This shop is an adventure in creativity. From costume design to production and shipping, we focus on improving technique and turn around time during the busy season. The wonderful adventure springs forth from a long personal history in women's craft.
I was raised by grandmothers who lived a crafting lifestyle. Each day was woven together with bits of life’s necessities and pieces of craft sewing. We lived in an ever flowing process of creativity. My grandmothers were so good at their craft, these women supplied local dealers with a variety of hand-made products ranging from dolls to apparel.
However, as my generation grew, and local jobs disappeared into other countries, the grand art of our women washed out of our family. The things we used to create as a part of our lifestyle became cheaply made and cheaply available in large superstores, supplied by foreign workers. For a while, the easy come / easy go mentality made me forget the quality goods we made in America and the empowerment we had as women who knew how to handmake products. Our own crafted goods lasted for generations. Meanwhile, the average American often settles for imported junk, made by factory slaves, because we have lost the memories of how quality life style is linked with quality work, quality goods and quality people.
As the tides changed in my life, I took the opportunity to utilize the sewing skills that were imprinted into my mind as a child. My own crafting practice is blossoming into a working home based system of quality hand-made goods. I realized it is my duty to continue the family craft while doing my part in making American products. This shop is a beautiful journey in not letting go of women’s knowledge and industrious creativity.
Thank you for joining me in rekindling the family craft.