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I’m a bit late to this party, but the new issue of CRAFT Magazine is out, and as usual, it rocks.
The theme this time is Green Crafting, as exemplified by cover girl Betz White‘s awesome fused plastic tote and rain hat. (Really need to make time to fuse some plastic in the new year. AAACK! There is is! The first instance of dividing life into “before the holidays” and “after the holidays!”)
I was thrilled to have two pieces in this issue. The first is a collaboration with the ever-awesome Rachel. Way back in January, we were discussing that ubiquitous marketing phrase, “It’s not your grandmother’s knitting.” (Or crochet. Or whatever.) Since we both knew of women who were awesome crafters and happened to be grandmothers, we decided to find out what that phrase means to them.
Thank you to our guests, Mimi Kirchner, Opal Cocke, Socorro Rivera, and Fredda Perkins for making this article sparkle!
And then, I contributed a piece about card-making. It covers three simple techniques that you can combine in endless ways to make all kinds of different cards.
What’s even cooler, in the center of the magazine is a pull-out blank for this card. You just follow the guides to machine-sew and embroider it, and it’s ready for sending. I always wanted to be a pull-out. :-)
Yay for CRAFT! I loved your feature article and card project. You are a crafting machine girl! :) xoxo
Yay for CRAFT! I loved your feature article and card project. You are a crafting machine girl! :) xoxo
Working with you was a total dream – seriously! Best.Collaboration.Ever.
And your card projects are spectacular. I got all kinds of crazy giddy over the pull-out-and-stitch card. SO COOL! Your stuff always makes the new CRAFT issues AWESOME.
Love you!
Rach
Working with you was a total dream – seriously! Best.Collaboration.Ever.
And your card projects are spectacular. I got all kinds of crazy giddy over the pull-out-and-stitch card. SO COOL! Your stuff always makes the new CRAFT issues AWESOME.
Love you!
Rach
That’s so fun! Thanks to CRAFT for bringing us such cool stuff!
That’s so fun! Thanks to CRAFT for bringing us such cool stuff!
Oh oh oh! Can’t wait to get this issue! Love those cards, I am totally going to make them.
Oh oh oh! Can’t wait to get this issue! Love those cards, I am totally going to make them.
hey, congratulations! not only an article, but an interactive pull out: that rocks!
hey, congratulations! not only an article, but an interactive pull out: that rocks!
i think this was my favorite issure ever, thanks for all your bits:)
i think this was my favorite issure ever, thanks for all your bits:)
That’s great! congratulations for your contributions! you rock, crafter!
That’s great! congratulations for your contributions! you rock, crafter!
go Diane! It was an honor to be part of it with you!
go Diane! It was an honor to be part of it with you!
How can this magazine, and YOU, be so wonderful? Do you have any idea how much you brighten lives? I’m not kidding.
Have you gone public? I want some shares…
How can this magazine, and YOU, be so wonderful? Do you have any idea how much you brighten lives? I’m not kidding.
Have you gone public? I want some shares…
Congrats on being a centerfold! And on the article about “it ain’t your granny’s craft” – I really enjoyed that one, and thought it was a much-needed analysis . . .
Congrats on being a centerfold! And on the article about “it ain’t your granny’s craft” – I really enjoyed that one, and thought it was a much-needed analysis . . .