Raeburn Ink is based in western Massachusetts and run by Jennifer Cooke and has been around since 1999, but seems to have really only graced the indie craft fair circuit with it’s glory a couple years ago. Cooke’s designs – inspired by everything from indian textiles to security envelopes are detailed drawings, hand printed on [...]

The squeal heard round the jury-room for Jennifer Strunge’s Cotton Monsters explains why they sell out so quickly in her etsy shop whenever she does an update. The Baltimore seamstress works without patterns to create each and every colorful little beast, and uses almost exclusively recycled materials (except the stuffing, which she buys new). Strunge [...]

Kathy Fahey‘s dedication to promoting the Baltimore folk music scene (by way of hand printed posters, t-shirts & album covers, as well as participation with a local shape-note singing crew) may be what put her on the map & earned her a Best of Baltimore last year (Best Artist – Baltimore Magazine, 2009) but her [...]

This Sunday come support your favorite local fiber artists at the third annual Homespun Yarn Party at the Historic Savage Mill in Savage, MD. From noon to 5 p.m. the free event will have awesome vendors set up, lessons on knitting, crochet and spinning and a sit and spin/crochet/knit area outside. Plus lots of beautiful [...]

According to this article by the Washington Business Journal, thirteen Alexandria-based businesses have joined forces to launch a new marketing campaign called “Handcrafted Alexandria.” The businesses that have decided to take part thus far include Fibre Space, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Potomac Bead Company and the Art League Gallery and School. Danielle Romanetti, owner of [...]

Talk Shop is the series where Hello Craft interviews independent store owners from across the country, to get their inside take on running an independent business that supports the handmade community. This article was originally posted by Kim Dorn on HelloCraft.com. With yarn shops few and far between in the Washington, DC area, knitters, crocheters [...]

I’ve wanted to learn how to sew since I was young, but I’ve always shyed away from classes where you need to shell out big bucks to use machines that intimidate the hell out of me… so I say thank goodness for the DC Threads Sewing Lounge. The DC Threads Sewing Lounge is a free [...]

A few posts ago, my fellow bastard Tina Seamonster wrote about upcycling with those old t-shirts that just aren’t wearable anymore. Now I have yet another crafty recycling option for you- make paper. At the Pyramid Atlantic papermill we can make paper out of everything from junk mail to your old New Kids shirt (if [...]

Crafters:Applications for Bust’s Spring Fling Craftacular are due tomorrow! Tina posted application and vendor info here. The show is Sunday April 27th in Brooklyn and will feature talented crafters, an all day dance party with an open bar and an entire room set aside for dancing and mingling. Visit the Craftacular site for more info [...]