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One of the things I enjoy the most about what I’m working on is finding and testing new materials. I don’t mean fabrics, exactly, although that’s part of it. I mean finding things with ‘ingredients’ that are uncommon, even surprising. For example, hemp blend fabrics. I think these are my current favorites. Hemp is, as [...]

There’s this pile of stuff on my work table. It’s a different pile every night. Daytime is when I can do emails, with wholesalers, friends who give me ideas, family, anyone. When I acquire supplies. Nighttime? I sew. We’re getting ready to do a Kickstarter. But that means there are more samples to be sewn, [...]

… from home, with two very young children around, looks something like this: today, we were finalizing the details of our first set of products because we had to place an order with a foreign supplier this afternoon. In this scene, my older daughter Z is eating salami and watching the little mole on her [...]

Making things is something I’ve always really enjoyed. Whenever I could sink into working on a project I’d feel okay, whatever else might have been going on in my life. My husband is the same way. Z and E too, no matter how young (3 and a half and 19 months). Which makes me wonder [...]