All posts by Masha Karpushina

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Nisan and I’m a 25 year old sewist from Ankara, Turkey. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, and I’m finishing up my Master’s degree in the same program. I’m currently working on my thesis which is centered around the slow fashion…

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do.   My name is Tricia, some people call me Trish. I’m a first-generation Canadian, now living in America. Currently, I’m in my third year at Harvard Law. Prior to law school, I worked in the tech industry. I’ve always been interested in the concept of innovation both professionally and creatively.  Why do you sew?…

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…