Prudent Baby is giving away two awesome Brother Sewing Machines! The Brother PC-420 PRW Limited Edition Project Runway Sewing Machine and one Limited Edition Project Runway Innov-ís 40 Sewing Machine.
Heather Trimlett Hollow Vessel Class at The Glass Studio
Just a bit of shameless self promotion! This is very exciting bead news stuff. Heather Trimlett is teaching her Hollow Vessel and Beads class at The Glass Studio in May. May 7-8, 2011 to be exact. This is amazing news … Read More...
New from Kreinik: Hot-Wire
Kreinik Thread has come out with a new product: Hot-Wire. The Kreinik blog says,
… Read More...At the TNNA show, one common question was “How does this differ from DMC’s Memory Thread?” To be honest, we haven’t used Memory Thread so
It’s not too late to sign up for Thing A Day!
Thing A Day starts Feb. 1st! There is still time to sign up!
What is Thing A Day?
… Read More...Thing-a-day is a collective creative blog that lives for one month every February. Participants commit to create new things every day and
A Message to Dish Network DC re: Martha Bakes
Dear Dish Network in Washington, DC, Please, please, give us the Hallmark Channel. Not only am I missing Golden Girls and Little House on the Prairie, but I’ve not seen The Martha Stewart Show in months. And I … Read More...
Got Milk? All the Ads and a Cool Site
The Got Milk? campaign, created in 1993 for the California Milk Processor Board is one of the most successful and recognizable ad campaigns ever. Creative Criminals has compiled an almost-complete collection of all the famous-people-with-milk-mustaches Got Milk? ads (… Read More...
Local crafters unite!
Do you buy items in local stores that are from local crafters? I like to. My local pet store had some cute hand sewn catnip mice. They are very cute, can be made from pretty tiny scraps and cats love … Read More...
Newsy: Issue 4 Fat Quarterly
It’s almost here. The Fat Quarterly Issue 4 – Solids eZine is out Thursday Jan 27th. Woo hoo! You can preview some sample pages before committing to buy. It’s $8.00 for a single issue and $28.00 for a one year … Read More...
Art in Fiber exhibit in February
Mary Ann from Bits and Stitches does not want you to miss this upcoming event The Art in Fiber 2011. Opening February 4th, 2011, visit her post for further details.
Millennia adds Kirk & Hamilton designs
Richard Underwood of Millennia Designs announced the addition of Kirk & Hamilton to the kit-maker’s stable of designers. His news release says,
… Read More...New London based design team Kirk & Hamilton have launched a range of funky tapestry kits aimed at
Why Amy Chua is wrong: A father’s perspective
Note: A reader wrote in to ask what we thought of Amy Chua’s assertion in the Wall Street Journal: Why Chinese Mothers are Superior, given our mixed relationship and our target audience. This is our response.
I couldn’t have … Read More...
Are you the next Martha Stewart? Exclusive casting call!
BigFishCasting.com is looking for the next Martha Stewart as the crafty host for a major food chains website. (We can’t disclose who it actually is).
Do you have what it takes to host your own online craft show? Young women … Read More...
Newsy: 4-Patch Fun! Block of the Month
Don’t miss the fun. Benita from Victoriana Quilters is hosting a 4-Patch Fun! Block of the Month (BOM) which will run from January to June 2011. Each block is only available for that particular month. Visit her post to receive … Read More...
Newsy: Fat Quarter Friday tutorials
The crafty talent behind 2 little hooligans just launched a new set of tutorials that focus on using a fat quarter in a sewing project. She’s a busy work at home mom so she promises all projects will be small … Read More...
Newsy: By George! exhibit in New Mexico
The work of George Mendoza – athlete turned FreeSpirit fabric designer – is the theme of a juried quilt exhibit By George! Feb 4 – Feb 26, 2011 in New Mexico. The show is sponsored by the Las Colcheras Quilt … Read More...
Sparkly Red Cake from Kate Spade
Check out this cake video by Kate Spade created for their new Red Collection. Specifically, check out the sparkly sparkleness of the red cake. {spotted on Sweet Tooth: Dessert Meets Design}
Insider news from TNNA
By a stroke of great good luck, CraftGossip had a Secret Snoop on hand at the January trade show of The National NeedleArts Association in Long Beach, CA, USA. Here’s her report:
… Read More...Knitting: The hottest things on 2-or-more sticks continues
Queensland, Australia flood appeal
Note: This, as you may imagine by the title of this post, has nothing to do with what CraftGossip posts regularly. However, we, Shellie and Vikram and our two kids, live in Brisbane, Australia, where there is a rapidly evolving … Read More...
New Products from Bullseye!
I love Bullseye Glass but if you read this blog regularly then you already know that. So when they come out with new goodies to improve our glass lives I get a bit excited. As a lover of opaline glass, … Read More...
60th Anniversary of Corning Museum of Glass
Check out the Corning Museum of Glass’ web site to find out how you can help celebrate the museum’s 60th anniversary. How cool is that? They were established in 1951 and are planning a bunch of events throughout the year … Read More...