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.

Sublime Stitching patterns on sale

Head on over to Sublime Stitching to pick up some 99-cent patterns currently on sale. Select patterns are: Lucha Libre, Dainty Days, Dia De Los Muertos, Pirates Ahoy, Scooter Babe,…

Detroit News launches craft column

Jocelynn Brown, one of our “in-the-know” craft bloggers at the Detroit News, launched a new craft how-to column last weekend in the Homestyle section. Here’s what Jocelynn has to say…

Peepshow brings creativity to snacks

Wow. When a co-worker told me to check out the Washington Post ASAP, I knew it had to be good. And it was. Ladies and gentlemen bloggers, check out the…

Flint, this one’s for you!

Reware Vintage Bethany and I will be representing a mix of Handmade Detroit and overall Detroit craftiness this Friday at the Guerilla Art Show in Flint (make sure to check…

Looking back at Craft Congress: Lish

Steph and I have been thinking our thoughts (yeah, that DOES sound bad) over the past week about what a great time we had at Craft Congress in Pittsburgh. Here…

CRAFT wants you to Stitch ‘n’ Pitch

Finally! Detroit has its own Stitch ‘n’ Pitch! Sure, it’s a little ways off, but mark your calendars for Sept. 9; that’s our date for Stitch ‘n’ Pitch (brought to…

Lov.li is just that!

Heavens. The last thing we need these days are MORE social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook, and the ever-annoying Twitter. But I guess it doesn’t surprise me that the niche…

Thanks, Pittsburgh!

Phew! We’re back in Michigan after one of the funnest (I’m well-aware that’s not a word) weekends of recent, um, weekends. Steph and I traveled to Pittsburgh for the first-ever…

Berkley Art Bash

Wanna sell your goods in the lovely city of Berkley? The fabulous folks over at Catching Fireflies let me know that applications have been available for the Berkley Art Bash,…

Hack this, Ikea!

Of course people are crafting with their Ikea furniture, and Ikea Hacker is the blog that records it all. Check out this site for some DIY inspiration after your next…