Welcome to Crafting Communities, a resource hub for makers and educators interested in nineteenth-century material culture. Click on the links below to create, listen, and learn or to explore our resources for crafting in your classroom.

  • Crafting How-Tos

    Follow step-by-step tutorials to learn 19th-century crafting techniques and make your own creations.

    Create

  • Victorian Samplings Podcast

    Listen to interviews with scholars, makers, artists, and curators about Victorian material culture and its legacies.

    Listen

  • Victorian Things Exhibit

    Learn about 26 fascinating objects in this online exhibit of Victorian material culture.

    Learn

  • Crafting in the Classroom

    Explore syllabi, assignments, and teaching and learning resources developed by Crafting Communities team members and collaborators.

    Teach
View fullsize Last week we were so excited to see the products of a #modernart class @uofa_augustana. In their semester wrap up, the Student Academic Conference, this class wove together #creativehistory, #experientallearning, and #criticalcrafting into an examina
View fullsize This weekend Crafting Communities is heading out to the community to offer a rag-rug workshop at Dalnavert Museum in Winnipeg. This workshop is a fundraiser for @dalnavertmuseum. Come one, come all. Old pillowcases in need of new life are welcome!
View fullsize Last week was the last @uofa_augustana #crafternoon of the semester and we tried our hands at floral design! The whole forum smelt like a greenhouse and we enjoyed working with our hands. It was the perfect activity to celebrate the coming of spring
View fullsize Semesters are wrapping up and we are enjoying our final few #crafternoons before a new term. @universityofvictoria crafters wrapped up their semester by working on hand-sewn garments, crochet, knitting, embroidery, tapestries, and rag-rugs! Stay tun
View fullsize From seed to flower: it’s been a while since @umanitoba students in ENGL 2140 planted geranium seeds in support of their study of all things botanical in Victorian literature. Not all of our tiny gold-covered seeds grew into plants but... those
View fullsize More than 4 months have passed since 47 @umanitoba students loaded cameras made of recycled beverage cans with photographic paper! The time has come to reveal what they captured! If you’re lucky enough to be in Treaty One Territory, come visit
View fullsize This past week we had an amazing turn out at our painting #crafternoon @uofa_augustana! Fun fact: the Victorian era changed how we approached paint and the applications of this media. This week we will explore beading in the @uofa_augustana forum a
View fullsize Check out this FREE opportunity to learn more about Empire and Colonialism by NAVSA's caucus - Tomorrow (March 27) on ZOOM!
View fullsize Last week we celebrated Pride by weaving together rainbow rag rugs at the @uofa_augustana #crafternoon! Each one is unique and we love to see how each crafter creates. Join us tomorrow to explore Shrinky Dinks in the forum at 1pm.
View fullsize You may have noticed we are slightly obsessed with rag rugs in the @craftyvictorians community. Join us tomorrow in the forum @uofa_augustana at 1 pm to try it out!