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Get in the Right Mindset to Start Your Next Sewing Project
Links to our favorite resources for developing a creative mindset, so you can start sewing a new project. -
How to Add Magic to Your Clothes with Embroidery
Remnant Revivals Part Three: Create your own tiny talisman. By Christi Johnson. -
The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Your Sewing Space
Our favorite tips, ideas, and tools for creating a space to sew clothes you love to wear. -
10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Sewing
Tips from the Seamwork Community to make your sewing easier, better, and more fun. -
I Found Creativity in a Pair of Roller Skates and Hot Pink Leggings
After not using my sewing machine for months, I made a pair of hot pink, ombre leggings and started roller skating. By Wallis Smith-Owens. -
Creativity is How We Heal When Words Aren’t Enough
Why prioritizing doing what you love is essential. By Julicia James. -
Remnant Revivals Part One: Collect Your Scraps
How to be intentional with your fabric scraps—and store them with care. By Christi Johnson. -
Pattern Hackers: How to Add a Waist Tie to Your Shirt
Break the rules with three pattern hacks for the Willis top, by Chelsea Miller. -
Sharing What We Make is an Act of Quiet Rebellion
Uniting makers through shared experiences. By Maressa Fernandez. -
What to Make When You’re Dying
When do I leave behind my sewing queue, and what do I do when that time comes? By Christina Bain. -
On Creating and Being Vulnerable
My Three Es: I sew to create energy, empathy, and enjoyment. By Michael Gardner. -
Failure Is the Birthplace of Creativity
I challenge you to not just see your failures as obstacles, but as exercises in resilience, tenacity, and perseverance, by Maressa Fernandez. -
Create in Abundance: On Choosing Quantity Over Quality
When abandoning the quest for perfection makes you a better sewist, by Julicia James. -
Black Makers Matter
Founder, Monica Tetteh shares how a movement was born online among the Black Sewing Community. By Lori Caldwell. -
The Power of Expression
You’ll notice me from a mile away—that is my goal when I get dressed. By Michael Gardner. -
A Love Letter to Design Your Wardrobe
Creating a wardrobe as a form of self-care, by Maggie Crisler. -
Letting Go of Productivity Shame
How to recognize when the need to be productive is weighing down your creative life, by Sarai Mitnick. -
The Comforts of Creativity
When things are dark, we feel like hiding. Turning to creativity can bring us back into the light, by Sarai Mitnick. -
Make the Old New Again
4 ideas to help you repurpose what you already own this spring, by Sarai Mitnick.
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