A few months ago, I received an email from a lovely teacher at a local school explaining that she was part of a project called Good Life Schools. The project focuses on environmental awareness, wellbeing, creativity, and helping young people think differently about the world around them. The students had recently been to DMU and…
This is a project I’ve been thinking about for some time – I wanted to create an online version of my in-person sewing classes. My in-person classes are always a friendly, inspiring space where people come together for tuition, creativity, and friendship. It’s hard to fully describe what happens in a sewing class – the…
Standing at the start of your sewing journey can feel both exciting and a little daunting. You might be wondering: Where do I even begin? What if I make mistakes? How long will it take before I feel capable? Let’s break it down — practically and emotionally — so you can start confidently and with…
The 1% Improvements Nobody Talks About We often imagine progress as something dramatic. A big leap.A finished garment.A “now I can sew” moment. But sewing doesn’t really work like that. It works in 1% improvements. Tiny, almost invisible shifts that don’t feel like much at the time — until months later you look back and…
How Sewing Quietly Gives You People Sewing often begins as a solo hobby — a quiet corner, a cup of tea close by, a practical reason to make or mend. But somewhere along the way, something changes. What starts alone becomes a doorway to people, connection, and belonging. And that’s the emotional glue that holds…
Confidence, Body & Identity: What Changes When You Make Clothes for Yourself One of the most unexpected things about learning to sew your own clothes isn’t just the garments you end up with — it’s the relationship you start to build with your body, your wardrobe, and your sense of self. For many of us,…
When sewing becomes more than sewing In Part 1 of this series, we explored how people often come to sewing for a simple, practical reason — to fix something, save money, or make a specific item — and how that small intention quietly opens the door to something much bigger. In this post, we look…
Sewing often starts with a simple, practical reason… and quietly, unexpectedly, it changes everything else. This isn’t about techniques or projects. It’s about the human side of sewing — the outcomes that sneak up on you. The confidence, the creativity, the friendships, the sense of identity that slowly builds as you stitch, unpicking as much…
For a long time now I’ve been thinking about how to bring everything I love about my in-person sewing classes into an online space — the learning, the confidence building, the creative spark, the sense of community — and I’m so excited to finally share what I’ve been working on. Very soon I’ll be launching…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been exploring lots of options and considerations you might think about when making your own clothes. The original intention was to help reduce overwhelm, but by the end of the series, I worry it may have created a little more — simply because there are so many factors you…
