2022 Holiday Gift Guide for Makers
An unconventional holiday gift guide for makers Because, let’s face it – makers are unconventional people who prefer to make their own clothes, home decor,…
Tag: making life
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…
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…
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…
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…
Fall Making Checklist
Fall is far and away my favorite season It is the best time for making, whether it’s quilts, sweaters, or dresses. In the past I…
Knitting with Plant Fibers
I am rereading a favorite novel of mine I Capture the Castle is a coming of age story, narrated by seventeen year old Cassandra, as…
(Very) Slow Stitching
I don’t know if I should be embarrassed to admit this but I started the hand quilting on my first quilt over a year ago…
Me Made May Week 2
Meg’s Me Made May Week 2 Day 1: Otis Overalls + old tee My favorite look of the bunch! I love the look of a…
Falling in Love with a Color
“Suppose I were to begin by saying I had fallen in love with a color. Suppose I were to speak this as though it were…