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.
Style Arc Posie knit: Elevate your basics with wings
What I made in 2020: Roasts and toasts
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.
Sewing is not my therapy (and it shouldn’t be yours either)
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.”
Emerson Pants: Adventures in fitting a petite pear
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.
McCall’s M8001: Perfect for a food baby
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.
Download the template: Airtable sewing planner
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.
Saraste Top: Serving Minju Kim vibes
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.
A life update: Calm down, 2020
I got a new job, and then the world shut down.
A brief history of my mental struggles
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.
Mom’s sewing room makeover
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.