Make your money maker

Craft, Inc. helps you turn your skills into dollar bills

Feel free to sew outside the lines

Amy Karol's book, Bend the Rules Sewing, can help anyone tackle their fear of needle and thread

'Crafter Culture Handbook' by Amy Spencer

Marion Boyers Publishers, $17.95, 288 pages

Andrew Bird in Chicago, April 20, 2007

A faulty sound system corrupts the perfectionist’s set

The Decemberists and My Brightest Diamond in Chicago, April 19, 2007

Chicago's sons and daughters take tall tales, "Freak Out" in stride

Low and Loney, Dear in Chicago, April 13, 2007

Swede dreams and lush lullabies

'Simple Sewing' by Lotta Jansdotter

Chronicle Books, $24.95, 144 pages

Laurel Wells

Creating yesterday's fashions tomorrow

'Saturday Night Hat' by Eugenia Kim

Potter Craft, $19.95, 144 pages

Ben Tausig, Crossword Constructor

This cruciverbalist is tilting down the high-brow, stodgy world of crossword puzzles

M.I.A.   Issue #33

With big love for her mama and her signature punk approach to dance music, is she the modern girl next door or the most exciting thing since riot grrrl? We're convinced she's both.

By Anne-Marie Payne

Get into Flower Arranging

By Cortney Heimerl

Elsie Flannigan of A Beautiful Mess

By Amy Strauss

The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, H–M   Issue #35

By Venus Zine Staff

Venus Zine Crowns the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll!   Issue #44

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The Greatest Female Guitarists of All Time, A–G   Issue #35

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