This week my guest is Minneapolis-based designer Rebecca Yaker. I’ve been wanting to interview Rebecca since we met at the Detroit Urban Craft Fair a few years ago and she did not disappoint. This episode traces Rebecca’s unconventional creative path to becoming an independent designer, artist, handmade business owner and published author.
In 2005, Rebecca left [...]

I love baked potatoes. But the potato setting on my microwave has failed me so many times, leaving me with shriveled and lifeless potatoes.
Thanks to a fellow Michigan crafter I’ve stopped shriveling potatoes. Gerri Nielsen gave me one of her fabric potato bags and I swear it’s taken the frustration out of rapid potato baking. [...]

This week my podcast guest is Rashida Coleman-Hale, 33, of Atlanta, who writes the I Heart Linen blog. A busy mama and talented designer, Rashida’s story is sure to inspire you run to your fabric stash for a quick patchwork project fix.
We chatted about her creative journey to becoming a craft project designer and [...]

Meg McElwee’s star has risen fast since I first chatted with her on episode 80 and it’s great to have her back as part of her blog tour to fill us in on her life as a new mama and published craft book author. (Go, Meg!)
During our first chat, Meg was teaching at a Montessori [...]

Maya Donenfeld joined the craft blog scene about two years ago with the creation of her Maya*Made blog and has been inspiring readers ever since with her sustainable craft project ideas.
A self-taught artist, Maya, 40, loves to create with items straight from the recycle bin. One of her favorite materials is repurposed burlap coffee [...]

Susan B. Anderson is back again to update us on the latest developments in her successful knitting career, namely her new book, “Itty-Bitty Toys.”
I asked Susan to give a brief overview of her knitting career on this episode, but if you want to hear the whole story, I invite you to go back [...]

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On this episode of CraftSanity, Liesl Gibson shares the story of how she started her Brooklyn-based pattern company, Oliver + S. If you [...]

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This episode is about spreading hope one quilt at a time.
Tune in to meet Carin Vogelzang, and her mother, Carol Peters, two women [...]

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Sally Melville has been on the knitting scene for years, demystify the craft for all the rookies and self-taught knitters she cheerfully coaxes along at her workshops.
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Trond Anfinnsen is the inspiring sort of guy who gets an idea, commits to it and sees it through to its creative end. And then when he’s done, he starts the process all over again.
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On this episode you’re going to meet the inspiring Beerhorst family headed up by Rick and Brenda Beerhorst, the artist parents of six creative kids ranging in age from 5 to 17. Rick is an oil panter. Brenda is a [...]

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On this episode of CraftSanity you’re going to hear a conversation with Justine Telfer, editor and publisher of the Melbourne, Australia-based zine, MixTape. I love this self-published craft zine because it’s put together with passion and offers interesting commentary on [...]

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It is my pleasure to release the 100th episode of CraftSanity featuring a delightful and inspiring chat with soft sculpture artist, Abby Glassenberg.
Abby, 33, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, makes one-of-a-kind soft sculpture birds in her home studio and documents her her [...]

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Thinking about reinventing yourself?
Great, you need to tune into this CraftSanity chat with Nancy Minsky — a fashion designer living in Brussels, Belgium, who is blurring the lines between high fashion and DIY craft.
A graduate of [...]