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01/26/2024


Alright, I'm sharing a TikTok video today, and it's not strictly sewing, but hear me out.

Sewing Alterations is a trade that doesn't get advertised even as much as trade school does, because there isn't a "trade school for Sewing Alterations"  You can go to school for Textile arts and design, but that is NO WHERE NEAR the information you'd learn on the job from a mentor - which is literally why I do what I do.

Let me know in the comments: What do you think... should sewing have more of a presence in our schools so people know it's an option?

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Topic in this post: #DayInTheLife

Kristen sews because clothes don't come shaped like humans and people often think their bodies are the problem, which is a problem.

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Hi there 👋🏼
I'm Kristen!

  • Professional Sewist since 2010
  • Bridal Alterations Expert
  • Sewing Alterations Educator
  • Certified in the Bare Essentials Bra Pattern Drafting Method
  • Late Diagnosed Audhder with a serious hyperfixation on systems, web design, and pattern making with a healthy side of advocating for positive body image and fair wages in a resistant society. 

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