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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Finishing a three dimensional crocheted project like a stuffed toy requires different techniques than finishing a flat project. Amigurumi designer Vincent Green-Hite of Knot Bad will share his method for ensuring that your crocheted toys stay together and that all your yarn ends remain neatly tucked away.
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Author, illustrator, and maker Sanae Ishida designs useful items brimming with personality. She crafted this adorable bear stopper to prevent that chilly winter air from seeping under your door and not only is this project a fantastic scrap buster, but it's beginner-friendly and a fun introduction to very easy patchwork, basic hand-embroidery, and appliqué with a sewing machine. For a more streamlined look, simply omit the bear elements. This is...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
On the first day of Christmas, give yourself the gift of crafting a beautiful heirloom stocking. Constructed by cutting out and layering wool felt shapes, Portland-based artist Rebecca Ringquist brings to life a collection of charming little holiday motifs that add color and sparkle to your holiday gift giving. From candy canes to sugar cookies, infuse personal touches by adding embroidery, sequins and beads, and then top your stocking with a custom...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Join us for a live event with illustrator, author, and longtime Creativebug instructor Lisa Congdon for the last day of her daily practice in Developing Your Visual Vocabulary with Mark Making. Learn more about Lisa's art practice and use of marks in her work and bring your questions as well as pieces of your own art from this month's class to share. This event was filmed live January 31, 2024.
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In honor of the release of her Love Letter Quilt Top: A Daily Practiceclass, artist Heidi Parkes joins Creativebug in this live event to share the inspiration and influences behind this gorgeous quilt pattern. She also brings her experience as a certified yoga therapist and demonstrates several hand yoga techniques that will keep your stitching fingers limber and relaxed. This conversation was originally recorded live August 9, 2023.
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In this live event with author, illustrator, and sewist Sanae Ishida, she shares her favorite cozy sewing projects that you can make with fabric scraps. You'll find tons of inspiration for no/low-waste sewing with variations on Sanae's three new Creativebug classes -Sew a Heating Pad, Sew a Sleep Mask, and Sew a Scrappy Bear Draft Stopper - plus an extra special PDF of inspiration.This conversation was originally recorded live February 28, 2024.
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Learn how to make DIY stickers using packing tape with Courtney Cerruti. Demonstrating this easy and budget-friendly craft from her book, Playing with Image Transfers,Courtney will show how to turn photocopies and magazine pages into custom stickers you can use on anything. Make stickers for holiday wrapping, for journaling, for card making, mail art and more! This craft is easy to do for kids and adults alike. This class was filmed live December...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Rebecca Ringquist, the artist behind Dropcloth Samplers, has whipped up a sweet embroidery project composed of four heart panels for you to embroider by hand. Once completed, they can be sewn up into four festive holiday ornaments and embellished with a bell. Rebecca leads you though the back stitch, running stitch, and satin stitch, but you can choose your own stitches to suit your own taste. Finish your ornament off by adding a customized message...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Introducing CbMixtape: playlists of specific bits from different classes, grouped together by a common theme. It's a fun way to learn how one topic is approached by a variety of artists with different techniques, all rounded up in one curated mixtape. In this mixtape, learn how to draw and paint portraits of women in these five mini classes. Use a variety of media and start with two-minute sketches to warm up your eye and hand while sketching the...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Being a professional illustrator is a collaborative process: you must consider the needs of your client, know how to communicate your thoughts and ideas, and be prepared for many changes, all while maintaining your own artistic style. Mariko Jesse has been an illustrator and printmaker for over 25 years. In this class, she takes you through a sample project with an imaginary client from sketch to final product so that you can see the process step...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Use a macrame-type braid to construct a sturdy, eco-friendly dog toy. Crafter Faith Hale demonstrates this simple-yet-satisfying technique, and you can use purchased T-shirt yarn or yarn that you've made out of a T-shirt that has outlived its use as a garment. The toy shown is excellent for small-to-medium sized dogs but Faith instructs how to make simple swaps for a custom size
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Introducing CbMixtapes: playlists made of specific bits from different classes and grouped together by a common theme. It's a fun way to learn how one topic is approached by a variety of artists with different techniques, all rounded up in one curated mixtape. Summer fruit is vibrant and can be playful in patterns and art. Begin with drawing easy tropical fruits using brush markers alongside Courtney Cerruti. Paint fruit from your imagination...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Award-winning quilter Sarah Bond comes from a long line of quilters. She loves traditional quilt patterns with wonderful curves and twists that provide the eye with motion and interest. One of her favorites is the Pickle Dish. Sarah shows you four variations of a traditional Pickle Dish block: Sliced Pickles, Pickle Wedges, Pickled Geese, and Diced Pickles. Learn the basics of foundation paper piecing and how to sew large and small curved seams so...
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
CbMixtapes are playlists made of specific bits taken from different classes and grouped together by a common theme. It's a fun way to learn how one topic is approached by a variety of artists with different techniques, all rounded up in one curated mixtape. Embark on a lunar-inspured adventure in this moon-themed mixtape. Across five chapters, each taught by a different artist, discover diverse techniques in painting, printing, and drawing...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Cricut enthusiast and educator Kesley Anderson walks you through the family of Cricut machines, materials and tools. Get an overview of the variety of cutting machines Cricut offers and their extensive capabilities. In this class you'll take a look at Cricut's Design Space where you can browse existing projects or make your own. Learn about the varieties of cutting mats, essential tools as well as the materials you can cut like vinyl, fabric, paper...
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Artists Heidi Parkes and Faith Hale gather in conversation in honor of Mental Health Awareness. Theybegin by making embroidery doodles to launch a month-long quilt-along using Heidi's Story Quilt Top class. Then, as participants work,Heidi shares about the magic of storytelling and cognitive reframing. With tenderness and thoughtful vulnerabiity, Heidi shares her origin story with quilting and the myriad ways crafting has impacted her mental health....
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
It's a colored pencil case for your colored pencils! Of course, you can fill it with whatever you like - pens, sewing tools, sunglasses - any way you use it, it's a wonderful project to showcase your time well-spent embroidering. Portland, Oregon artist Rebecca Ringquist has designed this Dropcloth Sampler for you to embroider by hand with this cute and stylish storage solution in mind. To embroider the pencil pattern, she show stitches such as filled...
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
There's no need to visit a museum or fancy gallery to find beautiful art when there's a whole world of inspiring illustrations to be found inside children's picture books. This daily practice from artist, educator, and children's book illustrator Constance Moore pulls from these different facets of her life to bring you a unique art class for all ages. Each day, Constance shares a children's book, including a few she has illustrated herself, with...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Join designer, author, and modern quilter Blair Stocker of Wise Craft Handmade for a month of exploring the art of chicken scratch embroidery. Chicken scratch is a charming form of cross stitch that is worked on gingham fabric and creates an optical illusion of a beautiful lace overlay. Blair teaches you the foundations of chicken scratch, such as selecting your gingham fabric and using a paper template to mark your fabric, plus essential stitches...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Making art is one of the most powerful ways to use your voice and inspire others. If you've always felt passionate about certain causes but have been unsure about how that could translate into a visual piece, this class gives you a path to follow and an impressive tool kit of techniques. Artist, author, illustrator, and teacher Maria Carluccioguides you through the creation of two kinds of inspirational art posters, one in watercolor and one in collage,...
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