Lish Dorset

Lish is a founding member of Handmade Detroit and the Detroit Urban Craft Fair. She left Handmade Detroit in 2014.

Lish Dorset loves anything related to crafting. In addition to helping produce the Detroit Urban Craft Fair with Handmade Detroit, she's a freelance craft writer and daytime museum worker.

Detroit Stitch ‘n’ Pitch Aug. 30

Attention, knitters! This is a fun event to check out. Here’s the info from City Knits’ e-newsletter. “We have ordered a few more tix for Stitch ‘N Pitch Sunday, August…

Hanes gets crafty at BlogHer ’09

I was at BlogHer ’09 for work and happened to spot this crafty swag bag from Hanes. Definitely caught me by surprise! Sounds like they were a hit at the…

Martha Stewart visits Fox 2… Sorta

How surprised was I to see Martha Stewart on Fox 2 the other week? Very surprised. She definitely wasn’t in the studio, but heck, close enough. She was promoting her…

DUCF is baaaacccckkkk!

Drumroll, please! Us kids here at Handmade Detroit are extremely pleased to announce that the fourth installment of the Detroit Urban Craft Fair returns to its roots this year; get…

Shadow Art Fair is today!

Need a great activity for this cool Saturday? Check out the Shadow Art Fair!

Hatch for Anthropologie

How fun and what a surprise! A recent Anthropologie catalog featured limited edition prints from Nashville’s Hatch Show Print. Cool!

Project: Cheap remnant table cloth

Welcome back from vacation! Or at least a little bit of time off here in the crafting world. If you’re like me, you’re constantly rummaging through the remnant bin at…

Sublime Stitching offers free Fireworks pattern

The Fourth of July magic continues! Sublime Stitching has a cool, free pattern available for download in their Flickr gallery. So cute! Thanks to Sublime Stitching for being so nice!

Project: Crazy Flag Pillow for July 4th

It’s almost time for my favorite holiday of the year, the Fourth of July! Ok, my birthday is two days after, but still- great holiday! I always make a small…

Martha Stewart launches university, Lish rethinks college path

This is an interesting concept. Martha Stewart has a “university” where fans can buy old TV clips, projects and more and store them all online. I like the idea. Perhaps…