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 sort …
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 not into historical …
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 …
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 …