She Makes | A Sewing Blog
Deep thoughts about creative living.
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My darling sewing friends, I’ve been enjoying more guests to the blog over the past few months, so I thought it would be nice to tell you a wee bit more about myself. You know, so you can feel more like I’m your sewing homegirl and not just some internet lady who lives in your […]
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Hi, guys. Long time, no post. If you don’t follow Sie macht on social media, you probably don’t know that my mom passed away March 1. She fought stage 4 cancer for almost two years and left us weeks before her 62nd birthday. I miss her, and I haven’t had space in my head and heart since she died to be particularly creative. […]
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A while back I lamented how I longed to sew tried-and-true patterns. Well, I scratched that itch by batch sewing four Megan Nielsen Briar T-shirts. (It was going to be five Briars, but my serger and I had a misunderstanding. Oops.) […]
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Goals, resolutions, ruminations, reflections, etc, etc., etc. The end of one year and the beginning of the next are lousy with ’em. Let’s reflect on 2017 and set sewing goals for 2018. […]
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November is all about Project #SewMyStyle, the Instagram sewing challenge where sewists tackle one pattern a month. I aim to sew the final two garments of the 2017 challenge back to back. […]
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My Colette Mabel knit skirt was one of those sewing projects where I had a case of the dum-dums. It’s a project that literally should take no more than two hours β including cutting time β and it stretched over several days. […]