls out of Elmer’s glue, calico and cotton balls. Of course [...]
