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CraftSanity – A blog and podcast for those who love everything handmade

A blog and podcast for those who love everything handmade

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  • craftsanityshop.com
  • Weaving Looms
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    • Loom video tutorials
    • About the looms
  • T-Shirts
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  • Podcast Archive
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Sewing

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 215: Katrina Rodabaugh discusses her forthcoming book, ‘Mending Matters’

    by jennifer July 3, 2018
    by jennifer July 3, 2018

    Remember when mending had a bad rap and sporting a patch on your knee outed  you as being anything but a fashionista? Well,…

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    Sewing Through It: A new blue dress for me and a chance to win a copy of “Lotta Jansdotter Everyday Style” for you

    by jennifer December 15, 2015
    by jennifer December 15, 2015

    I couldn’t sleep the other night, so I sewed until 4 a.m. and calmed my nerves with the whir of my sewing machine.…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 175: A conversation with Lotta Jansdotter about fabric, design and her new book ‘Everyday Style’

    by jennifer November 23, 2015
    by jennifer November 23, 2015

    This week I’m bringing you a conversation with Lotta Jansdotter, the Brooklyn-based Swedish designer of items ranging from home goods to textiles. On…

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    The Squid Scarf – A Splatoon-inspired hood, scarf, mitten combo for gamers and cosplayers just in time for Halloween

    by jennifer October 25, 2015
    by jennifer October 25, 2015

    Halloween is coming up fast and this time I’m prepared days ahead of time. Inspired by my 11-year-old daughter’s favorite video game –…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 169: How Rosa Rojas, a quilter from Spain helped me improve my appliqué game with her Apliquick tools

    by jennifer September 3, 2015
    by jennifer September 3, 2015

    I’m not easily bamboozled by product pitches that promise life-changing results. After nearly 10 years at the helm of CraftSanity, I’ve seen a…

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    CraftSanity Video Tutorial: Cotton Fabric Dyeing 101

    by jennifer June 6, 2015
    by jennifer June 6, 2015

      Hello! I recorded a new CraftSanity tutorial demonstrating how to dye cotton t-shirts and scrap fabric to weave on the CraftSanity weaving looms…

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    CraftSanity Podcast Episode 157: So what does it take to run a handmade business? Stuffed animal pattern designer Abby Glassenberg offers expert advice

    by jennifer March 3, 2015
    by jennifer March 3, 2015

    So how do you do it? How do you take your love of sewing or knitting or some other skill and turn it into…

  • BooksCraft ColumnsKnittingPrintmakingQuiltingSewing

    Reviews: Inspiring craft books to check out as we wait for spring

    by jennifer March 1, 2015
    by jennifer March 1, 2015

    I considered taking some time off to regroup after my weekly newspaper column was canceled, but then I remembered that it’s not my…

  • BooksFree Pattern PDFQ&ASewing_featured

    ‘Pretty Birds’ Blog Tour Q&A with author and pattern designer Virginia Lindsay

    by jennifer February 27, 2015
    by jennifer February 27, 2015

    Hello folks! Today, I’m really excited to bring you a Q&A with Virginia Lindsay, creator of Gingercake Patterns and author of the Gingercake blog.…

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    Free pattern: Sew a little Owl friend from ‘Pretty Birds’ by Virginia Lindsay

    by jennifer February 27, 2015
    by jennifer February 27, 2015

    Reprinted with permission from Pretty Birds © 2015 Virginia Lindsay, Running Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. Illustrations by Jess Hibbert.…

  • NewsQuiltingSewing

    My Improv Quilt Story: How making a quilt helped me cope with the loss of my newspaper column

    by jennifer February 22, 2015
    by jennifer February 22, 2015

    After nearly 17 years as a reporter and columnist for The Grand Rapids Press and MLive.com, my weekly art and craft column has…

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    CraftSanity Episode 156: Sherri Lynn Wood Talks Improv Quilting

    by jennifer February 20, 2015
    by jennifer February 20, 2015

    If you’re sad about missing QuiltCon, cheer up  because QuiltCon is coming to you during this episode featuring Sherri Lynn Wood, author of “The…

  • Craft ColumnsReviewSewing

    CraftSanity Review of the Juki TL-2010Q

    by jennifer January 18, 2015
    by jennifer January 18, 2015

      Love at first stitch? Craft columnist invests in a new sewing machine, still swooning two weeks later By Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood (Read full article…

  • SewingVideos

    Video tutorial: Free motion quilting on Juki TL-2010Q

    by jennifer January 16, 2015
    by jennifer January 16, 2015

    I recently purchased a new Juki TL-2010Q. It’s a great machine for straight stitching and free motion quilting. I had my husband Jeff…

  • SewingTutorialsUncategorizedVideos

    Video Tutorial: How to use the automatic needle threader on the Juki TL-2010Q

    by jennifer January 11, 2015
    by jennifer January 11, 2015

    After years of deliberation and months of pining for this particular machine, I recently purchased a new Juki TL-2010Q. It’s a great machine…

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  • CraftSanity Episode 224: A conversation with Dano Wall, creator of the popular stamp used by thousands to get Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill

    June 19, 2020
  • CraftSanity Episode 223: A conversation with Diana Weymar, creator of the Tiny Pricks Project public art project featuring hundreds of vintage linens embroidered with Trump quotes

    July 21, 2019
  • CraftSanity Episode 222: Learn how to graduate from art school with zero debt and other handmade business savvy things from Dayna Walton, owner of Solstice Handmade

    April 14, 2019

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