Happy New Year, everyone! I’m surprised to find that my last post here was in March 2025. It’s the first week of 2026, and I always enjoy a good “here’s what I did last year” both for my own records and for you to get a true behind-the-scenes of “being a writer.” Here’s what that…
Hello! My sister Sonia and I have been working on a fun new project…a podcast called Handmade History! It’s going to cover all kinds of topics, from people to practices to materials (we’re working on episodes about the history of cross stitch, the original Pride flag[s], and nalbinding!). I imagined it originally as the history…
I pitched and wrote this article for the Craft Industry Alliance — JEMS is the first Black-owned athletic shoe company in the United States and it’s in Somersworth, NH. Read it here! My husband Andrew mentioned seeing this in the local news and I thought it might be a good fit for the Craft Industry…
Happy New Year! I recently read a newsletter–Spokes and Stitches, a pattern company I admire–where the writer did a round-up of all she had accomplished in the last year. I thought I’d do something similar, because I enjoyed the window into a small creative business. I wouldn’t call myself a business, but I thought you…
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