Long post ahead! I’ve been asked a few times recently “how do you do it all?” (I think, referring to being a pregnant mother with a full-time job who makes most of her clothes.) I’ve thought about it a lot and have decided that it is important to talk about. I want to start by… Read More How do I juggle being a pregnant, working mom and sew most of my clothes (or, on feminism and sewing)

I have begun sewing maternity wear! I realized that if I was planning on making maternity pants, I probably needed a few maternity tops, too I opted for a Megan Nielsen Maternity pattern as I love her stuff, but decided to not bother with the whole bundle. The Cara Top is definitely a basic and… Read More Done and Done: The Megan Nielsen Cara Maternity Tshirt

This is my second pregnancy and I learned a lot about maternity clothes my first time around.  I learned that maternity clothes are hard to find – even in large urban centres like Ottawa. I learned that they are pretty terrible in quality (I burned through the inner thighs of three pairs of pants and… Read More Planning my Maternity Wardrobe