Time for the letter C
Time for another of my annotated lists of interesting blogs as it is a long holiday weekend here and I thought it would give people a little extra web browsing and reading time. I will take it easy too with just my usual sampler and CQ details posts. I hope this will satisfy anyone who might have a little link withdrawal!
So far I have updated the letter A , B and now its time for the letter C.
I choose blogs that stay on topic, written reasonably frequently, by textile practitioners and designers who do such things as quilt, stitch, dye, sew, embellish fabric,and bead. Or who are interested in art and design and perhaps are interested in paper related crafts, such as bookbinding, or use visual journals.
I also try and stick to blogs that are on topic at least 80% of the time.
Blogs that are obviously written simply as a marketing exercise are excluded.
If you have a blog that you would like me to check out please leave your blog address as a comment and I will check it out.
Meanwhile make a cuppa and enjoy!
Cailun info is a the blog of a paper and books arts practitioner Dennis Yuen
Calico Daisy is a sewing blog kept by Michele
Calidore covers crazy quilting, quilting, dyeing, knitting and various textile explorations
California Fiber Artist and Composer Susan is a quilter working on her City and Guilds Patchwork and Quilting Level 3
Camilla Engman is a Swedish illustrator and artist
Canadian Design Resource aims to take Canadian design online. Unfortunately this blog does not have archives as such but you can browse by category. It also has a search field.
Candi’s Eyecandy is a blog devoted to crazy quilting. Candies other blog is Quilts ‘n Things which covers her sane quilting
Candleday is a blog kept by Tomas Karkalas who is an artist living in Lithuania. I find his view point to be refreshing.
Carina’s Craftblog is as the titles says a blog about craft activities. Carina is Danish and lives in the UK with craft interests that included crocheting, drawing, sewing, painting, embroidery
Carla Kurt is a mixed media painter who combines acrylics, paper, ink and image transfers and other media
Carlseapatch’s Weblog tracks experiments, ideas and processes of experiments in contemporary textile work.
Carol Marine’s Painting a Day Carol creates one small painting a day and posts them on her blog.
Carol Sews Carol is a doll maker who also does crazy quilting and sews
Carrieoke’s knitting blog Although the title says knitting she also sews and quilts.
Cart Before The Horse Jo creates some wonderfully evocative dolls and blogs about them. Other crafts are also presented here too but her dolls really delighted me.
Caryl’s Realm Caryl creates books cards, and paper items using mixed media and assemblage techniques
Cast On Brenda writes a knitting blog and podcasts
Cathy of California is described as an online sketchbook where 60’s and 70’s design influences are shared
Ces (and her dishes) Ces keeps an illustrated journal, paints and writes about what inspires her.
Cestandrea Design is a French textile artist who blogs her current work in progress and often included page spreads from her visual journal.
Chain Creative is a very interesting blog on contemporary crochet
Changeling Things is sometimes very diverse recently covering dyeing, spinning, knitting hand embroidery, cross stitch and knitting
Changelings Knit and Stitch is a blog of show notes to podcasts that cover knitting and stitching topics.
Cheeky Beaks Kirsten keeps a craft and design blog
Cheeky Magpie is a craft blog that publishes some great projects and free templates
Cheryl’s Chatelaine covers her needlework interests which include hand embroidery, cross stitch and crazy quilting
Cheshire Cheese Celia writes about her experiments and progress in contemporary textiles, mixed media and altered books.
Chicana creating Art through Chaos art quilter Sabrina Zarco keeps a blog to share the stories behind her work and the communities she encounters
Chloes Place by Linda covers crazy quilting and since she documents collections in small rural museums and collections she often encounters interesting textiles and objects related to domestic textile production and care.
Chocolate a Chuva Tania keeps a blog of crafts and sewing projects.
Christina Jonsson is an illustrator who keeps a sketch blog
Christine Mason Miller aka Swirly Girl is a mixed media collage artist who also writes and paints. She shares these activities on her blog.
Cindi’s Sewing covers sewing projects
Cindy’s Stitches in Time Cindy is interested in crazy quilting, quilting, sewing and fabric postcards and documents projects as she makes them.
Cinzia is a quilter and sewer who provides lots of tips and tricks on her blog as well as documenting her current projects.
Clothmatters Connie McBride Johnson writes about her cloth dolls, sewing, embroidery and crazy quilting
Coiled Kat Coyle covers knitting, design and drawing in her blog
Cold Feet Quilter by Deb who describes herself as a quilter, Fiber Artist, painter, dyer, doll maker, and needle felter.
Collage a day Randel Plowman produces a 4 x 4 inch collage a day
Collage Clearinghouse covers topics related to collage
Collage Contessa is interested in textile related crafts, art journals and altered books
Color My World Judy Rys is interested in contemporary textiles, fabric post cards, ATCs (artist trading cards) fabric printing and dyeing
Colorful Dayz covers musing about art and creativity while drawing and working mainly in watercolour /ink
Coloribus is the blog of a French Illustrator who regularly published page spreads from her visual journal.
Colouring Outside the Lines Andrea keeps a blog that revolves around her drawing and painting interests
Comfort Doll Project is run by Pat Winter. It is a charity project that aids battered women shelters.
Comfortable Shoes Studio Leslie Herger is a book binder who blogs about making books. There are tutorials listed in the side bar and anyone interested in the paper arts should enjoy this blog.
Committed Stitcher Meg interests are in canvas work stitches, crazy quilting, samplers cross stitch embroidery and patch work
Complete Organizing Solutions is a blog that focuses on organizing the home. If you are interested in getting the clutter in your life under control this blog is full of ideas and tips to do it.
Concealed, Discovered, Revealed is written by staff at the V&A in an accessible and interesting manner. It is an example of a great museum blog
Confessions of a Bead Counter Amy is a beader who blogs about beading, inspiration and her thoughts.
Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie this is not a blog which is textiles related but I have included this blog anyway as anyone interested in design will find it worth a visit. Bookplate junkie collects bookplates and often highlights interesting designs to be found in this type of ephemera.
Confessions of a Yarn Addict Anni dyes yarn and knits
Constant Gatherer is an interesting blog particularly if you enjoy vintage finds
Contemplating the Moon Bridgette makes journals and is a painter who blogs her work in progress.
Contemporary Embroidery is a blog written by Karen Ruane. Karen has done City & Guilds Creative Studies Embroidery Part 1 & 11, a Foundation Diploma Art & Design and holds a B. A. Hons Textile/Surface Design. Her work is interesting and if you are interested in contemporary fiber
Corey Moortgat is a collage artist who keeps a blog.
Corvus tristis this blog is quirky, creative, interesting and a bit difficult to classify!
Cotton Spice covers Karens quilting, sewing, knitting, and crafts and publishes some great free projects and tutorials.
cottonbud design Vivian blogs about sewing, jewellry, crochet and paper crafts
Crackle Mountain Florence Forrest is a fellow who is a art critic and theorist as well as a toy designer. She is interested in folk tales and writes in an engaging manner.
Craft Apple Sewing and craft projects written by a pattern designer. There are also useful tutorials in the side bar.
Craft Boom is aimed at crafters interested in turning their craft into a home business. Content covers how to market and sell products online to how to plan and balance your studio and personal time. Interviews with successful crafters, day to day business advice, tips on getting started and hints on craft blogging are all covered.
Craft Gossip is a network of sites that relate to craft and textiles.
Craft Lab is part of the DIY network. Jennifer Perkins and Cat Greenleaf present craft projects in video format. Crafts covered are altered books, soap making, polymer clay, collage, art dolls, computer crafting etc
Craft Leftovers writes about patterns that are suitable for using up scraps ie left overs from other projects. There is a pattern archive that is slowly growing on the same site.
Craft Monkeys Amanda Kavanagh produces the most delightful sketches, collages and paintings. She publishes page spreads and writes about her work. Those interested in visual journals and the book arts will enjoy her blog.
Craft Pudding covers contemporary craft and often includes tutorials and free embroidery patterns
Craft Research is blog tracking a research project titled “Past, Present & Future Craft Practice: exploration of the inter-relation between skill, intent and culture”.
Craft Sanity Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood describes her blog as “a blog and podcast for those who love all things handmade” she covers such topics as art journals,
Craft-boom has a subtitle “Marketing Art and Crafts online” and much of it is about aspects of selling and earning a living form craft items.
Craft: is a project-based blog that describes itself as “dedicated to the renaissance that is occurring within the world of crafts.”
Craftapalooza West Australian crafter, sewer, and quilter writes about her craft activities.
Craftivism crafting as a political statement
Craftlog Maitreya writes about all sorts of craft projects
Craftopia Alexia is a contemporary stitcher, embroider, quilter, who blogs her projects.
Crafts of Texture covers contemporary fiber arts, felting, and crafts
Craftster.org blog the blog of Craftster featuring news and highlights from the Craftster site.
CraftyPod Podcasts bi weekly about creating things.
CraftStylish an ezine/blog site run by Taunton who are the same folks who publish Threads magazine. They have thrown their resources at the site to produce lots of tutorials
Crafty Synergy interviews inspiring artists
Craftzine is a blog, community ezine, podcasts and froum all folded into one. The site is definitely worth exploring if you are interested in crafts
Cramzy Emmy explores contemporary textile and embroidery techniques producing all sorts of interesting things
Crazy Art Girl’s Musings covers mixed media art using work with metals, paper, fabric, fibers, beads, found objects, while experimenting with new techniques and tools.
Crazy Aunt Purl A knitters blog who often writes thoughtful posts not only about knitting but life.
Crazy Daisy Mandy writes about her knitting, felting, sewing and quilting.
Crazy Mom Quilts is a blog about quilting (regular quilting rather than crazy quilting)
Crazy Q stitcher is Maureen’s blog who is a crazy quilter who posts images of her work
Crazy Quilting for Fun a blog of work in progress pics of crazy quilting
Crazy Quilting International a blog kept for the members of the “Crazy Quilting International” yahoo group to showcase their work
Crazy Valsusa Lorenza is an Italian who keeps a bilingual blog, is interested in crazy quilting and contemporary fiber such as fabric postcards, inchies, and ATCs.
Cre8tive Girl is Yvonne who documents what catches her eye and she discovers some interesting things online along the way.
Create Needlepoint is kept by Barbara Bergsten who writes about needlepoint design and has been running a series on needlepoint stitches
Created By Hand highlights crafters and craft, featuring artists and their work.
Creatilfun Francoise tracks her textile interests in fabric postcards, dyeing, design, stitch and quilting
Creative Chatter Shari is a mixed media artist who creates art journals.
Creative Dabbling Erica is an Aussie art quilter
Creative Diversions Kim is interested in paper arts and is an avid rubber stamper.
Creative Force online Nicky Perryman is a textile artist and creativity coach
Creative Hours Nathalie G is a contemporary quilter and textile practitoner living in Belgium
Creative Kismet Regina writes about crafts and making hand made items. There are also some good tutorials in the side bar
Creative Lenna Lenna Andrews is a published artist and an instructor who works with paper and blogs about mixed media techniques. There are tutorials in the side bar.
Creative Meanderings Doreen writes about contemporary embroidery, crazy quilting, sewing and crafts
Creative Organizing this blog focus is on organisation skill for creative people “Organizing and creativity go hand-in-hand. Organizing creates space for creativity and creativity makes organizing more fun!”
Creatively Self-Employed Kristen Fischer’s blog tag line is ” how artists and writers deal with career ups and downs” this blog focuses on freelancing for a living offering tips and advice
Creativity Liz Berg is an art quilter and writes about her life and quilts
Crochet by Faye tracks crochet and what catches the eye of Robyn Chachula a crochet fashion designer.
Crochet To Go Alicia Bergin tracks and shares her crochet projects with this blog.
Curbside treasure Annie is interested in art journals, ephemera, mail art, collage and crafts.
Curious Bird Leya writes about her sewing projects and crafts.
Cyn Stitches is a blog of a cross stitch and needlepoint enthusiast and designer
Cynthia Clack writes about and shares her art journal.
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Reader Comments (12)
Hi! I'm Michele at calicodaisy. Thanks for including me on your annoated list of blogs. I especially appreciate that you consider me one to stay pretty much on topic and purpose. I try hard not to stray! I'm looking forward to perusing your other blog suggestions. I'm overwhelmed at the wonderful creativity that is out there for all of us to learn from and share with each other. It's fantastic!
Thanks for adding me to the list! I look forward to checking out all of these sites and browsing around yours.
Hi!
Thank you for adding my Candleday to your list. Your interest in my works made my day in a literal sense of a word. I greatly appreciate that...Thank you.
While feeling myself flattered, I am a bit ashamed too at the same time now. And therefore THANK YOU the HOT for the wonderful lesson I have drew from your post - from the comparison of our blogs. While you have announced the blogs of OTHER in the concrete, my Candleday shared just my own musing about the need of recognition of oneself in the eyes of other. So to speak, you put that nice theory to the practice and thus embodied the dream of all artists. In other words, you gave me the wonderful example- show what could be improved on my blog : my further post are going to open the eyes towards what happens outside my heart more widely.
While writing with Lithuanian-English dictionary in hand (plus it is in the plaster currently) it is hard to talk plainly, yet I hope you understood me rightly and hear my hot-hot thank you. Let me welcome you to my other blogs, to discovery of oneself in overview of my artworks - http://artbytomas.blogspot.com/ Let my pictures be my flowers to you.
Thank you for including chaincreative in your list. It's so nice to hear people's positive response and too check out other interesting blogs. Keep up the good work!!
Hi Sharon,
I'm in awe of your talents and creativity. I hope you will check out my blog,
The Quilted Librarian.
Hey I'm Jennifer from Craft Lab, what a fun list thanks for including the show. We are on Monday's on HGTV these days if you ever happen to feel crafty at 5:30 AM.
Thanks for adding 'Cheshire Cheese' to your list - I feel very honoured!
Sharon, thanks so much for including me on your list of C's. I am flattered ... and can't wait to cruise around all the other wonderful sites on your list!
Please check out Jan Fitzpatrick and her "Thread Medley" - she interprets and adapts Moroccan rugs to counted canvas needlepoint, and they are FABULOUS, as is her presentation, including region and history.
http://threadmedley.wordpress.com
Love your lists and do so appreciate them! Thank you for enlarging my world.
You might also check out http://dailyartbycj.blogspot.com. Carolyn does pastel painting and watercolor and keeps a journal through the blog. She often posts progress photos of her paintings and describes processes. She is also an embroiderer, spinner, and knitter, although these rarely appear on her blog.
Hi Sharon,
Here is my blog site. I enjoy the links to other blogs that you provide. Thank you.
http://crazystitcher.blogspot.com/
Kerri
Hi Sharon, I do truly enjoy reading your blog, and know that your followers appreciate the work and time that goes into this dedicated amount of sharing. Good luck with your classes at Joggles! (you can edit from here if you would like) I was wondering if you had seen my blog "Christen's Blog" http://1creativeone.wordpress.com/. I was reading your criteria, and wonder if my blog fell under the "Blogs that are obviously written simply as a marketing exercise" rule. I totally understand if it does. Christen