The Stitchery

The most sustainable clothes you can wear are the ones that are already in your closet. I have skirts in my closet that I have not worn for a very...

I’m in the kitchen cleaning up from lunch and I hear what sounds like a thousand tiny paws coming my way. Turns out, it’s just my kids pretending they are...

I avoided wearing shorts at all costs in my late teens early twenties. Looking back I’m not really sure why, I think I just literally didn’t like any style of...

As you can imagine, I put my fabric scraps to good use. It’s resourceful, creates less waste, and saves me from spending money on more fabric. Today I’m going to...

In the first part of this blog post I repaired a torn knee using a square embroidered patch. I “back applied” the patch, or attached it to the jeans on...

I want to share an example of one way to use the hand embroidered patches I create and sell. The two basic ways they can be used are to either...

Like any sprouting 4 year old, my daughter busted her toes right through the feet of her footie pajamas, which were “reinforced” during their original construction with 2 layers of...