This past Labor Day weekend my husband and I made our way up to Montgomery Center, Vermont. We had a wedding to attend in nearby East Berkshire, so we rented a ski cabin and decided to make a nice holiday weekend of it. I had plenty of time to explore before and after the wedding, …

When in doubt, dip it in Rit Dye. That’s been a ‘philosophy’ of mine for many many years. I remember as a teenager taking my dad’s shirts and overdyeing the pinstripes, re-dyeing washed out black denim (I might just be dating myself now), and updating my room by giving sheets and pillows a new color …

Between work and home projects, I constantly have many fabric and paper swatches for color reference and inspiration all around me. Often when I’d be at a fabric store shopping for one story, I’d wished I had all my other swatches with me too. I’ve had this little moleskin folder to organize my receipts for …

Morgan recently pointed out to me that one of my most favorite craft supplies is this glue, Yes! Paste, which I used for the first time on a story about making jewelry boxes several year ago. I used it to glue very heavy paper, very thin rice paper, and silk and velvet fabrics and was amazed …

My mum is a secretary, so as a kid I spent lots of time under her desk playing with office supplies.  They always seemed so magical to me. My favourite activities were making doubles with carbon copy paper, squeezing the label maker with all my might to make PROPERTY OF STEPHANIE HUNG stickers, and punching feverishly …

I think it’s safe to say that most of us have encountered Eric Carle’s illustrations at some point, and if you’re anything like me, that name even evokes a bit of nostalgia.  If the name doesn’t ring a bell, take a look at this guy below- Carle’s distinctive collage illustrations (made with hand painted papers) …

Seersucker, the typically striped, light, puckered cotton, is a perfect summer textile.  If you wear seersucker, its slack-tension weave creates pockets of air between you and your garment that keep you cool.  Its rough texture feels casual and needn’t be ironed. What better way to dress your table this summer?  We made these seersucker napkins …

We love felt. I think I speak for all of us here  in the TV craft department when I make that statement. We use it so often—on all different kinds of craft projects—that we have amassed quite the collection of wool felts. All our felt is stored in plastic bins by color and take up …