On July 31, 2023, Carol-Jean Duvall of Traverse City pἀssed away at Cordia Senior Living at the age of 97. For many years, the public was given access to the crafts skills and “how-to” guides of the former host of the self-titled The Carol Duvall Show on HGTV.
Prior to anchoring on HGTV, Duvall participated in a number of programs and broadcasts. She presided over a children’s craft fair in Grand Rapids in 1951. She eventually went on to work as the host of Home Show’s craft segment, which ABC later picked up.
It was time for her to take complete creative control over the production of her own show after years of working as a crafting personality in the television industry. The Carol Duvall Show debuted on HGTV as one of the network’s original programs at the end of 1994.
Later, it was used by the DIY Network, where it continued to air for a few more years. The arts and crafts program welcomed viewers of all ages and ran daily from 1994 to 2005.
It covered “how-to” crafts, scrapbooking, jewelry making, stamps, ribbons, picture frames, attractive boxes, easy sewing, and several paper creations. Making handmade goods and presents was a good-natured hobby that Duvall brought a positive approach to.
Throughout its ten-year run, the multi-season program maintained its popularity. In addition to instructing thousands of viewers on creating at all levels during her tenure as a host, Duvall also helped artists get recognition by introducing them to the public.
Duvall’s craft ideas and instructions are available in book, video, and shareable app formats for use in art schools, get-togethers with family and friends, and rainy-day crafts. You can read details about Carol Duvall’s obituary below.
Carol Duvall Obituary
In the early years of television, Duvall shared arts and crafts with viewers, starting in 1951 when she gave making instructions on a children’s program in Grand Rapids, Michigan. After presenting her own regional program, “Here’s Carol Duvall,” she later joined ABC’s “Home Show” when it first aired in 1988.
In 1994, not long after “Home Show” ended, “The Carol Duvall Show” made its HGTV premiere. The daily program included instructions for making crafts like origami, jewelry, polymer clay, and more.
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The DIY Network picked up “The Carol Duvall Show” when HGTV canceled it in 2005, and it continued there until 2009. In addition, Duvall published two craft books, “Wanna Make Something Out of It?” and “Paper Crafting with Carol Duvall.”
Sarah Hodsdon shared a post on Carol Duvall’s pἀssing:
My Dear Mentor and Friend Carol Duvall escaped her mortal coil on Monday… To the world, she was the Queen of Crafts… to me, she was one of my Grandmother’s Sisters, an ‘Aunt’ who was on tv making the things I had made on her living room floor over-looking Lake Michigan. She is…
— Sarah Hodsdon (@sarahndipitous) August 2, 2023
Note: Although the precise reason for Carol Duvall’s pἀssing and obituary details is still unknown, it is largely accepted that it was a natural result of her senior age. The arts and crafts community and beyond were saddened by the news of Carol Duvall’s pἀssing.
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