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Sewing and mixed media writer

Junie Castellan

Junie runs a small alterations business out of her spare room and keeps a junk journal she has never once finished on schedule. She writes about fabric and paper with the same practical impatience she brings to a broken zipper.

Focus areasSewing machine repairGarment mendingJunk journalingBookbinding basics

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Why Most Craft Tutorials Explain the Wrong Step

I rewatched a woodworking tutorial recently that spent four full minutes explaining how to hold a pencil for marking a line,...

Junie CastellanSep 15, 20264 min read
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Mending a Garment So the Repair Does Not Show

A customer once returned a jacket I had patched, not because the patch had failed, but because she wanted it to be less visible...

Junie CastellanSep 15, 20264 min read