Aline Willemin, producer of the 1560s-set independent film Albert and Claude, knew the production would have to be smart with money. But she also knew it needed absolutely authentic clothes. She found them thanks to fabrics-store.com, a Los Angeles-based company as passionate about fabric as Willemin is about film. Albert and Claude is a psychological…
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Our lovely Patterns Consultant Lauren who you might have already had the pleasure of corresponding or working with over zoom, or via emails has created a new FS Sewing Group over on Facebook- a fun place to share your love of sewing (and its corresponding frustrations) with fellow seamstresses all over the world. A space…
‘Nothing, ever, is worth closing your heart over.’ Michael A. Singer By the age of 19 I found myself alone in a foreign country, I needed an algorithm to survive the whirlwind of decisions I didn’t know how to make. Intuition became my guide. When something felt right, regardless of common sense, societal expectations, I…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do My name is Stewart Francis Easton and I am a multidisciplinary artist based in London. My practice centres around stitch and exploring ways to allow the process of hand stitching to feed into other areas of my life. Why do you use fibre? I started…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Ella. I’m 29, a proud first-generation American, now Californian, and a home garment sewist by night. By day, I work for a nonprofit foundation connected to Levi Strauss & Co., offering hardship support for Levi’s employees and retirees. When people in our…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Sara and I live in Northern California with my husband and 3 young boys. All I ever really wanted was to raise a family, and I married my love when I was 19 years old and began doing just that! I’ve dabbled…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. For a few years, I worked as a mixed animal veterinarian in both general practice and at a non-profit sanctuary (think dogs, cats, hedgehogs, mice, cattle, horses, pigs, chickens, eagles, hawks, snakes, camels, and zebras). Then I decided to go back to graduate school to…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Monelle. I was born and raised in San Francisco and still live in the Bay Area with my husband and two little boys. I am an attorney by trade, but have always been a creative person. I love all kinds of creative arts,…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Sophie and I live in Vienna, Austria with my little family. Right now I’m still on parental leave, but before I had my son I worked as a flight attendant. Travelling has always been one of my biggest passions, so when I got pregnant…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Elsa, I’m 39 years old and I make memory guardians in the form of fabric dolls. I graduated in architecture and after 10 years working on large scale projects, I became a mother and started sewing toys for my children. Through playing with…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Sadie, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my husband and two small kids. I work for students with disabilities as an assistive technology specialist and a special education lecturer at a local university. Before this work arrangement, I was…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Pauline, I am French and I’ve just celebrated my 29th birthday! I am multi-racial, my father is Indonesian, my mother is also mixed from Tunisia and Germany and I myself was born in New Caledonia. When I’m not sewing at home I…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Aluma Meshulmi, I am 21 years old, and I live in Israel. I am a photographer and creator. At the age of 10, my parents bought me a sewing machine for my birthday, and that’s how I started sewing. Why do you…
I have always wanted to make a shirt dress but had always been very intimidated to give it a try. The collar and buttonholes were enough to deter me. Having successfully made a few other FS patterns, I felt up to the challenge. The instructions you get with the patterns are unmatched. I felt ready…
Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Georgia, I am a 24 year old fashion designer living in Brisbane, Australia. I’m passionate about slow fashion, minimalism, sustainability and ethics. Why do you sew? I have always loved being creative, and sewing has always been a way for me to…
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