Fifteen years ago Liesl Gibson began to suspect the sewing industry might have a problem. She wanted to make something for her 2-year-old niece to wear, but she couldn’t find many patterns that she liked. “I picked out a dress pattern for her that I thought would be cute,” she recalls. “But it didn’t fit [...]

Spring has sprung, but don’t feel torn between your interior creative workspace and enjoying the flora and fauna of the season. Rip off your parka and run with abandon into that meadow of wild flowers: here’s a roundup of projects that are sure to melt together your crafty impulses and your enjoyment of all things [...]

Dan Perkins already had the perfect guitar: an ’80s-reissue Fender Telecaster in a faded-out gold-sparkle finish. Now he needed the perfect guitar strap: something to indicate that the prized instrument he’d be wearing across his body wasn’t just for producing sounds, but also for communicating his entire aesthetic. He needed something sharp enough to have [...]

Hello Craft and welcome to the trials and tribulations of a crafter new to business. Shall we learn together?
After being relatively crafty all my life, I recently decided that I wanted to make a living out of it and hawk my wares. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Make something, be creative, offer it to the world [...]