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    Tag: making life

    Telling Stories with Clothes

    Sometimes I feel guilty for liking clothes as much as I do. I daydream about clothes while driving when I could be educating myself about…

    Meg-McElwee April 24, 2023
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    Meredith’s Garment Story

    It is true that I’ve fallen in love with many a dress. Fallen in love with many a sewing technique. I love the satisfaction of…

    Meredith April 21, 2023
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    Meg’s Garment Story

    I did not make you. But my love for you made you come alive. You are the velveteen rabbit of my closet, pulsing with meaning,…

    Meg-McElwee April 21, 2023
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    Judith’s Garment Story

    An easy-wear pair of daytime pants were in order. I kept on wearing my pyjama pants – a waistband with a button wasn’t going to…

    Judith-Henrikson April 20, 2023
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    David’s Garment Story: The Continued Adventures of a Sewing Husband

    Where did we leave off?  There was a pandemic.  And as an actor/bartender in NYC with theaters and bars shut down, I needed a job. …

    David April 20, 2023
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    Prioritizing the right kind of sewing project

    Does your to-make list feel like a Google Calendar full of obligations?  Even when we come up with our own “Make Nine” project lists to…

    Meg-McElwee February 17, 2023
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    2022 Holiday Gift Guide for Makers

    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,…

    Meredith November 15, 2022
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    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…

    David November 11, 2022
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    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

    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
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