by Daniel Johnson | Oct 2, 2026
This post may contain affiliate links. I only recommend products I actually use. The first time I tried to hem jeans, I did what seemed obvious. I cut off the extra length, folded it under, and stitched a new hem. It worked, technically. It also looked exactly like...
by Daniel Johnson | Sep 30, 2026
This post may contain affiliate links. I only recommend products I actually use. For the first two years I sewed, I cut every single piece of fabric with scissors. That included quilting cotton for projects with dozens of identical pieces. My hand cramped up before I...
by Daniel Johnson | Sep 28, 2026
This post may contain affiliate links. I only recommend products I actually use. People ask me some version of “what do you actually keep at your machine” often enough that I finally sat down and looked at my own sewing kit with fresh eyes. Some of it is...
by Daniel Johnson | Sep 25, 2026
This post may contain affiliate links. I only recommend products I actually use. I used a seam ripper wrong for close to two years before anyone told me otherwise. I’d jam the blade under a stitch, saw back and forth, and hope for the best. Half the time...
by Daniel Johnson | Sep 24, 2026
This post may contain affiliate links. I only recommend products I actually use. The first knit project I ever tried was a nursing shirt for my wife, right after our son was born. It needed overlapping front panels so she could nurse him without pulling the whole...
