In Defense of Making Multiples

I am the kind of person who is very picky but knows what she likes when she sees it. As a result, I have bought in multiples most of my adult life. If you were to look in my entry way right now, you would see three pairs of sneakers and eight pairs of Sam… Read More In Defense of Making Multiples

June 27, 2016May 26, 2016 Samantha Schmidt6 Comments

The pains of preparation

I’ve always winced when hemming pants and having to cut through the seam. It feels wrong to me to cut through a seam someone else has sewn. Something about patterns have felt the same way – they were magical slips of see-though paper that held the key to transforming my flat fabric into a three-dimensional garment.… Read More The pains of preparation

July 23, 2015July 27, 2015 Samantha Schmidt1 Comment