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Hello Spring Sale: 20% Off Everything!
The Hello Spring Sale is here! Now through Monday, April 13th at 11:59 PM CDT, everything in the shop is 20% off — all PDF patterns, printed patterns, kits, and...
Hello Spring Sale: 20% Off Everything!
The Hello Spring Sale is here! Now through Monday, April 13th at 11:59 PM CDT, everything in the shop is 20% off — all PDF patterns, printed patterns, kits, and...
Week 8: Sewing Room Furniture & Setup Ideas
Welcome to week 8 of Making Space to Make! Today we're diving into the furniture ideas you've all been asking about. Whether you're working with a tight budget, a small...
Week 8: Sewing Room Furniture & Setup Ideas
Welcome to week 8 of Making Space to Make! Today we're diving into the furniture ideas you've all been asking about. Whether you're working with a tight budget, a small...
Portable Sewing Kit Ideas: 5 Storage Solutions ...
This post is a follow-up to Week 7 of Making Space to Make, where we talked about creating portable sewing systems for shared spaces. In last week's Making Space to...
Portable Sewing Kit Ideas: 5 Storage Solutions ...
This post is a follow-up to Week 7 of Making Space to Make, where we talked about creating portable sewing systems for shared spaces. In last week's Making Space to...
Week 7: Multi-Purpose Space Management
The reality of living in 2026 is that housing is so expensive across most of the US that it's amazing most of us have room to sew at all! A...
Week 7: Multi-Purpose Space Management
The reality of living in 2026 is that housing is so expensive across most of the US that it's amazing most of us have room to sew at all! A...
Week 6: Reclaiming Your Cutting Table
Welcome to Part 2 of Making Space to Make! We've spent the past five weeks working on the foundation — understanding your sewing practice, defining your standards, and dealing with...
Week 6: Reclaiming Your Cutting Table
Welcome to Part 2 of Making Space to Make! We've spent the past five weeks working on the foundation — understanding your sewing practice, defining your standards, and dealing with...
Week 5: Managing Mending & Alterations
Welcome to our final foundation week! We've spent the last month understanding your sewing practice, defining your organizing standards, assessing projects, and building momentum. Now we're tackling something that quietly...
Week 5: Managing Mending & Alterations
Welcome to our final foundation week! We've spent the last month understanding your sewing practice, defining your organizing standards, assessing projects, and building momentum. Now we're tackling something that quietly...
Off the Clock: Episode 1
Welcome to Off the Clock — a new monthly series where I share what I'm actually making when I'm not in work mode. As a pattern designer who also makes...
Off the Clock: Episode 1
Welcome to Off the Clock — a new monthly series where I share what I'm actually making when I'm not in work mode. As a pattern designer who also makes...
Week 4: A Quick Win — Finish One Thing
Welcome to Week 4 of Making Space to Make! Last week we assessed our unfinished projects and sorted them into "worth finishing" versus "let it go" piles. This week we're...
Week 4: A Quick Win — Finish One Thing
Welcome to Week 4 of Making Space to Make! Last week we assessed our unfinished projects and sorted them into "worth finishing" versus "let it go" piles. This week we're...
Week 3: What's Worth Finishing?
Welcome to Week 3 of Making Space to Make! We've spent the first two weeks building a foundation through understanding how you actually sew and defining what "organized enough" means...
Week 3: What's Worth Finishing?
Welcome to Week 3 of Making Space to Make! We've spent the first two weeks building a foundation through understanding how you actually sew and defining what "organized enough" means...
Week 2: Defining "Organized Enough"
Welcome to Week 2 of Making Space to Make! Last week we talked about understanding your actual sewing practice, the where, when, and what you sew. This week I want...
Week 2: Defining "Organized Enough"
Welcome to Week 2 of Making Space to Make! Last week we talked about understanding your actual sewing practice, the where, when, and what you sew. This week I want...
Week 1: Understanding Your Sewing Practice
Welcome to Week 1 of Making Space to Make! Before we get started organizing anything we need to take things back a bit and ask ourselves one fundamental question. How...
Week 1: Understanding Your Sewing Practice
Welcome to Week 1 of Making Space to Make! Before we get started organizing anything we need to take things back a bit and ask ourselves one fundamental question. How...
Welcome to Making Space to Make: A Year of Sewi...
Over the next year, we're going to work through organizing our sewing spaces together. But before you think "oh great, another challenge I'll feel guilty about not finishing" this is...
Welcome to Making Space to Make: A Year of Sewi...
Over the next year, we're going to work through organizing our sewing spaces together. But before you think "oh great, another challenge I'll feel guilty about not finishing" this is...
Sew an Archer With Me!
Is one of your sewing resolutions this year to finally master making a button up shirt? If so you should join me at my Laura & Allyson Archer Button Up...
Sew an Archer With Me!
Is one of your sewing resolutions this year to finally master making a button up shirt? If so you should join me at my Laura & Allyson Archer Button Up...