Crafts & DIY
338 sites
http://moonlightingquilts.com/
Cyndi Zacheis is a professional art quilter, teacher, and BERNINA ambassador who creates stunning commission quilts, celebration quilts, and challenge quilts while offering workshops, lectures, and classes at major events like the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Her site showcases her portfolio of fiber art, lists her teaching schedule, and invites clients to commission deeply personal memory quilts that tell their unique stories.
http://hobbyloco.com/Xpatt01.html
HobbyLoco offers a generous collection of free original cross stitch patterns organized by theme, including animals, flowers, and holiday designs, all sized for quick projects using leftover floss. The creator shares charming small patterns like biscornu designs and seasonal ornaments, and also participates in community stitch-alongs such as WIPocalypse and the Halloween and Christmas Ornie SALs.
https://clothdollconnection.com/
Cloth Doll Connection has been a free online hub for cloth doll enthusiasts since 1996, connecting makers with designers, free patterns, fabric suppliers, doll clubs, and online classes. The site serves as a comprehensive resource directory for the cloth doll community, featuring classified ads, designer spotlights, and links to events and challenges.
https://daisychain.nekoweb.org/
Daisy Chain is a cozy personal site by an 80s-era hobbyist covering fibre arts including knitting, crochet, spinning, embroidery, and bobbin lace alongside miniatures, gardening, and gaming. Still early in development, the site aims to recreate the gentle, exploratory spirit of the old web as a creative home for eclectic interests.
https://l-chan.neocities.org/
L-Chan's retro-styled personal site features sewing patterns including a Wiccan robe and American Girl doll socks, alongside BJD reviews, a sticker sheet club, and occasional opinion essays. The crafting content is the clear centerpiece, with a warm community feel bolstered by a transmasculine pride webring and Ko-fi support link.
https://misandricrat.neocities.org/
Meri, a 29-year-old enby rat building their first Neocities site, shares a colorful mix of crochet projects, zines, J-pop, anime, Asian cinema, and personal manifestos as part of a post-PhD creative rebirth. The site is packed with charming old-web aesthetics, crossword puzzles, blinkies, and a warm queer-friendly vibe that makes it a delightful corner of the indie web.
https://creativity.tripod.com/
Creativity Homepage is a small hobbyist site featuring sections on Celtic geometric art designs, cow-themed collectibles, and curated links to free crafts and needlework resources on the web. It offers a peek into the eclectic interests of an early web hobbyist, with a mix of artsy content and quirky shopping directories.
http://www.artecy.com/
Artecy Cross Stitch, run by Tereena Clarke, offers thousands of downloadable cross stitch patterns organized into browsable galleries spanning categories like animals, Celtic, blackwork, Asian, and baby designs. The site features a monthly free pattern and a membership system, making it a well-stocked hub for counted cross stitch enthusiasts of all skill levels.
http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/
Communing With Fabric is the sewing blog of a self-described 'uber busty, slim hipped, funky lovin' sewist' who shares detailed project write-ups on garments like denim jackets, pajama bottoms, and tops, with a special focus on fitting for curvy figures. The blog features gallery pages organized by garment type, sewing resources, and a warm community feel built up over years of posts.
http://caron-net.com/featurefiles/featmay.html
This feature article from the CARON Collection's online needlework magazine presents a detailed history of Crazy Quilts, tracing the tradition from Colonial patchwork necessity through its Victorian heyday as an ornate embroidered art form. Written by Betty Pillsbury in collaboration with Rita Vainius, it offers both historical context and practical needlework inspiration for quilters and embroidery enthusiasts.