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…
Category: Creative Living
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…