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  I'm Sam, a college student, engineer, seamstress, crafter, & entrepreneur. Enjoy perusing photos of my sewing and craft-related adventures. I hope my blog brings inspiration and happiness to your day!

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first day back

stitching narwhals by
tree-light, accompanied by
mannheim steamroller.

pre-tusked narwhals... poor little guys

narwhal plush horde

lots and lots of stuffed narwhals!

almost done with the billion narwhals i’ve had to make in the last week! phew!…

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on my way back

recluse hides away
with camera, sewing machine;
waits for sanity.

perles

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euphoria

“i made something cute
today!” those five words contain
a surplus of joy.

fireworks

It’s just a little zipper pouch, nothing too exciting.. but I love this art.

Too dark for pictures, come back tomorrow.…

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big kid shoes

to master an art
is one thing; to teach it well
takes much greater skill.

rick rack display (paris shop - montmartre)

Tomorrow I am teaching my first official sewing lesson! A cousin of the kids I’ve been watching this summer is potentially interested in fashion design, …

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day 1: cologne

four hours after
landing, fabric is purchased.
that is skill, my friends.

view of germany from a plane window

button display at a german fabric store

little carousel

chocolate museum in cologne

You read that right. Less than four hours and I had fabric in hand. While driving from Frankfurt to Cologne, we stopped in a tiny village for gas, …

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the floodgates open

fabric-buying bans
do not apply while shopping
in foreign countries.

window full of trims in valencia, spain

Tomorrow my family and I are flying off to Frankfurt and driving from there to Cologne and then Paris. I’m getting excited, and really looking forward to shopping for fabric …

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