- Alas, GoogleCraft is not a real handmade marketplace.
- Etsy’s market value after the first day of being a publicly traded company was $3.3 billion.
- Missouri Star Quilt Company was named National Small Business of the Year this year by the Small Business Administration.
- Alicia Shaffer doesn’t have “Top Esty Reseller” on her business card (at least I don’t think she does).
- Coloring books are now an adult thing. In fact the Amazon top 3 sellers of 2015 in the crafts category were all coloring books!
- Sew Annoying is not a real craft podcast. Perhaps it should be?
- The Modern Quilt Guild now has 10,000 members!
- Craftsy’s in-house yarn line is called Cloudborn Fibers.
- Fancy Tiger’s hit sewing patterns of 2015? The Sailor.
- Sewing with human hair was not a top quilting trend in 2015. I think that’s a good thing?
How did you do?