sewing community

11 min read 2022-02-18 20:00:00

Virginia Maker Round Up

One of the best parts of re-releasing a pattern is sending it out into the world and seeing what our incredible community makes with the new and

1 min read 2021-11-16 08:00:00

We’ve been (not so patiently) waiting for this post since we started out Durban Sewalong…the Durban Maker Round Up! We are super lucky to have

1 min read 2021-10-11 08:00:50

We have had such a busy September talking all about the Hovea Quilt Coat & Jacket pattern! While all of the sewalong and guest maker posts have

7 min read 2021-06-04 18:00:00

Yes, you! If you want to see it, you have to create it yourself. I started Sewcialists on a whim with friends back in 2013, and then relaunched it

1 min read 2021-05-01 14:07:48

This has been a really rough year for everyone, and I think we can agree that globally people are struggling, not just with the physical health

1 min read 2021-05-01 14:07:48

This has been a really rough year for everyone, and I think we can agree that globally people are struggling, not just with the physical health

9 min read 2021-04-13 12:02:45

We asked some wonderful makers in the sewing community to come on board to sew their own take on the Reef pattern, and we are so excited to share

8 min read 2021-04-10 19:35:09

Guess what everyone, it’s time for our favourite part of every pattern release, our Reef Curve Tester Round Up!! As we were developing the extended

1 min read 2021-03-03 18:00:00

Back in 2013 when Sewcialists was founded, the choice of online sewing communities was relatively limited. I remember Burda Style, Pattern Review,

3 min read 2021-01-15 14:09:05

Welcome to A Beginner Sews, a new series here on the blog! And Hi! I’m Belle, a new team member at Megan Nielsen Patterns – but probably a

4 min read 2020-11-03 09:00:00

Yes, you read that right, I said 2019. It has in fact taken me a year with the current Perth Frocktails a few weeks away, to post about my

10 min read 2020-10-07 20:00:38

We are so excited about today’s post! It’s a Tester Round Up (which you all know we love)…BUT, it’s extra special today because it’s one of

5 min read 2020-09-16 17:48:12

Welcome back to our series interviewing leaders in the sewing community! You can read all of our previous interviews here. Today we are talking

8 min read 2020-09-04 20:00:45

Hey everyone, Naomi here! Is it just me, or has everyone else’s sense of time gone out the window this year? I could have sworn that it was just

8 min read 2020-08-14 20:56:13

Hello Sewing Friends, Life is filled with ups and downs, happiness and pain, and risks worth taking because you don’t want to miss out on where