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Decorative hero image of the Posie knit top by Style Arc.

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Style Arc Posie knit: Elevate your basics with wings

Posted byby Krystina
January 14, 2021
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5 minute read

The Posie knit top is a nice intro to Style Arc patterns if you’re scared about their terse instructions. Here’s my take, mistakes included.

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The meme of the burning trash can floating in water. Leonardo Dicaprio is photoshopped in the back, holding up a champagne glass.

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What I made in 2020: Roasts and toasts

Posted byby Krystina
December 27, 2020
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8 minute read

Making it through 2020 is an achievement in itself. Congratulations! Here’s a 2020 recap that (hopefully) won’t make you cry: A roast and toast to the things I’ve made this year.

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A wooden decorative door hanger in the shape of a sewing machine. The phrase "Sewing is my therapy" is imposed in black script.

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- Opinions

Sewing is not my therapy (and it shouldn’t be yours either)

Posted byby Krystina
December 1, 2020
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5 minute read

The sewing community loves its little catchphrases and sewing-related puns. I’m not one of them. One that’s caught my attention and ire is how casually people throw around “sewing is my therapy.”

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A Latinx women, wearing glasses, poses in her living room in chartreuse pleated culottes.

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Emerson Pants: Adventures in fitting a petite pear

Posted byby Krystina
November 22, 2020
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4 minute read

I’m late to the Emerson pants game, but you know what’s always relevant? Trying to fit pants on a petite pear body. Can petite pears wear cropped culottes? Yes.

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McCall’s M8001: Perfect for a food baby

Posted byby Krystina
September 27, 2020
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5 minute read

I’ve been on the hunt for a slouchy button-up shirt pattern, so I decided to give McCall’s M8001 a shot. Here’s my review.

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- Tips & Tools

Download the template: Airtable sewing planner

Posted byby Krystina
July 19, 2020
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9 minute read

Have you ever felt like your vision of what you’d like your style to be doesn’t match what you actually own in your closet? Get your sewing life right with this Airtable sewing planner.

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A mirror photo of Krystina, wearing a black and white sleeveless Saraste top with ruffles running from the shoulders down the front of her blouse.

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Saraste Top: Serving Minju Kim vibes

Posted byby Krystina
June 16, 2020
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4 minute read

After binge-watching Netflix’s Next in Fashion, I fell in love with Minju Kim and Angel Chen’s designs. I decided try to add a dash of their aesthetic to my closet by sewing the Saraste top from Named.

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- Mental Health

A life update: Calm down, 2020

Posted byby Krystina
April 22, 2020
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3 minute read

I got a new job, and then the world shut down.

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- Mental Health

A brief history of my mental struggles

Posted byby Krystina
December 3, 2019
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3 minute read

When I was first diagnosed with major depression and anxiety, I was a college dropout and my mom lost her job. This year has been my most severe spiral. I was laid off six months ago. It’s funny how events are cyclical.

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Mom’s sewing room makeover

Posted byby Krystina
December 2, 2019
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5 minute read

I took on a huge project recently: overhauling my mom’s sewing room from a cluttered catch-all room to a space where she can escape to craft to her heart’s content. It wasn’t easy.

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