Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do I’m a maker in pretty much every aspect of my life. I work full-time in publishing as an editor of arts and crafts books, and spend all my other time working on my own arts projects. I’m an author and illustrator in the picture book…
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There is a quiet radiance of joy emanating from Farokh Talati’s face. Kind, calm, measured, eyes lit when talking about food, especially Parsi food, the roots of his ancestry, and the subject of his first, recently published book: ‘Parsi: From Persia to Bombay: Recipes & Tales from the Ancient Culture’. We meet in St John…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. Hey ya’ll! My name is Alyx and I’m from Little Rock, Arkansas, where I live with my husband and our dog, River. After almost a decade of working as a middle and high school English teacher, I made a big career jump this past summer…
We hope you enjoyed our previous articles on sewing technique collections. If you’ve missed them, here are all the links: Five Useful Pleats and Folding Techniques, Three Useful Hem Techniques, How To Sew Your Most Essential Four Pockets and How To Sew Your Most Essential Four Collars. Today, we have gathered all the useful sleeve techniques we’ve had…
1. Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. Hello! I’m Fena and I’m currently residing in Northern California with my wonderful husband. I am a Makerspace teacher for 5th through 8th graders, which means I teach kids with 3D printers, sewing machines, and 5 types of scissors. It’s my dream job and I’m so lucky to…
Continuing on from Three Useful Hem Techniques, How To Sew Your Most Essential Four Pockets and How To Sew Your Most Essential Four Collars article, here are five useful ways you can fold your fabric to shape it into gorgeous designs. Simply click on the links below to either go straight to the hem tutorial or try…
If it comes- let it, if it goes- let it. One of my favourite Buddhist mantras. One true, and especially hard to follow in the midst of stormy emotions, which is precisely when you need to let go of something… anger, frustration, fear, hurt, expectations. But what is the inner mechanism of letting go? A…
Continuing on from How To Sew Your Most Essential Four Pockets and How To Sew Your Most Essential Four Collars article, here are three most useful hem tutorials you might appreciate in one place. Simply click on the links below to either go straight to the hem tutorial or try out any of our free patterns…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do My name is Annie, I am 22 and from Ontario, Canada. My nickname is Pickle. I am named after my great-grandmother, making me the third Annie Pickle in our family! I have a strong passion for Scottish traditions, art/art history, coffee, vintage clothing, and all…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. I’m an introvert, a lifelong creative, an ex theatre student, a mama to two beautiful kids, and a school counsellor and therapist. Why do you sew? Sewing is my therapy. It gives me something to channel my hopes and frustrations and big feelings into, so that I can be…
Continuing on from How To Sew Your Most Essential Four Collars article, here are your four most relevant pocket tutorials you might need in your sewing practice all in one place. Simply click on the links below to either go straight to the pocket tutorial or try out any of our free patterns below to…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Heather. I’m a wife to my husband Michael and a mother to our three daughters, Lennon (4), Georgie (2.5), and James (16 months). We’ve been living small in New York City since August of last year — my husband is a full-time…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Elise and I live in Los Angeles with my fiance, our new baby girl, and our sweet American bulldog. I’m a photo stylist in the fashion ecommerce space, so I style garments for different brands either on model or pinned up on boards for product…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Binyue. I live in San Francisco, California with my little family. I am a product design engineer at Apple. I came to the United States 10 years ago to study Aerospace in Illinois. I started sewing at the end of last year during my…
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was one place where I could have all the links to tutorials for all the different collars I love/ am eager/ am always scared to make? It would save me from bookmarking separate pages and possibly procrastinating which, let’s face it, is long. Yes! We think so too, so…
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