We love hearing stories of makers who give their all – time, energy and hard work – to the craft they love… and Sarah Godfrey is one of them…

"I was saved by embroidery!" – Going through a difficult period of her life, embroidery became an outlet for fiber artist Kristen Gula to channel her negative emotions into something physical and get her back on the right tracks of life.

We picked out some spring-inspiring crafts we chanced upon online to get you in the mood for the season!

We love artworks that tell a unique story or aim to send out a message of change. When we stumbled upon artist, Josh Blackwell's embroidered plastic bags works on Pinterest, we were instantly hooked by not only it's intricacy but the intention behind creating them.

It sure takes a lot of practice to have perfect control over the speed and direction of the needle to create patterns as intricate as the ones you see above. Go on and admire these 3 free motion stitched textile art that we are swooning over...

Instagram is well-known for creating and maintaining communities, and since the start of KOEL, we’ve seen how close knitted the yarn community is at current and got inspired to start this series!