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With Modern Home Economics, sewing becomes useful in many different ways. From something as simple as learning to sew on a button to more complicated sewing projects like sewing an entire item of clothing from scratch, there is something for everyone no matter the skill level.

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TMD Podcast, S3 E1: Art Parts Creative Reuse Center

Season 3 of the podcast kicks off with an interview with Denise Perreault, the founder and executive director of Art Parts Creative Reuse...

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Welcome Back, The Modern Domestique

You may have noticed that the blog, and the podcast for that matter, have been very quiet lately. I'm not too sure exactly how it...

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What I've Sewn: Emery Dress In Gertrude Made Barkcloth

I am so excited to share this post! This make is absolutely one of my favorites so far. Spoiler alert: it is an Emery Dress with Gertrude...

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Gertrude Made: Outback Wife

This past Friday I had the pleasure of meeting Cathi from Gertrude Made. I fell in love with her work the first time I ran across her...

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TMD Podcast, S1 E7: Season One Recap

In preparation for Season Two, this episode is a special collection of highlights from Season One! The highlights are in chronological...

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TMD Podcast, S1 E5: The Evolution Of Home Economics (An Interview With My Mom!)

"This episode is a conversation with The Mother Domestique, AKA my mom. With a master's degree in Home Economics, a catering business,...

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What I've Sewn: Geodesic Sweatshirt

I am so excited to have been a part of the pattern testing group for Blueprints For Sewing's newest pattern, the Geodesic Sweatshirt....

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The Modern Domestique Podcast, S1 E1: "Meet The Modern Domestique"

"In this pilot episode of The Modern Domestique Podcast, future guest Nancy Allawos Thompson interviews Stacey Keating, founder of The...

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Guest Post: How To Redesign A Wedding Dress, Part 3

Today is the last post in my Mom's series on how to redesign a wedding dress. You can see the first post in her series here and her...

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Guest Post: How to Redesign a Wedding Dress – Part 2

Today's guest post is the second of three in a series that my Mom wrote for me while I am away on holiday. If you missed the first...

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Guest Post: How To Redesign A Wedding Dress – Part 1

Today the family takeover continues with a guest post by my Mom! If you've been following the blog for a while, you might remember I've...

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One-Hour One-Project: Easy DIY Fabric Headband

Some of you may have noticed that I chopped all my hair off recently. I really love the new style - It's perfect for summer and brings a...

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What I've Sewn - The Bombshell Swimsuit

You guys. I've sewn a swimsuit! Inside-out front The first time I saw the Bombshell Swimsuit pattern, I immediately liked it but was far...

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How I Made The T-Shirt Quilt

For those of you that might have missed my last post, I made my first quilt! This post will be about the process of making the quilt....

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5 Things I Learned While Making My First Quilt

Remember when I said I was working on something super secret and couldn't post about it until it was gifted? Well, it has been gifted and...

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Me-Made-May

Last May (which was quite a few months before I started this blog), I started noticing lots of people I follow on Instagram posting about...

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Why Sewing?

Before getting into the trial & error aspects and the nitty gritty how-to's of the blog, I'd like to talk a little bit more about why...

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The First Post - A Few Words on Home Economics

Welcome to my first post! I've been wanting to start a blog for a while now, but I couldn't narrow down what I wanted to blog about....