Crafts & DIY
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http://fiberartcenter.com/
Fiber Art Now is a quarterly magazine covering contemporary fiber arts, textiles, and mixed media techniques ranging from tapestry and embroidery to needle felting, batik, and rug hooking. It serves as a hub for fiber arts enthusiasts and practitioners interested in both traditional and experimental textile methods.
https://simplifier.neocities.org/
Simplifier is a meticulously documented workshop site covering handmade tools, materials, and techniques ranging from iron gall ink and cyanotype methods to thermoelectric solar panels and vacuum chambers. Dating back to 2015 with entries still added in 2025, it offers a remarkable archive of self-sufficient, from-scratch fabrication projects for makers and experimenters.
https://qsds.com/aboutqsds.html
The Quilt & Surface Design Symposium (QSDS) is an annual art quilt conference founded in 1990 by Nancy Crow and Linda Fowler, held at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio. Visitors can explore classes in art quilting, fabric dyeing, embroidery, surface design, and color theory, taught by world-class fiber arts instructors from around the globe.
http://myquiltinfatuation.com/
Kelly's quilting blog 'My Quilt Infatuation' documents her ongoing love of quilting and sewing, featuring finished projects, works-in-progress, and tutorials. The site hosts a regular link party called 'Needle and Thread Thursday' where quilters from across the web share their latest creations.
https://laurelscorner.neocities.org/
Laurel's personal site covers her sewing projects, costume-making, and collections alongside a journal, bookshelf, and history shrine. The blend of hands-on creative projects, scrapbooking, and hobbyist content makes it a charming handmade-life corner of the old web.
http://treasuresfromtheheart-llc.blogspot.com/2009/05/ellies-twirl-dress-any-size-featured.html
Diana's craft-focused blog from Bon Secour, Alabama shares sewing patterns, quilting links, weaving resources, and knitting finds alongside notes about her small craft shop. The site reflects a passionate maker's life, with posts spotlighting items like children's twirl dresses and free weaving patterns, plus connections to quilting communities and fiber arts groups.
https://sodabubble.neocities.org/
Soda's colorful personal corner of the web covers fashion, video games, theatre, and tabletop RPGs, with sections for outfit posts, a dream journal, and a rotating music playlist. The site is packed with blinkies, fanlistings, and personal touches that make it a charming example of the modern indie web revival aesthetic.
https://six-letter-notion.neocities.org/
Six Letter Notion is the personal site of a Portland-based theater artist who showcases puppets, dolls, plushes, costumes, theatrical sets, props, and textiles in a warmly atmospheric, library-style layout. The creator brings a playful ghostly persona to their craft documentation, with a storefront, resume, and dev log rounding out a genuinely creative and well-organized portfolio of handmade work.
http://songofthegreatlakes.com/
Song of the Great Lakes is a woodworking and luthiery site dedicated to banjo building, with step-by-step construction instructions, tool reviews, and shop tips covering everything from box joint jigs to radial arm saw alignment. Hobbyist woodworkers and aspiring instrument builders will find practical guides on chisels, bandsaws, workbenches, and the specialized craft of building a banjo from scratch.
https://stitchfiddle.com/en
Stitch Fiddle is a web-based pattern editor that lets crafters design custom charts for knitting, crochet, cross stitch, diamond painting, latch hook, quilting, and more. It supports a wide range of needle and fiber arts with tools for managing yarns, threads, and stitch libraries all in one place.