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Saturday, March 07, 2009

FREE Crafter's Forums, Groups, and Online Communities - by Linda Walsh


As you probably know I'm a crafter and therefore a little biased when it comes to the crafting community on the web. But, I have to say that the arts and craft community on the web is still THE BEST!

The arts and craft community on the Internet is so vibrant, so cheerful, so thoughtful, and filled with so many talented artists and crafters from hundreds of different venues. And, best of all - everyone is always so willing to help everyone else out and share their creations, things they learned, tips and how-to's, etc. We are an arts and craft community united in helping each other. That's something we should all be very proud of. As I like to say, "What helps one artists and crafter helps all of us!"

So, how do you join this fantastic community? Well, you join one or several of the hundreds of arts and craft forums, groups, or online communities that are out there and there are a lot of them.

In fact, the line is also blurring between the various kinds of arts and crafts forums, groups, communities and websites and/or blogs. Some of the communities include individual members pages, blogs, discussions areas, photo albums, video's, etc. There's a HUGE variety now amongst the different communities and hundreds upon hundreds of different ones to choose from. There's a forum, group, or community for every one's arts & craft talent and/or interest.

Since there are so many of them I thought I'd include a list of FREE ones that I am aware of on the sidebar of my "The Best FREE Craft Articles Blog" so you can visit some of the ones that might interest you and, possibly, join some.

The listing of a forum, group, or online communities on my "The Best FREE Craft Articles Blog" or in this post does not imply endorsement of the forum, crafter's websites, crafter's businesses, crafter's products, links or integrity of the web pages to which the forum, group, or community leads. If you encounter post or links on any of the forums, groups, or online communities that is objectionable and not family-friendly please notify me as soon as possible so that we can remove them from this page and from our list.

Here's my list of FREE Crafter's Forums, Groups, and Crafter's Online Communities:

  • 52 Sketches...52 Weeks

  • About.com Family Crafts Forum

  • About.com Quilting Forum

  • About.com Sewing Forum

  • ABPag3

  • AllCrafts.net Forums

  • AllCrafters.com Community Forum

  • Altered Diva Online Workshop

  • American Craft Guide Community

  • A Passion for Primitives - Delphi Forums

  • APQS Forum

  • A Primitive Journey Community

  • Art Critique Gallery & Forums

  • ArtFace

  • Art Fair Insiders

  • Arthobby

  • A Stitch Club

  • A Vintage Bride

  • Beaders Showcase

  • Bella Online

  • BFC Creations

  • BlogHer Forum

  • Black Crafters Guild

  • BookArtz.com

  • Burda Style

  • Candlemakers Corner

  • Candle Makers Group

  • Care2.com

  • Circle of Crafters

  • Cloth Doll Artistry

  • Cloth Doll Connection Forum

  • Cloth Doll Maker's Forum - MSN Group

  • Cloth Doll Making - Yahoo Group

  • Cloth Doll Classroom

  • Color Combos Galore

  • Coolecting.com

  • Cottage Comforts - Delphi Forums

  • Country Lane Peddler

  • Cr8tv

  • Craft Buddy

  • Craft Class

  • Craft Crowd

  • Crafted Online

  • CrafterZone

  • Craft Gossip

  • Crafthaus

  • Crafting In Style

  • Craft Recipes

  • Craftsie

  • Craftster.org Forum

  • Craftzine Forum

  • Crafts Fair Online Bulletin Boards

  • CraftWorldOnline

  • Craftz.org

  • Cranapple Christmas Forum

  • Create A Prim's Community

  • Creative Adventures With Vintage Niki

  • Creative Butterfly

  • Creative Cloth Dolls

  • Creative Considerations

  • Creative Souls

  • Creative Workshops

  • Crochet List

  • CrowSoup.com Forum - Delphi Forum

  • CT Sewing

  • Delphi Forums

  • Digicrap101

  • DIY City Community

  • DJDoodle Junction Craft Community Forum

  • Doll Ad Central

  • Dolls and Bears Collectors Society

  • Easy-Crafts-101

  • eBay - Art & Artists Groups

  • eBay - Crafts Groups

  • Embellisher Netwrok

  • EmbellishStitchEnrich

  • eTatters

  • Etsy Artists of Color

  • Etsy Bloggers Street Team

  • Etsy Cottage Style

  • Etsy For Charity

  • Etsy Texas Crafters

  • Everything Sewing

  • Facebook.com - Groups

  • Fashion-Era Forum

  • Fashion Dolls & Other Small Crafts

  • Felting Forum

  • Fiber Arts/Mixed Media

  • Fiber Focus

  • Flickr - Groups

  • Folkart Fans

  • FreeCraft Unlimited

  • Friendly Sewing - Delphi Forum

  • Friends Of Cloth Dolls

  • GardenWeb Forums

  • GetCrafty.com

  • Glitter Town Dolly's - Yahoo Group

  • Goddess Dolls

  • Gone Beadin'

  • Google Groups

  • Gothic Arches

  • GWHitty Group

  • Handmade World

  • Hands - On Heaven

  • Heirlom Sewing and Smocking - Delphi Forum

  • Hitty Group

  • How To Sew

  • Idrawandpaint

  • www.in2crafts.co.za

  • IndiePublic

  • Inspired Blueprints

  • InspireME

  • INTO Ceramics

  • Jewelry Designer Network

  • Kitche Gardeners

  • Kitty Kitty

  • KnitIdeas

  • Knitting Community

  • Leahpeah's Trade A Craft

  • Let's Make Art

  • Made It Myself On Ning

  • Making-Jewelry.com

  • Make Mine Pink Forum

  • McBears.com

  • Milliande Creativity Club

  • Mixed Media Arts

  • Mixed Media With Suzi Blu

  • Modern Cloth Doll Making

  • Moms Like Me

  • Moms Network Forum

  • MQ Resourse - Machine Quilter's

  • My Art Buddies

  • My Embroidery Mentor

  • My Scrap Space

  • My Quilt Patch

  • Nancyes Art Dolls

  • Needle Felting Fun - Yahoo Forum

  • Neutral Ground

  • Ning Communities

  • No White Tent Affordable Art/Craft Shows

  • OOAK Art Dolls

  • Painting With Paulette

  • Paper Craft Planet

  • Paper Digital Art and Images by Kim

  • PatternReview.com Forum

  • Paper Doll Exchange

  • Paper Therapy

  • Polymer Clay Productions

  • Primitive & Rustic Crafts and Decorations

  • Primitive Kountry

  • Prim Mart Community Forum

  • Quilter's World

  • Quilting Board

  • Quilting Friends

  • Quilting - Where Imaginations Grow

  • Quiltropolis

  • Quilts Your Way

  • Reborn Doll Artists Circle

  • Reborn Help

  • Renee's Garden Community

  • Right At Home Scrapbooking

  • Rug Hooking Daily

  • Scrapbook.com Forum

  • Scrapbook Dimensions Magazine

  • Scrapbooking To Learn

  • Scrap Garden

  • ScrappingMyBunsOff

  • Sea Glass Artists & Sea Glass Collectors

  • Sea Glass Lovers

  • Serendipity Scrapbooks Forum

  • SewCity.com

  • SewGirls.com Sewing and Dressmaking online Community

  • Sewing Forum

  • Sewing Information Exchange Bulletin Board

  • Sew-op.net

  • Sew-whats-new.com Forum

  • Shabby Rose Chic

  • She-essence Forum

  • Siggy Piggy

  • Silk Painting Network

  • Sisters At Heart

  • Small Business Ideas Forum

  • Small Town Living

  • Snickerdoodle Dreams

  • StampTV

  • Stitchers Haven

  • Stitchin Fingers

  • Sweet'n Sassy Stampers

  • The Antique Sewing Basket

  • The Artful Paper Doll

  • The Buried Treasury Network

  • The Boxx

  • The Crop Circle

  • The Distinctive Fabric Network

  • The Ephemera Network

  • The Fairy Society Artist Community Network

  • The Guild Of Master Bearcrafters

  • The Indie Inspire Company

  • The Jewelry Artists Network

  • The Mom Pack Forum

  • The Natural Surface

  • The Parlor - An Old Fashioned Living Community

  • The Quilt & Needle

  • The Sewing Wenches Forum - Yahoo Group

  • The Vintage Village

  • The Welcome Mat

  • UK Crafts Forum

  • UK Handmade

  • Vintage Cloth Doll Making

  • Vintage Life Network

  • Vintage Pulse

  • WAHM Message Boards

  • Weekend Workshops

  • We Love Art Fire

  • We Love Etsy

  • WeScrap

  • Wild Art Dolls

  • Willowing's Wonderful World of Whimsy

  • Working With Felt

  • Yahoo Groups

  • Your Handmade


  • I hope you find a forum, group, or online community for whatever arts & crafts interest you may have. Maybe I'll be a member there, too.


    Copyright © 2009 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals, Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer. http://lindawalshoriginals.com


    Graphic Copyright © 2008 Denise Bailey of KKL Primitives.

    1 comments:

    online quilting community said...

    These articles are really cool. I simply love sharing them with my granny.

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