Crafts

March 4, 2025

Learn 3 Essential Crochet Tips In This Class for Beginners

If you love working with your hands and want to learn a new skill, there's still time to take advantage of a special winter sale at My Modern Met Academy. Until March 20, get 25% off our Crochet Crash Course by entering FIESTA25 at checkout. That means you only pay $26.21 rather than $34.95 to learn to crochet while creating a fashionable purse. Why learn to crochet?

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February 18, 2025

Celebrate National Embroidery Month With a Bundle of Online Classes

February is a month known for many things, above all love and diversity. But did you know that February is also National Embroidery Month? Celebrating the art of decorating fabric with a needle and thread, it makes this month to perfect time to start on an embroidery journey. And to help, My Modern Met Academy has packaged two online embroidery classes into a special bundle.

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January 2, 2025

This Artist Is Redefining the Ancient Art of Quilling by “Painting” With Paper

Paper quilling has been around for centuries, with some historians linking its origins to the invention of paper in ancient China. Today, artist Yulia Brodskaya is bringing the craft into the modern era with her stunning illustrations, made from intricately rolled, folded, and shaped colored paper. From detailed portraits to nature-inspired scenes, each piece is composed of hundreds of meticulously placed paper strips. Brodskaya describes her technique as “drawing” or “painting” with paper.

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