Have You Heard of Craftsy?

I don’t remember when it is that I first heard of Craftsy. Right away, though, I loved it. My husband bought me a class on making bombshell dresses. Now, I’ll admit, I don’t think I’m quite good enough to create one of these gorgeous dresses yet, but I’m enjoying watching the class anyways. I also bought an upcycling class. It’s a lot of fun.

What else do you need to know about Craftsy? Here’s a little from them:

“Craftsy is the fastest growing online community for Crafters – with over 500,000 monthly unique visitors, having just launched in May 2011. This rapid growth results from two primary offerings which Craftsy users love:
1) Terrific online classes from amazing instructors for beginning, intermediate and advanced quilters, knitters, crocheters, sewists, jewelry makers, and other crafters.
2) Astonishingly good deals on crafting supplies: organic yarn, lovely fabrics and fat quarters from top designers, high quality needles, etc…” When they say “astonishingly good,” they mean it. I have their deals delivered to me, and they are amazing!

One of my favorite features of Craftsy is the Craftsy Pattern Marketplace. “Newly launched, the Patterns section of Craftsy is the fastest growing online marketplace for crafting patterns. Because Craftsy does not charge designers any fees or commissions for listing or selling their patterns, creative indie designers are hurrying to the site to set up their pattern shops. There, well over half a million active Craftsy members browse the thousands upon thousands of patterns of all types, for all crafts. And since the designers aren’t getting charged or having to give Craftsy any commissions, the deals on patterns are amazing! Some are even free. It’s the perfect place to get inspiration and instructions at super low prices.”