Hot off the press - the updated pattern for the most comfortable, wearable and easy to use face mask around. I have a big family. None of them sew. SO, (or sew.) I am making a bunch of masks for them all. In the Tip Tuesday video, I will show YOU a few tips on cutting and sewing a bunch at the same time.
I'm not going to open that vintage apron company. So I am going to hold a contest. After 20 years of sewing at speed, I find it irritating to watch people take unnecessary steps and take way more time than they need when they sew. But today in class I had a little eye opener. Josephus Thimister took his life.
I'm not going to open that vintage apron company. So I am going to hold a contest. After 20 years of sewing at speed, I find it irritating to watch people take unnecessary steps and take way more time than they need when they sew. But today in class I had a little eye opener. Josephus Thimister took his life.
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NAK is a new adventure: to create a place that approaches the cottage industry of sewing in a way that connects people in Tucson. My goal is to bring people out of their kitchens, bedrooms, living rooms, attics and basements to share some time together creating. From the Sewing Basics to the more advanced pattern making and design classes, NAK provides a multidisciplinary approach that "seamlessly" translates ideas into experiences.
The Future of NAK
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For the few months we offered classes here, I learned so much about how learning a new skill like sewing has changed over the last decade since I closed my sewing lounge in Austin. Most people "learn" new skills online now. The challenge for me as a teacher is that the expectations of how much a person can learn in an hour has gone up and attention spans have gone down.
NAK M820 Mask Pattern and Diatribe
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Hot off the press - the updated pattern for the most comfortable, wearable and easy to use face mask around. I just sold my first batch of NAK's M820 masks that I developed with the help of a dentist who has been wearing masks almost every day of his adult life and a mining veteran of 26 years who also has worn face masks nearly every day of his adult life.
Speed Sewing and Slow Fashion
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Today I ran the first pilot of a new class that I feel is the missing link for indie seamsters. When we are starting out with our own line of clothing or other sewn goods, we often sew the way our mothers or teachers or friends sew: From the book and very carefully. After 20 years of sewing at speed, I find it irritating to watch people take unnecessary steps and take way more time than they need when they sew.
Fast Fashion and the End of an Era
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Earlier this month, Josephus Thimister took his life. He was among the last in a line of designers who came of age in the late 1980s and '90s still believing in purity of concept and allegiance to the creative muse above all else, only to discover that in the 21st century, marketing and constant streams of stuff were the new benchmarks of success, that the catchphrase wasn't "vision" but rather a "vision statement."
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