Time for the letter M

Continuing my practice of listing interesting blogs by alphabetical order  I hope readers will enjoy my list for today.  

What is my criteria? I choose blogs that stay on topic at least 80% of the time, written frequently, by textile practitioners and designers who do such things as quilt, stitch, dye, sew, embellish fabric, and bead or  are kept by people who are interested in art, design or paper related crafts, such as bookbinding, altered books, visual journals or studio journals. By 80% of the time I mean 8 in 10 posts are on topic. If a blog has not been updated in the last 6 weeks or so I don’t included it as I think readers enjoy current and active blogs.

For the rest of the alphabet here is the letter A , B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I , J , K , L  and now I would like to present the letter M 

I often find blogs that are not in English and translate them via Google Translate 

Here are the next in the series:  

• M Lee Fine Art  the blog of a woodblock printmaker who keeps a blog of her current print projects.
• Madame Bogg's  is a greeting card illustrator in her day job and her blog is full of illustrations, many are designed to be embroidered. She also makes softies.
• Maddie Can Fly List owner of CQ for Newbies writes about embroidery and crazy quilting
• Made by Joanne  is a blog about crochet, knitting, ATCs, inchies and papercrafts such as cards
• Madelinetosh is a knitting blog that often has free patterns
• Magic of Light, Mystery of Shadows  Joan blogs photographs, techniques, and recipes about indigo dye, natural dyes, and textile resist techniques.
• MagicXstitch covers cross stitch projects and samplers while also exploring various other  crafts 
• Magpie and Cake is a craft blog 
• Magpies Collectables  Maggie is a fiber artist and contemprary doll maker who blogs about her interests in beading quilting and doll making.
• Magpies Envy  Dianne is interested in paper mixed media and collage
• Magpies Mumblings   Mary Anne crafts, sews and knits
• Mags Ramsay  is interested in contemporary textile, quilting and stitch techniques and is stating a slow cloth
• Magstitch  is a blog kept by author and stitcher Maggie Grey. For anyone interested in contemporary textiles this blog is worth checking out and following
• Mahar Dry Goods Robert Mahar makes and sources of vintage and artisan crafted items made for children. I have it on my ‘interesting craft blog’ list
• Make something is a contemporary craft and sewing blog that houses a number of tutorials and patterns
• Making a Mark  Katherine Tyrrell provides links to resources for artists and writes about drawing with with pastels, pencils and pen and ink.
• Making Ends Meet is a quilter and sewer with an excellent tutorial on making a cathedral window tutorial to be found in her side bar
• Making things  Christelle covers both craft and contemporary  textiles in her blog
• Mantua Maker  is the blog of designer/maker Ruth Singer who works with eco and recycled fabrics
• Manxgirl  blogs about quilting, sewing, knitting and cross stitch
• Margas Crafts Margarita Korioth describes herself as creating “wearable art as well as contemporary decorative quilts, using dyes and paints”
• Marjie's Dye Studio Marjie is a fabric designer and focuses on dyeing and surface design on fabrics.
• Mary Richmond Design Mary crafts, writes, draws, paints and freelances her work
• Maryse Les grid is a cross stitch and counted needlework blog which is in French. Google Translate  will help you out if needed. 

• Material Magic by Shar Sharon in New Zealand blogs about her crafts
• Material Obsession is a quilting blog 
• Materialistic  Kelly Fletcher is a designer who embroiders, quilts and sews. Often Kelly gives out free designs and tutorials so her blog is worth visiting. 
• Mati Rose  is an illustrator and textile designer who writes about her designs and creative process 
• Maureen's Vintage Acquisitions blog Maureen Greeson's is a well known crazy quilter who does some really lovely work so don't miss it!
• Maureen's Mixture Maureen explores paper crafts, all sorts of contemporary fiber techniques and formats and is also interested in crazy quilting,
• Maya  is a painting, drawing and sketching blog.
• Medieval Silkwork  is a great blog on historical textiles. Braiding, passementerie and embroidery are  areas of focus and all with great eye candy.
• Mermaid's Purse  is kept by a British Embroiderer who has done City and Guilds and has an interest in Crazy quilting.
• MG Quilts  Maggie is an Aussie quilter who blogs about quilting, links to resources and documents what she is making.
• Mi Casita de Pájaros  is written by Maria a Spanish blogger interested in craft, quilting, embroidery and Google Translate  will help you to read it 
• Miami Threads  is collaborative blog of art quilters who share information, techniques, and images of work.
• Michelle Ward Owner of Green Pepper Press and host of creative challenges on GPP Street Team writes about rubber stamping, art journals and mixed media
• Michelle's Stitch and Paint Spot  Michelle is a textile practitioner interested in mixed media and surface design
• Million Little Stitches  Maya lists her interests as embroidery, knitting, crochet, beadwork, journaling and mixed media.
• Millions of Happy People Michelle makes collage pieces, draws, and crafts
• Mint Basil Leeann writes about sewing 
• Minuit Citrouille a craft blog written in French but  Google Translate  will help you to read it
• Mish Mash  Linda keeps a blog mainly about weaving, knitting, crochet and spining but some other craft interests sneak in too.
• Miss Frugality  Julia saves money by crafting, sewing, and recycling and shares her tips
• Misses Stitches is a craft, quilting, sewing and paper craft blog which documents work in progress 
• Mixed Media  Julie is a painter who tracks her interests in contemporary mxed media fiber techniques, beading, fabric postcards.
• Mixed Media Textile Art Carolyn Saxby experiments with mixed media and fabric techniques.    
• Modish Jena writes about hand made goodies, contemporary craft and design 
• Mogwaii Sarah Campbell does contemporary machine embroidery on wool
• Moleskinerie  is a site devoted to Moleskine notebooks and how they are used.
• Molly Lee Cards If you like pop up books/cards and enjoy paper crafts dont miss checking out this blog as there are tutorials, tips and designs to enjoy. 
• Momfetti I discovered Momfetti as Tuppence wrote an excellent tutorial on how to make fabric postcards but I went on to discover a great contemporary craft blog. 
• Monster Crochet Lady Linoleum is interested in weaving, crochet, sewing, knitting and spinning.
• Moon River tracks artists that inspire and intrigue the author
• Moonsilk Stitches  Marjorie tracks her needlework interests, inspiration and achievements. 
• More Whiffs, Glimmers and Left Oeuvres  Deb has recently covered such topics as sewing, rug hooking, weaving, dyeing  and  art quilts . As you can see her fiber interests range across many areas.
• Moving Hands focuses on Japanese quilting and has loads of eye candy not to be missed 
• Moyou  is written by Amy Kerr is a young textile designer based in Canberra. Moyou is described as a unique blend of Australian design and Japanese aesthetic.
• Muddy Red Sketchbook Sarah Wimperis  is a professional illustrator and  shares some of my sketchbooks
• Musings of a Textile Itinerant  Dijanne Cevaal is a textile artist who designs, teaches, and travels.
• My Creative Works Rose Anne enjoys crazy quilting, fabric postcards and craft work. 
• My Cuppa Charms is a craft blog
• My Handbound Books  is the blog of a bookbinder which covers artists books, book structures and many aspects of the book arts.
• My Little Mochi patterns, and Japanese influenced tiny hand made toys
• My Marrakesh Maryam is a human rights and democracy specialist who lives in Marrakech and writes about her travels. Since she loves textiles and carpets fiber folks will always find something of interest on her site.
• My Minutia Teresa McFaden writes about paper crafts and art journals
• My Paper Crane a craft blog by Heidi Kenney
• My Patchwork life  is kept by Sherry Wade who writes about interest in crazy quilting and sewing
• My Sanctuary contemporary doll making, crafting and creative endeavours are tracked and shared. 
• My Tiny Robot Heart Is a contemporary craft blog which tracks projects. 
• Mystical Entities Kimberley is a contemporary doll maker

Comments

[Mary Corbet]

Hi, Sharon! Thanks so much for posting all these blog links! I always find a gem of a website (or two, or three, or...) that I didn't know about before I read your lists. I know it takes time to construct your lists and describe each blog - thank you so much for doing it! And thanks for the ... well.... the hour and six minutes I just spent enjoyably meandering through so many creative people's online homes!

Hope all's well Down Under!

Best regards,
Mary

[Michelle Ward]

Sharon, that's quite a list for "M". I am about to hit up some of them. Just wanted to stop by and thank you for the shout out as I have had several emails from readers who came to me through you!

[Christelle]

Thanks so much for mentioning my blog!

[Ujwala]

thank you very much for the listing and the list : ) ujwala