I’ve been working with lots of kids lately doing workshops, camps and a fun afterschool Girls’ Collective. We craft, talk, explore and craft some more. Each week is something new and each week seemingly a new lesson too. And I don’t mean the lesson FROM me. Rather the lesson FOR me. I was working with [...]

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Want to see something really cool? Something that arrived this week in our inbox over here at Future Craft Collective? It’s our book! Nearing completion and it is looking good. Thanks to the amazing magic of a whole slew of editors and designers and photographers and marketers, here is the cover as it looks right [...]

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On the blog front things have been kinda quiet around here. There was the clothes swap, yes. Which was totally great and fun and had over 400 attendees all told. But other than that, nada on the blog. And while we’re sorry about that fact if anyone out there was actually looking for more, the [...]

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Rit Dye has a swank new website including all kinds of fun projects and ideas for crafters. Of special interest to us of course are all the upcycling projects. This week’s special featured artist is of particular interest. To me anyway. Well, it is me. So perhaps that’s why. You can read all about it   [...]

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True to our tagline, we really do like to make stuff with our kids. We like to make stuff without our kids too which can actually make the making of stuff with our kids a little more complicated. Sometimes our own vision gets in the way and we have to remember that it’s not just [...]

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Yes, it’s true. More free fabric coming your way. As Kathie and I work out the details of our upcoming book, and figure out the tone we’ll take and whether or not we’ll have a little bullshit icon for when we get too uppity in that parenting kind of way, we’ll be thinking of all [...]

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That’s right folks. It’s official. Kathie and I will be joining the ranks of Lotta Jansdotter and that famous Soule Mama soon, as we just this week signed our name on the dotted lines of our Future Craft Collective book contract with Wiley Publishing. We are super excited to get to work creating the tome [...]

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We are continuing our collaboration with Craftzine for fall with monthly projects under the heading Reduce, Reuse, Refashion. Last month we made produce bags out of mesh sports jerseys. And this month, just in time for Halloween, we present our Halloween t-shirt Trick or Treat bag. Check it out. Whip up a few and get [...]

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We’re back on Craftzine this season with a new collection of projects under the heading, Reduce, Reuse, Refashion. Our first project out the bag, (pun totally intended) is for these super cool, lightweight and breathable produce bags made from sports jerseys. Get on over there and check ‘em out. And while you’re at it, check [...]

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Kathie and I are still trying to get into our fall groove although admittedly, with the weather hovering in the low 90s, it’s not super easy to make that shift.  But we’re back in school, well the kids are anyway, and we’ve volunteered to run the green committee which started off with the clothes swap [...]

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