One Stitch At A Time
This post was born out of a throwaway comment that was directed at me recently: “sewing is a bit of an anti-feminist hobby, isn’t it?”. When I recovered from the initial shock of such an uninformed and uninvited opinion, I was not shy of explaining why this person were wrong in their rude assumption… I […]
This post was originally written for and published on the Sew Anonymous Sewist Blog. It’s mental health awareness week; my mental health and self-worth has always been linked to my weight. I have not always been comfortable with or accepting of my body. I was the chubby child who became the early developer with curves […]
In this post, I am returning to a topic that came up in my very first blog post – body image. Why? Because not long after I posted the blog entry, a woman (or a betrayal of the word) started harassing me with taunts about my weight and jeered at the very idea of me […]
“I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more.” Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace As my first post, I thought it would make sense to write about why I sew. Sewing makes me feel happy In case the title of the […]