The Very Serious Crafts Podcast

From the spark of an idea to picking up a pencil (or not!) and making the final digital patterns, Haley, Katie, and Mollie discuss their processes for making new designs. Show Notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/10/11/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-17/

The Creative Circle was multi-level marketing, but like, the non-scammy, all crafty kind. Join us as we gush over these vintage kits and wish for craft supply parties to make a comeback! Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/09/27/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-16/

Haley, Katie, and Mollie discuss their amazing ideas that are also terrible ideas. Because, even though it's gonna be worth it, now you have to make the thing.    Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/09/13/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-15/

What's old is new again as Haley and Mollie talk about the antique handcrafted items that inspire them, then take a virtual tour of some of the fabulous objects and projects that hang out at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Show Notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/08/30/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-14/

Imagine a room where you can enjoy all the best parts of crafting. Better than a smash room, we present our ideas for a space we call SatiscraftingTM. Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/08/16/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-13/

These tips and techniques may be obvious to some crafters, but Haley and Mollie are here to talk about the things they wish they had known when they started. Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/

No matter how you make it or use it, we're talking about lace and describing it with two F words: flouncy frippery. Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/

Things are finally taking shape as Haley and Mollie talk about resin, plaster, wax, and the long-forgotten Plastigoop! Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/07/05/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-10

When it comes to organizing craft tools, supplies, and projects, is it any surprise that Haley, Mollie, and Katie Green Bean have a lot to talk about? Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/06/21/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-09/

It's time to talk favorite fibers and textiles. Haley, Katie, and Mollie gush over the materials they love to work with, the items they're willing to splurge on, and why it's so hard to split up a set.  Show Notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/06/07/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-08/

From template to thread and basting to joining, we Very Serious Crafters love English paper piecing! Today, we discuss the differences between EPP and FPP and ponder a theory about what makes it "English."   Show Notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/05/24/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-07/  

Things get colorful in this episode as Haley and Mollie talk about dying. Wait, no. That should be dyeing. Specifically, natural dyes, chemical dyes, shibori, Kool-Aid, tie-dye, and the many mysteries of dye-related chemistry that still elude them both.  Show Notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/05/10/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-06/

Haley, Mollie, and special guest Katie Green are Very Serious Crafters with Very Serious Thoughts about buttons, zippers, and snaps. (Shocking, we know!) This episode is bursting at the seams with personal favorites, some zipper-related side eye, and an accidental bonus primer on US vs. UK terminology. Show Notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/04/26/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-...

Prepare for pure stitch-related joy as Haley and Mollie talk about thread painting and their favorite artists who blur the lines between art and craft.   Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/04/12/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-04/

Jeans, beaded Christmas trees, and shoes: What do they all have in common? Haley and Mollie are fairly certain they'll never, ever make them. Show Notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/03/29/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-03/

As Mollie and Haley talk about scrimshaw and crafting with teeth, there are no bones about it: things get a little creepy. They may also spoil the secret of the tooth fairy. Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/2021/03/15/the-very-serious-crafts-podcast-season-4-episode-02/

Season 4 launches with a conversion about the things Haley and Mollie were up to, what they didn't get done, and the new tools they bought while Very Serious Crafts was on hiatus. 

Season 4 of the Very Serious Crafts Podcast may sound a little different, so get ready for new episodes coming March 2021!

In the last Very Serious Crafts episode of season three, Mollie looks at miniatures, Haley makes a list, Heidi hangs some lights, and we share the official VSC Top Ten! Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/

In season 3, episode 22 of the Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Heidi gets hip to TikTok, Mollie inaccurately describes locker hooking, and Haley's holiday plans suggest that she's been body-snatched.    Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/

In season 3, episode 21 of the Very Serious Crafts Podcast, we all get very serious about craft clickbait and questionable face masks. But, don't despair! Things get a whole lot lighter when Heidi's niece swoops in and saves the day with all the colors! Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/

In season 3, episode 20 of the Very Serious Crafts Podcast, you'll find new knitting projects on our needles, unironic Christmas catalog craft toy joy, and the real-time exploration of a cool but tricky cross-stitch app. Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/

In season 3, episode 19, Mollie tries to knit continental, Heidi's project becomes VERY toddler-approved, and Haley falls in love with Persian pattern singing. Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/

In season 3, episode 18 of the Very Serious Crafts Podcast, Haley gets into scrapbooking, Heidi becomes a YouTuber, and Mollie deals with a doll's delicate parts. Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/

In season 3, episode 17, the plant biologist is back, snoods are afoot, and it turns out we all have serious feelings about Taylor Swift's embroidery skills. Show notes: https://www.veryseriouscrafts.com/episodes/