Category Archives: COMMUNITY

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Nelly Gavrilov and I currently live in San Francisco. I’ve been a bit of a nomad the past few years with moves from Oklahoma to San Francisco, to Southern California, then Martha’s Vineyard, and back to San Francisco. I also traveled across…

This interview means alot, since for the past four years Rima and I built up the tutorials section of The Thread together, me trying to make sense of what editing and sewing meant, her learning the skills and craftsmanship of a seamstress and pattern maker, but underneath it all, Rima has been a friend for…

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do.   My name is Star White (@wellfibre) and I’m from Wichita, Kansas, nearly smack dab in the center of the United States. I’m a wife as well as a mother to 2 young children and my primary role is caring for them and managing our household. Other than…

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do.   I am a multicultural biracial artist living in Brooklyn, New York. I work in the fashion industry as a designer for womens’ intimates apparel. I appreciate garments with attention to fine details, and working with lingerie allows me the opportunity to bring that appreciation to life.  Why…

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do. My name is Caroline, a Swedish Londoner, and I work in the creative industries in two different roles: I teach on the costume courses at Wimbledon College of Art and I am one half of the startup Selkie Patterns, an online business where we make…

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do.   I’m a mother of two who lives in San Francisco and grew up here in the Bay Area. When I’m not sewing, I work as a nutritionist and cooking class instructor at the VA. I also started a SF bay area sewists IG account recently where I…

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do.  I’m Gurusurya I work as a professional photographer and spend pretty much all my free time with friends or crafting or both. I have always felt a strong pull to create things with my hands. I love the magic in a thing that was created by hand…

Tell us a bit about yourself and what you do.  Ma Ma Osa is a handmade clothing brand that offers heirloom quality garments, made by a mother. We celebrate the cherished craft of sewing and seek to honor the art of slow fashion in all our practices as a brand.  Each one of our garments are…