Just in time for summer vacation comes Martha Stewart’s Favorite Crafts for Kids, a treasure trove of charming, beautiful, creative, and educational projects that you and the kids in your life will love to create together.

With just a tiny travel sewing kit and scraps of fabric, quilter and author of Quilting on the Go Jessica Alexandrakis creates stunning, intricate quilts that are surprisingly easy to make. In our interview, Jessica shares what she loves about this technique and tips to make it even more enjoyable.

Make the most out of summer’s extra daylight hours by finding an artist talk or craft class near you.

Our friends at Random House Audio are hosting an Audiobooks Crafter Sweepstakes this week, and the prize pack contains everything you need for a season of crafting, and reading, and beaching. Enter to win today!

We at CrafterNews are super excited to dress up our summer whites with brightly colored tie-dyed scarves. One of our absolute favorites is the Crystalline Scarf from Shabd Simon-Alexander’s new book Tie-Dye, on sale this June.

What do you get when you combine one part scientific knowledge, one part crafty creativity, and two parts humor? All kinds of explosively amusing new crafts!

As a busy mom of two, Brandy Fortune knows what knitters want: quick, simple, and utterly adorable projects. In her first book, Just Like Me Knits, Brandy creates irresistible accessories and clothes for kids–and matching outfits for their toys! In our interview, Brandy shares behind-the-scenes stories about her process of designing these sweet little patterns.

If you’re a longtime reader of Crafternews, you know Potter Craft hosts a special lunchtime event for magazine editors, newspaper writers, and TV and radio producers to give them a sneak peek at our upcoming titles, as well as an opportunity to see finished projects from our books. And this year might have been the best event yet!

Polymer clay was touted, wooed, manipulated, transformed, and ever-present in Atlanta, Georgia, this spring. Seth Lee Savarick, a featured artist in Polymer Clay Master Class, presented and attended seminars at the IPCA’s third annual Synergy conference, and shares a few highlights from his perspective.

Mother’s Day is just a few short days away, and while nothing beats spending quality time with the women who raised us or giving new moms some well-deserved love and attention, here are some new books that she will also appreciate.