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These days, I’m sewing less and loving it more. At the end of 2018, I reflected on personal and professional goals, how I work best, and the realities of my life as a stay-at-home parent. You know, pretty typical end-of-year analysis stuff. I realized that I need to think of my blog as more of […]
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This is part 2 of a two-part series. Here’s part 1: People Watching: Sewing Inspiration That’s Not Pinterest (Part 1). Fashion sewing inspiration can come from just about anywhere. Social media, magazines, museum exhibits, and trips to the mall can sow seeds for your next stitching project. People watching is one of my favorite ways to […]
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Can we talk, sewist to sewist? When I feel like Pinterest and Instagram are coming up short in the sewing inspiration department, I turn to people watching. […]
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The Jo-Ann concept store is a great start for satisfying a new generation of sewists, but I think the retailer could go further. Here’s how the big-box craft store could level up for garment sewists. […]
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Tracing sewing patterns is my least favorite sewing task. There, I said it. Tracing sewing patterns is a tedious, and I almost always lose steam on a project during pattern tracing. But, I am a committed member of Team Trace (vs. Team Cut That Stuff Out). By tracing sewing patterns, you preserve the original pattern, […]
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Sewists: We’ve got to talk about gifts for sewing lovers. If you’re not a sewist, buying gifts for sewing lovers can be tricky. That’s why I wrote this guide of 53 (!!!) gifts for sewers and quilters. I want to make it easy for our non-sewing friends, family, and colleagues to choose amazing gifts for sewists. […]
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Here they are: my first pair of jeans! They’re the Mia jeans from our British friends at Sew Over It. I’m DELIGHTED with how they turned out, my sewing homies. […]
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How many times have you heard that sewing is cheaper than therapy? I am pretty sure I see that weekly in the online sewing community. This quip inspired me to explore sewing for depression and anxiety. […]
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Where do you stand in the knits vs. wovens battle? And which do you like to sew more? Let’s compare the two types of fabrics by looking at two dresses. […]
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There’s a new sewing room setup in town, my stitching friends! After years of talk, I finally made over my sewing room. It’s optimized with chic new IKEA furniture (there’s a new IKEA in my town, so how could I resist?), and the result is an airy and highly functional sewing space that practically begs me for quality time. […]