My ReMade May project for this week was to take two button-up shirts, one light denim and the other linen, and transform them into a light and floaty top for summer. The light denim top was an old favourite of mine but holes had formed around…
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This year, MeMadeMay for me is all about refashioning and revisiting old garments to give them a new life. Life had other plans for me this week. My working life has picked up over the past few weeks and on top of that, I spent two…
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For Me-Made-May this year, I have challenged myself to take old garments and past makes that no longer serve me in my current wardrobe and refashion them to give them a new life. I call it: ReMade-May! For most of the year, I make projects with…
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Home, to me, has always meant more than the house I lived in with my family. It’s also meant the connection I’ve felt to the places I’ve lived as an adult, first in Hamilton then in Halifax. A connection that is not only to the people…
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The most radical thing we can do in a time of destruction is create. Resilience is a word we use a lot to talk about people, communities, the planet. And yet, we often use it in a way that refers to returning to a previous state…
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This is an open love letter to all of the women who have shaped me and brought me up in this world; to the women who showed me how to make it on my own; to the women who taught me the value of the handmade…
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This post was supposed to be about a project I finished last week, where I had sewn up a pair of tops that I love. It was supposed to be about how empowered I felt, adding width to the hips of the pattern beyond the upper…
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Whether you “believe” in New Years resolutions or not, I think the start of a new year (especially a new decade !!!) is a great opportunity to do some reflection and think about where you want the new year to take you. The way we live…
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For the past two years, my partner and I have taken some time between Christmas and New Year’s Eve to get out of the city, unplug, and simplify life. It gives us an opportunity to decompress in what is often the busy lead-up to Christmas and…
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I’ve always identified as a creative person. My younger self aspired to be an author and then a musician. I eventually gave up on these dreams because I felt like I was missing “the thing” that true creatives and artists have. I didn’t feel blessed by…