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    Category: Creative Living

    Learning to sew and figuring out how to use a sewing machine.

    Learning to Sew: How I Became a Sewing Husband

    This year, for my wife’s birthday, I sewed her a custom-made Studio Tunic in a bark-green Nomad Linen with contrasting burnt orange top stitching. I…

    daavid November 11, 2022
    12 Comments
    The back of the Luna Moth costume. My daughter is wearing realistic painted fabric wings and headband antennae.

    6 simple tricks to spark your creativity

    This story ends with a life-sized cat dragon and an equally large luna moth, but it begins with near burnout. This year has been anything…

    Meg-McElwee November 4, 2022
    9 Comments

    Metabolizing sorrow through art

    I was a generally happy kid who listened to sad songs for the inexplicable thrill of experiencing big human feelings. Snuggling my dog, I couldn’t…

    Meg-McElwee August 9, 2022
    43 Comments

    Noticing and Making

    On a recent walk in my neighborhood I stopped to take a picture of a bird’s nest. It isn’t as if I’d never seen one…

    Meredith May 18, 2022
    8 Comments

    Why and how to learn to hand sew your clothes

    I know a few things to be true about myself:  Turtlenecks make me claustrophobic. I hate watching dramatic television. It gives me nightmares. I am…

    Meg-McElwee May 4, 2022
    26 Comments
    meg wears a black wrap top and stands by the window

    Me Made May 2022

    Many of us come to sewing and making to escape the wasteful, unsustainable cycle of fast fashion. Not only does fast fashion make us feel…

    Meg-McElwee April 27, 2022
    17 Comments
    Meredith holds a stack of twill, corduroy and woven cotton fabric in front of her check while wearing a flannel hinterland dress

    Guide to Buying Fabric Online

    As you might guess, we’re pretty big fabric lovers around here, and we’re betting you are too. But there is a lot of fabric out…

    Meredith January 28, 2022
    5 Comments
    a white cat sits on a sewing machine in front of the window

    Guide to Buying a Sewing Machine

    Trustworthy advice for buying a sewing machine For a new sewist, perhaps nothing is more important or more confusing to find than a sewing machine…

    Meg-McElwee January 24, 2022
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    Handmade Gifts for a Slower Holiday Season

    A handmade gift is a special thing But I will admit, despite being a maker of many stripes, I don’t make things for others that…

    Meredith December 13, 2021
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    Gifts for Makers

    I can’t speak for all makers, but for me, for the holidays, there is nothing I want more than simply the time to work on…

    Meredith December 13, 2021
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