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.
Handmade Detroit headed out to the Garden Bowl at the Magic Stick for a night of fun bowling to celebrate the first-ever Detroit Urban Craft Fair. Balls were rolled, crowns…
Handmade Detroit was ALL OVER, well um, Detroit and the greater Washtenaw County area this weekend. Here’s the first taste of all the fun we had. For your viewing pleasure,…
Man, I’m hoping I’m not the only who thinks making references to “Legend of Zelda” is necessary every day! Uh oh… ANYHOO, here are some nifty sites I’ve been checking…
This just in from Mitten-friendly maker Melissa Stajda: What You Make It: Issue No. 02 Winter 2006 will also feature a Holiday Shopping Guide! Are you an Artist or Crafter?…
Now THIS is my kind of belt buckle! Where was this handmade lovely when I went to go see NKOTB in 1989 at Joe Louis?! Oh, man. Did I really…
Here it is for Friday, Aug. 25: As always, check out Pippi’s other photos on Flickr.
I have some new favorite notecards. And I don’t think I could ever send one to my gramps. If you loved Julie Jackson’s Subversive Stitching as samplers, you’ll love them…
Ok, ok. So this show is based in Los Angeles. But maybe some of you will be taking California trips soon? Heck, it’s worth reporting on. From a recent Myspace…
I don’t know why I didn’t post these earlier, but take a look at us kids in action getting ready for the Detroit Urban Craft Fair when it was only…
JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM Sew Subversive: Down & Dirty DIY for the Fabulous Fashionista By Melissa Rannels, Melissa Alvarado, and Hope Meng Taunton Press, September 2006, 186 pages $14.95, paperback…