Hi! I’m Meg
Maker and abundant hobby collector.
I like fresh flowers, a good mess of tacos, trivia, quoting The Office, hanging with my fam, the color pink (obvs), and creating any way I can.
I’m so glad you’re here!
A little bit about me
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I’m a Sagittarius sun, Cancer moon, and Scorpio rising. And yes, these are 100% accurate.
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I was born in Mississippi (which I constantly forget), lived in Germany for almost ten years, and then lived in Ohio until I went to college in Virginia.
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Truly a millennial, I will never not love Death Cab for Cutie and the Decemberists. Other all time faves include Fleetwood Mac, Vance Joy, Beirut, and Boy Genius.
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Did you know tuxedo cats technically aren’t black cats with white spots, but actually white cats with a big black spot?
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Sewing, quilting, knitting, crochet, linocuts, dyeing, weaving, oil painting (art degree), gouache, graphic design (my job pre-kids)…there’s not much I won’t try!
How It Started
Even though I've held a handful of interests at one time or another, sewing has been my jam from the beginning.
It all started with throwing together doll clothes from my mom’s project scraps on her spare Pfaff when I was a little girl, and I continued to enjoy sewing clothes for myself through middle and high school. During childhood I was also an avid artist, drawing constantly as a kid (my kindergarten report card says I only wanted to draw than do literally anything else in class), particularly clothing design sketches.
After sporadically sewing in college (where I earned a degree in visual arts and family & child development), I busted out my machine again in 2014 to try my hand at sewing some knit baby leggings ahead of the arrival of our first child. I particularly loved refashioning my and my husband’s old shirts into mini fits for our son.
I continued to sew the occasional quilt, pencil skirt, or pair of baby leggings, but it wasn’t until summer 2016 that I really came in to my own as a sewist. I was pregnant with my daughter and was put on bed rest. I couldn’t even pick up my toddler, but I could sit at a desk and sew—and sew, I did! In fact, I ended up making my baby’s entire newborn wardrobe. That summer I committed to learning how to properly sew knits, make effective alterations, challenge myself with projects I’d been hesitant to try, and most importantly, make garments and quilts to last.
Since then I’ve had two more kids, moved across the country a handful of times, and have continued to grow my sewing skills. I’ve partnered with many pattern companies and fabric stores on freelance content, spent three years as a brand ambassador for Spoonflower, and have sewn/quilted/knitted/otherwise-created literally hundreds of garments, accessories, and home goods. Whether I’m sitting at my sewing machine, knitting at kids’ practices, or sketching ideas on the couch with some sitcom reruns, I’m never not working on something creative—or at the very least thinking about it.
Thanks for stopping by—stick around, and lets make some cool stuff.
