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  • I’ve done a bit of self-reflection in my time as a maker, and I know that my favorite part of crafting isn’t the very beginning (too many decisions) or the very end (I get restless here) of a project. It’s the middle, when I’m in what productivity bros have started to call “the flow state.”…

  • After making the Ilford jacket twice, I wanted to branch out with the button-ups I’ve been making for myself. While I like and wear my previous Ilford, I wasn’t completely sold on the collar. This felt like the perfect chance to try a different pattern, and the Olya Shirt from Paper Theory Patterns caught my…

  • Hard to believe I’ve been sewing for about five years now. I wanted to put some notes on my tried-and-true sewing patterns out into the internet in hopes that they might help other sewists find enjoyable patterns for future use and maybe illustrate the ways that a single pattern can be extrapolated upon or “hacked”…

  • I’m halfway through a 6-week pottery class at Mud Luv Pottery Studio and learning at a rate that seems incredible. The most fascinating aspect of learning to throw pottery so far is how technical it is: There are concrete steps — centering the clay, opening it up, pulling the walls — and each step requires…