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Since I became a mom in 2011, I’ve learned a lot about myself, my husband, our sons, and our extended family. I’ve found a lot of mom-ing lessons overlap with sewing, actually, and I thought you’d be interested in the connections I’ve made between parenthood and my sewing practice. […]
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Rainbows are awesome, and so is Rainbow Brite (yes, I’m a child of the ’80s). But, as an adult, dressing in rainbow clothes too often looks twee and childish. […]
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Here’s how to save money on Amazon: Shop the online retailer’s bargain pages for discount sewing supplies. If you know where and how to look, a bargain-hungry sewist definitely can save cash on fabric, storage, furniture, notions, sewing machines, and more. […]
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Oh, Amazon. You big, sexy database. Delivering fabric to my house so I don’t have to take my sons with me to the fabric-cutting counter. (🙌🙏👍 THANK YOU!!) My sewing friends, I’ve got some choice Amazon tricks for fabric shopping that I’m itching to share. […]
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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:Â 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. […]