May Morris
May Morris - feminist, socialist, activist, businesswoman, embroideress, and daughter of William Morris - was a master designer, and needlework and embroidery artist, who was an important figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Hygge Life Decor
Revitalize in a cozy and comfy space to do what you enjoy - relaxing, thinking, knitting, reading, binge-watching TV. Find some gifts for you and yours to adopt a Hygge mindset.
Chiharu Shiota Installations
Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese artist who frequently uses string, yarn, and wool to create eerie, evocative art installations.
How to Make an 8 Bit Video Game Cross Stitch
Making a cross-stitch pattern based on an 8-bit video game is a perfect project to celebrate your favorite game characters.
Maria Shell’s Quilt-Making Process
Maria Shell's quilts are visually stunning. Learn from Maria how to design striped patterns from solid fabric pieces, and turn them into complex repeating patterns.
Extreme Knitting with Jacqui Fink
Watch Jacqui Fink's how-to videos for making extreme knitting projects.
Kaffe Fassett’s Design Process
Kaffe Fassett describes his process of working with dense patterns and bold colors in quilting, knitting, and needlework projects.
For the Love of Cross Stitch
Emma McKee has redefined the art and craft of cross-stitching, making pieces about art, poetry, and music.
Yarn Bombing Sisters
Sisters Lorna and Jill Watt work together to create knitted and crocheted yarn bombing projects in the San Francisco Bay area.
The Making of a Landscape Quilt
Watch nine months of quilt-making condensed into 3.5 minutes in Canadian textile artist Laurie Swim's studio.
How to Make a Soumak Weaving
Soumak is a flat woven tapestry rug-making technique, allowing you to work on your design vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
Siberian Crafts Conservation
Watch a video about the preservation of pre-Soviet Siberian garments, crafts, and ritual items.
Preserving Textiles
Learn how to preserve textile pieces, including quilts, blankets, and needlework items.
How Batik Fabric is Made
Batik is a wax-resistant fabric-printing process. Watch 3 videos about this handmade technique involving melted wax.
Tapestry Weaving
Tapestry weaving at the Gobelins Manufactory in Paris is done using the same historical techniques as were used during the time of Louis XIV.
Ari Embroidery
Ari embroidery, also known as ari work, is a type of decorative needlework which produces a chain stitch.
How Printed Fabric is Made
Avlyn Fabrics gives a factory tour, showing how printed fabric is made using flatbed and rotary methods.
How to Make a Boro Bag
Explore the elegance of long, decorative reinforced sashiko stitching, incorporated into a patchwork fabric bag.
How to Felt a Wool Sweater
Learn how to felt wool sweaters so you can use the dense fabric to make other projects - like mittens and slippers.
600+ Free Art Books Online
Three major American museums offer 600+ art books and other publications for free online. Many are available for download.
Digitized Knitting Magazines
Explore patterns and articles in digitized knitting magazines, from 1800 to the present.
Yarn and Knitting Basics
Learn knitting terms, how to read a pattern, and how to choose the right needles and yarn for a project.