The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 3: Episode 02 – Designing Digitally and Serious Sparkles

In season 3, episode 2 of The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Haley sheds light on the dark side of glitter and Mollie uses a naughty word!

The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 3: Episode 02 – Designing Digitally and Serious Sparkles
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The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 3: Episode 2 – Designing Digitally and Serious Sparkles

In season 3, episode 2 of The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Haley sheds light on the dark side of craft materials, Mollie uses a naughty word (at least in the UK), and the gals get very excited about sewing for a grown-up American Girl!!

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S03E02 Show Notes:

The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 3: Episode 02 – Designing Digitally and Serious Sparkles
Here’s a roundup of the resources, patterns, and projects mentioned in this episode:

Serious Historic Costume-Making

♥ The Kirsten Project: https://www.starsandfield.com/thekirstenproject
♥ The Kirsten Project on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekirstenproject/
♥ Historical costume inspired by American Girl Kirsten Larson

Haley Hates Glitter

♥ Daily Mail: Scientists call for a complete ban on GLITTER because the particles are polluting oceans and hurting marine life: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7777837/Scientists-call-complete-ban-GLITTER-particles-polluting-oceans.html
♥ BBC: Plastic pollution: Could selling glitter soon be banned? https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47685424
♥ Slate: Guys, Glitter Is Not the Real Enemy Here: A global ban on glitter would be nice and all, but its impact would be negligible: https://slate.com/technology/2017/12/the-proposed-global-ban-on-glitter-is-pointless.html

Cross Stitch Design Software

♥ The App Mollie Uses for Cross Stitch Design, Stitch Sketch: https://www.stitchsketch.com/
♥ Cross Stitch Professional: https://www.dpsoftware.com/
♥ StitchCraft: https://stitchcraft.info/
♥ Patternmaker: http://www.hobbyware.com/pm.htm

Mind-blowing resin rings by Isabell Kiefhaber of GeschmeideUnterTeck

♥ Knitty FB post: https://www.facebook.com/knitty/posts/10156133345111603
♥ Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/GeschmeideUnterTeck
♥ Etsy Seller Profile: https://www.etsy.com/people/GeschmeideUnterTeck
♥ Knitting ring: https://www.etsy.com/listing/151054064/knitting-extraordinary-knitting-ring


♥ Sewing basket ring: https://www.etsy.com/listing/151053614/sewing-basket-extraordinary-sewing

♥ Keep Going handwriting ring: https://www.etsy.com/listing/613857076/keep-going-calligraphic-resin-ring-with

♥ Aquarium ring: https://www.etsy.com/listing/539486525/aquarium-magnificent-fish-ring-with

♥ Her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geschmeide_unter_teck/

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By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox writes the craft blog https://www.redhandledscissors.com/. She's a knitter, sewer, maker, cross-stitcher, lover of cats, purveyor of quirk, an author of cross-stitch books, and avid swearing enthusiast! (But not on this podcast!) She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon called Tiny Cranky Haley.

One reply on “The Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Season 3: Episode 02 – Designing Digitally and Serious Sparkles”

Mollie, I’ve been using the professional version of “Pattern Maker for Cross-Stitch” (from Hobbyware.com) for years and really like it. The program includes a bunch of floss companies, in addition to DMC, and you can export the charts as jpegs. I’m not sure if they offer a version for Mac. Hope this helps!

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