Category: At The Seams
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Embroidery

I’ve owned this black hoodie for more than a decade. It is medium weight, warm, and well made. To have a perfect black hoodie is just as essential as a little black dress, which has been affectionately acronymed to the LBD. While the LBD is usually reserved for formal events, the black hoodie is casual,…
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Gifting Story

It’s tough to give a gift to the one who has everything; and it would seem as if everyone had everything nowadays. Long gone are the days to just drop a bouquet of flowers and some chocolate, because you are regularly expected this minimum level of effort in expressing your love. But with thoughtful strategies…
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Patching

My grandparents had a sewing machine. It was a treadle machine, which was solely foot-powered: through pedaling your feet back and forth to keep it running. It was so vintage that it could probably sit in a museum now. They had a few pattern booklets, not only for making shirts and pants, but also for…