When my friend died of colon cancer, I dutifully volunteered to complete two memorial quilts for her children. Her family …
Category: Who We Are
Who We Are: Sewing with a Mental Illness
My introduction to machine sewing began at age 9, sitting at the kitchen table with my mom. Before I attempted …
Who We Are — Call Out: How Do We Sew?
Hi everyone, hope you are all enjoying the sustainable sewing month so far! There have been so many great projects …
Who We Are: Sewing for My Insulin Pump
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month (amusingly, “national” seems to include the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, at the …
Who We Are: The Sewcialists
As our community grows, it is important to share who we are, and why we are here! We are all …
Who We Are: Sewing My Way to Healing
I stepped back from the dress form, slumped into a chair, and cried. Not just a few tears — this …
Who We Are: Body Positive
Do you feel positive about your body? In the past I haven’t, and I know I am not alone in …
Diversity
Hello, all. I’m Wanett. Or Nettie. Or @sownbrooklyn around the web. I’m an academic librarian living and working in Brooklyn, …
Who We Are: Petite Sewists
Hi everyone, Kate again with another Who We Are post! We had so many submissions for petite sewists that I’m going …
Who We Are: Curvy Sewists on Social Media
Who do you sew for? Instinctively, I think that most of us would answer, “Me, of course!”. Or we sew …