Pride, Work, and Necessity of Side Projects: Melanie Richards’ honoring of creative women, a pattern library, weaving and more

What are you working on—on the side?

A couple months ago, I wrapped up my longest-standing side project, Badass Lady Creatives, a blog and directory which celebrates women working in design and related fields. After 3 years of profiling incredibly talented designers, artists, illustrators, developers, etc., I’ve decided to move on to some other projects.

Right now, I’m working on a couple things: putting together a pattern library (here’s some examples of what I mean) that I can use as a jumpin...