Dream jobs

  So you may have noticed my recent obsession with the Oliver + S City Weekend fabric from Moda (here, here, and HERE!) Liesl Gibson is the designer behind this fabulous line which is chock full of coordinating cotton wovens and interlock knits (ideal for the making of Pendrells and Mini Bloomers…) Liesl also...
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Sigh. Our next woman with a dream job barely needs an introduction. I’ll try anyway. Sarai Mitnick is the founder of Colette Patterns, purveyor of perfect patterns, designer of dream dresses, vintage vixen of… oh, you get the picture. Join us as she shares a little of what it’s like running the coolest pattern...
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Anyone in love with vintage fashion already knows all about Blue Gardenia – web destination for lovely patterns spanning the decades! And pretty much everyone who loves sewing is completely addicted to to the Sewing Spaces series over at The Blue Gardenia learns to sow her blossoms, blog-home of Denise, owner of Blue Gardenia....
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All right everyone! For the next dream job post, I asked Sunni, author of the blog The Cupcake Goddess, to share a little bit about herself and her adventures as an Etsy shop owner. I am completely blown away by what she had to share. It’s so exactly why I started this series. Smart...
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Here’s the next installment in my ‘dream jobs’ series. Meet Nikol, owner of Sewtropolis, a sewing studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as she shares how she opened the doors of her very own shop! Can I get a round of applause for a single mom opening up a boutique fabric studio in the middle of...
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