Sewing and Textiles
What Kashmiri Embroidery Taught Me About Slow Handwork
A client brought me a jacket to mend last year with a small embroidered panel on the cuff, Kashmiri needlework she had bought...
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Every project note we have published, newest first. Finished pieces, failed attempts, and the occasional argument with advice that sounds tidy and falls apart at the workbench.
Sewing and Textiles
A client brought me a jacket to mend last year with a small embroidered panel on the cuff, Kashmiri needlework she had bought...
Tools and Workspace
After finishing my nephew's gaming desk, I figured the project was done, until he called two weeks later asking if I could...
Sewing and Textiles
The community branch library near my alterations shop asked me last winter if I would run a free mending workshop for whoever...
Upcycling
A guy at my Saturday market stall two weekends ago mentioned he needed a case for a mixer he was hauling to weekend gigs, and...
Woodworking
My nephew asked me to help him build a desk for his gaming setup last spring, and I said yes before I actually thought through...
Craft Business
I once tallied a full year of wood purchases expecting a modest number and found I had spent enough to have bought a genuinely...