Wendy Mullin of Built by Wendy is the fashion designer who joined to the sewing world in the early 2000s with her sewing patterns for Simplicity and the Sew-U books (which are one of my favourite sewing book series, and a template for…
Wendy Mullin of Built by Wendy is the fashion designer who joined to the sewing world in the early 2000s with her sewing patterns for Simplicity and the Sew-U books (which are one of my favourite sewing book series, and a template for…
This month’s featured maker is Jennifer Moore. the sewist behind the Sewing Report who left her day job to work full-time on her YouTube-channel and her other sewing projects. Jennifer Moore is a former TV news producer, who started sewing when she started a…
Michelle Morris. also known as That Black Chic, is the editor of Sewn Magazine, a print sewing magazine dedicated to showcase the diversity in the sewing world and to celebrate creativity. Being a former print journalist myself, I’m beyond impressed with anyone starting…
Malena Hjerpe is a pattern maker who has worked for fashion industry giants such as H&M and Arket, doing everything from children patterns to plus-size drafting. Now she is developing her first pattern line for us home sewists with both…
Here is the full interview with Rumana, also known as The Little Pomegranate, the Great British Sewing Bee finalist who last year shed the light on the lack of diversity on the covers of sewing magazines under the hashtag #sewincolour. This…
The Assembly Line is a Swedish pattern line that has garnered a lot of attention in a short amount of time. The modern minimalist aesthetic jives well with what a lot of Swedish designer brands offer, so TAL has definitely…
This month’s featured maker, Howard Goldstein, has been sewing for over 60 years! I got to know Howard through my YouTube-channel and he is still very much active in the sewing community. So I was really curious to learn more about his history and…
Here is the interview with Named Clothing from October’s newsletter. Their book Breaking the pattern: A modern way to sew is finally out now, so I thought I should publish the interview on the blog too as I’m sure many…
Here is the interview I did in my September with one of my sewing heroes, Pati Palmer, who with her co-author Marta Alto, who has been a huge influence on my sewing journey, both when it comes to learning proper sewing…