Originally the brainchild of Austin designers Jesse Kelly Landes, Tina Sparkles, Karly Hand, and Jennifer Perkins, last year’s fifth annual Stitch fest – complete with a full bar and a cafe outfitted with sewing machines for the compulsively creative – brought arts and crafts to a whole new deliriously frenetic level that left us inspired long thereafter. Ninety-plus vendors from around the country showed up, including folks from Etsy.com, as well as Project Runway’s Bradley Baumkirchner and Cleveland-based theatre/dance/jump-roping troupe Double Dutch Will Take You Higher. It sure took us higher. Crafts + alcohol + jump ropes = DIY heaven.
