Julia Child famously said, "With enough butter, anything is good”, and we couldn’t agree more. In this class, Cobrina makes it easy to create homemade sweet cream butter without the tiring “shake-it-in-a-jar” method. She’ll show you a quick, foolproof technique using a machine to churn heavy cream into rich butterfat and fresh buttermilk. From there, you’ll learn how to customize your butter with just the right amount of salt, or experiment with fun, unexpected flavors. While it may not be faster or cheaper than store-bought, the taste and wow factor are unmatched. Whether you’re spreading it on fresh bread or adding it to your favorite dishes, this butter is sure to steal the show.

For more creative ways to flavor and serve butter check out Days 8-10 of Cobrina's From My Kitchen To Yours Daily Practice class.

If you're a crocheter, everyone you know likely expects you to make sweaters, scarves, and blankets for the holiday season. But crochet designer Twinkie Chan knows that you don’t need another big project on your to-do list. Twinkie's gift for you is this daily practice filled with 20 of the cutest holiday-themed appliqués. They don't take a lot of time or yarn but still have tremendously cozy holiday vibes. Each one fits in the palm of your hand, and you can use them to make ornaments, brooches, gift toppers, or garlands. You can put them on stockings, sweaters, and basically anything you can think of. Try one or try them all. Deck out one gift or deck the hall. Happy holidays!

The granny square sweater is a staple of the crochet world. It’s iconic, it gives the coziest vibes, and it’s approachable for all levels of crocheters. Once you know how to crochet granny squares, turning them into a cardigan is a snap. In this class, crochet designer and author Twinkie Chan teaches you how to crochet a comfy, oversized granny square cardigan that feels like taking your favorite blanket with you everywhere you go. Begin by learning the basic granny square, which is made of double crochet stitches and chains. Then you'll learn two different ways to invisibly connect your squares - the "Join As You Go" method and the mattress stitch – and how to assemble panels of squares into a cardigan. You’ll finish with ribbing on the cuffs and hem. Twinkie designed this cardigan to be long, loose, and slouchy, but the pattern and process are so versatile that you can easily make your cardigan shorter or smaller. You can leave the sleeves free and uncuffed, and you can even swap in any kind of crocheted square that you like.

When you are a creative person but you feel like you can't access that part of yourself, how do you re-engage with your creativity and keep it going? At one time or another all of us experience lulls in our creativity and reconnecting when you feel blocked can be challenging, but artist, author and Creativebug Editor-in-Chief, Courtney Cerruti, is here to share her tried and true approaches in sparking and sustaining creative practice. Start with small steps: make space for new experiences, embrace playful practices, and engage with inspiring books and people. Courtney's prompts overlap and spill into each other—take them as they are or adapt them to fit your style as they ignite your creativity, slowly building into a fully fueled fire of artistic thought and action. Remember that creativity is a journey, and each person's path to reconnection is unique.

 

Beautify your balcony and illuminate your living room with colorful, crocheted hanging lanterns. Crochet designer and author Twinkie Chan shows you how to create two different stylesof this vintage-inspired home decor. The first one has a simple cylindrical shape, and you’ll learn a latticed shell stitch that’s worked in double crochets and chains. The second one has a chandelier shape and is for adventurous crocheters interested in exploring a variety of stitch patterns like granny stitches, the upside down granny stitch, popcorns, and Twinkie's version of the flower of life which contains double treble, triple treble and even quadruple treble stitches. This class is a fun opportunity to experiment with structure and how a soft crochet fabric can drape and stretch over a rigid frame. Whether you hang your lanterns in your home or outside in your garden, they will brighten your space every day.

Take your custom front torso sloper from Sanae Ishida’s foundational class and turn it into a beautifully fitted, sleeveless tiered dress. Beloved instructor and pattern maker Sanae guides you through each step, from transforming your sloper into a dress bodice to gathering the skirt, adding pockets, and customizing details like shoulder width and number of tiers. It's a perfect project for practicing precision while embracing creativity and personal style.

There’s something so joyful about cake! Work with cake and crochet enthusiast, Twinkie Chan, on a month-long crocheted cake extravaganza. You'll learn how to cover three shapes of cake: square, round and a slice, then practice many different kinds of decorative frostings that look like fancy buttercream piping. You'll also learn how to crochet cherries, berries, flowers, leaves, and birthday candles. Add some fun faux food embellishments for a suites of crochet sweets! With this robust recipe book of sweet embellishments and techniques, you’ll be able to mix and match you way to an endless number of one-of-a-kind cake designs, perfect for all of your special events and favorite people. Have your cake and keep it too!

Need to brush up on your crochet stitches and techniques before embarking on this cake class? No problem! Watch Twinkie's Crochet Sampler: A Daily Practice first. 

Crochet designer and author Twinkie Chan shows you two easy ways to turn a hank of yarn into a center-pull ball. While most yarns from big craft stores come in skeins—ready to use with a convenient yarn tail—many yarns from local shops are sold in hanks. A hank is a large loop of yarn twisted into itself, and if you try to work directly from it, you'll quickly end up with a tangled mess. That’s why learning to wind your own center-pull ball is a must. Twinkie walks you through the process with and without a yarn swift and ball winder, so you're covered either way.

There is a whole world of granny squares out there with fun shapes like fruits and veggies and animals inside them. Crochet a super cute strawberry granny square with crochet designer Twinkie Chan. Learn how to create a strawberry shape in rows and how to build a granny square around it. Then, top the strawberry with a row of leaves and stitch on the seeds. In this little five-inch square you’ll get to practice crochet stitches of many heights, from single crochet up to treble crochet, and you’ll have the sweetest addition to your granny square collection.

Add a few to a Granny Square Cardigan! 

You don't have to be a plant expert or even have a garden to develop a relationship with the natural world around you. Gardener and artist Lorene Edwards Forkner shows you how to gather natural elements and make four unique craft projects inspired and driven by the seasons. This class includes how to construct a plant potted in mud and moss called a kokedama and how to suspend the brightness of citrus in a delicious salt mix. She then demonstrates two ways of reimagining botanicals, by inking imprints of herbs and leaves (even a humble weed can make a beautiful print) and threading flowers on string and wire to create a delicate, ephemeral arrangment. Capture the essence of the garden by bringing the seasons inside - there's so much material in the world around you!

Professional artist and quilter Heidi Parkes believes that until a quilt has a hanging sleeve, it isn't truly finished. But even if you don't have professional aspirations of showing your work in a gallery, adding a proper sleeve is crucial for ensuring your quilt hangs nicely on the wall. In this class, Heidi guides you step-by-step through the process of preparing your quilt for hanging. She demonstrates precise measuring techniques and proper ironing methods that will allow the quilt to lay flat when hung. Then, use a nearly-invisible ladder stitch to attaching the sleeve. By the end of the class, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to create a sturdy, professional-looking sleeve ensuring the quilt is supported properly for years to come.

In this joyful tribute to exceptional collage, explore into the work of fifteen female-identifying artists who have embraced this medium as part of their artistic practice. Each session begins with an introduction to the life and work of one of these remarkable women, spanning both historical and contemporary figures. Artist Erin McCluskey Wheeler is an experienced teacher of this unique blend of art history and hands-on creation and finds joy in watching students transform inspiration into their own distinct style. While the focus is on developing your own personal collage style, understanding how these artists approached shape, color, and composition will enrich your creative vocabulary. By exploring the practices of these 15 artists, you’ll build your own "artist family tree" and discover your artistic lineage.

Feeling stuck in your embroidery routine or unsure which stitch to try next? Let Rebecca Ringquist, the artist and designer behind Dropcloth Embroidery, lead you through a dynamic collection of twelve embroidery stitches and their many variations. Each sampler is perfectly sized to fit into a five-inch hoop, making it an ideal project to take on the go. Once you've completed all twelve samplers, Rebecca shows you how to transform them into a cloth-bound embroidery reference book. This beautiful, handmade book will serve as a lasting guide to the most essential stitches in the embroidery lexicon.

This 16-day practice will be released every other day this month.

Have you ever wondered what you could marble beyond paper? Surface designer and marbling artist Mercedez Rex has, and she's put it to the test. Building on the foundation of her introductory class, Marbling Through Creativity, this lesson delves into printing on various finished goods. Mercedez demonstrates how to transfer marbled designs onto a silk scarf, a two-sided canvas bag, a cotton crop top, and a terracotta pot. You'll learn foundational marbling patterns, experiment with tools like a stylus and straw, and pick up tips for working solo. With natural materials like silk, wood, leather, canvas, and clay, the possibilities are endless!

 

Check out Mercedez' Marbling Through Creativity: An Introduction and Daily Practice for how to get set up.