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2026 Sewing Vision, Part 4: Sewing to Wear Clothes I Actually Love

A Vision-Based Sewing YearThis five-part series explores an alternative to traditional sewing goals. Instead of resolutions and quotas, it asks a different question: what does a sewing life look like when it’s truly working?Through reflection, data, and play, this…

2026 Sewing, Part 2: My Inspired Vision For 2026

A Vision-Based Sewing YearThis five-part series explores an alternative to traditional sewing goals. Instead of resolutions and quotas, it asks a different question: what does a sewing life look like when it’s truly working?Through reflection, data, and play, this…

Join the 2026 Murder Mystery Quilt to solve crime!

The 2026 Murder Mystery Quilt is NOW OPEN for registration!! Join us next year for Murder in the Alps and sew the quilt to solve the crime with the nicest quilters on the internet. We are launching the ELEVENTH YEAR of the Murder Mystery…

More Sustainable Sewing: For The Earth

We all come to sewing for different reasons. Some of the most common are: Consider how many of these goals can fit under the umbrella of ECO-sewing. This is not an “official” sewing style or designation, but rather a…

McCall’s 5764 in boucle wool for winter

We had a very brief snow in Atlanta back in January. It lasted just shy of three days, which my informal survey tells me is about 2.5 days longer than we locals wanted it to last. It’s BEAUTIFUL but…

10 reasons to join a sewing membership

The Whipstitch Podcast is your listening destination for thinking about sewing. It’s a place to talk ABOUT sewing even when we aren’t sewing. The most recent episode is all about why sometimes, talk isn’t enough–and we need community. I…

My Sewing Goals for 2025 (and 2024 sewing in review)

Once again, we are at the start of a new year, and I’m trying to go back through my camera roll and figure out just how many garments I made last year. What things did I make and forget?…

Register NOW For the 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt

The 2025 Murder Mystery Quilt is NOW OPEN for registration!! Join us next year for Murder At Machu Picchu and sew the quilt to solve the crime with the nicest quilters on the internet. We are celebrating the TENTH…

Your 9 Most Important Everyday Sewing Tools

I am guilty of collecting all the fun sewing toys. In my defense, I DO use them, and (for the most part) only buy them when I have a specific project I’m dreaming up. But as a result, I…

Mid-Year Check-In: My Sewing Goals

Back at the beginning of the year, I set some SEWING GOALS for myself. I wanted to build sewing habits that help me connect WHY I sew with WHAT I sew, in order to move my sewing in a…