Meet the talented Monthly Stitch Collective members:
The Editors:
Mel – Everyone’s got to be a little nerdy at something and I am a nerd with a sewing machine! I am obsessed with collecting patterns, fabric, buttons, vintage (and miniature) sewing machines and I am passionate about social sewing.
I live in New Zealand’s creative (and actual) capital, Wellington and I’ve been sewing for as long as I can remember, but more seriously since 2008. I started the The Monthly Stitch with Kat and Juliet as a fun way to boost my sewing inspiration and waning productivity and take as many other creatives as I can along with me.
Check out all of Mel’s posts on The Monthly Stitch and visit her blog: the curious kiwi
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Nikki – I’m a crazy English girl now living in the coolest little capital in the world, ie Wellington, NZ. I’ve been here over five years and have made a life for myself sewing, talking about sewing, blogging about sewing and basically dreaming sewing, oh, and enabling friends with fabric/pattern purchases! 🙂
I’ve been sewing since I can remember. I used to watch Mum sew and knit when I was a wee whipper snapper. She taught me and I probably learned lots of bad habits. I’ve been making the effort recently to check my fit and take time ensuring I’m happy with my finish. I’ve loved being a contributor to The Monthly Stitch, you guys are so much inspiration and a great world wide group of sewing friends.
Check out all of Nikki’s posts on The Monthly Stitch and visit her blog: Nikki’s Stiches
Ciara – I recently moved from Lawrence, Kansas to Portland, Oregon with my long-time partner (he’s a historian), our five-year-old daughter (she just started kindergarten), & our scary-smart tuxedo cat, Catberry Butterton.
I taught myself how to sew in 2013, when my daughter was a little baby. A friend convinced me to make a baby quilt while I was pregnant. She walked me through the basics—pre-washing, chain-piecing, using a rotary cutter. I was surprised to find that I LOVED sewing. I now have a 99% self-sewn wardrobe.
Check out all of Ciara’s posts on The Monthly Stitch and visit her blog: Crabigail Adams
Elizabeth – I’ve lived in the Huntsville, Alabama area in the southeastern United States for over 20 years now and it’s where my husband and I are raising our four year old daughter. I wouldn’t have guessed several years ago that I would become a homeschooling sewist, but here I am and I love it!
I bought my first machine to make curtains for the nursery and now I’m making many of my own clothes and a lot of my daughter’s. My personal sewing style is fairly classic and traditional with not a lot of flourish or dazzle. That goes all out the window, however, when it comes to a little girl who asks for sparkly twirly skirts!
Check out all of Elizabeth’s posts on The Monthly Stitch and visit her blog: That’s Sew Lily
Kyla – I live here in beautiful Northern California with my husband, our brand new baby girl, and our two little pup fur babies (who are actually not so little, I just like to call them that).
My mom taught me the basics of sewing when I was young, but I didn’t really start until I bought myself a sewing machine in 2013, and I’ve been hooked ever since. I have to admit, I generally do more planning than I do sewing, but I sew as much as I have time for and I just love the whole process! I always work better with a deadline, so when I came across TMS back in 2014, I found the challenges to be the perfect motivation I needed to gain new skills and finish some projects in a timely manner!
Check out all of Kyla’s posts on The Monthly Stitch and visit her blog: Life By Ky
Read more about the editors here.
The Collective:
All these fabulous creatives made The Monthly Stitch possible with their fabulous interpretations of each months theme.
Show them some love by clicking on a thumbnail to learn more about each collective member, you can see all of their TMS posts and then visit their personal blogs to see more of their sewing.
- Emma – Emma and her Machine
- Vanessa – Magpieness
- Linda – Nice dress! Thanks, I made it!!
- June – The Serial Hobbyist Girl
- Del – CurlsnSkirls
- Cathy – Sew Your Heart Out
- Penny – Dresses & Me
- Laurie – Sew Exhausted
- Wendy – Charlotte’s Web
- Wendy – Coser Cosas
- Miriam – Create Hope Inspire
- Vanessa – SimpleFibreLife
- Cari – Cari Homemaker
- LauraJane – A Dress Of My Own
- Nikki – Nikki’s Stitches
- Kura – Making Makes My Life
- Anna – A Look of One’s Own
- Jenny
- Melissa – mahlicadesigns
- Juanita – Juanita Tortilla
- Amanda – Sew Deputy
- Andie L. – Sew Pretty in Pink
- Shelley
- HoffiCoffi
- Sandra – FlossieFT
- Bryanna – Sweet Shop Sewing
- Juliet – The Crazy Gypsy Chronicles
- Jennifer – My Sewing Suite
- Colette – Sewing and Stuff
- Natasha – Confident Beginner
- Dixie O’Dare – Miss Dixie O’Dare
- Naomi – Bon Courage!
- Tanya – Mrs. Hughes
- Annette – Mrs Toad Sews
- Maryanne – Sew Together
- Shannon – Adventures of a Young Seamstress
- Jo – Making It Well
- Elizabeth – Sewn by Elizabeth
- Emma Jayne – Clipped Curves
- Rebecca – Sew Pomona
- Nancy – ColorFiberTexture
- Jenny – crafty sew and sew in dorset
- Sandra J – Sewist Stitch
- Alisa – Go Ask Alisa
- Kaine – Bobbylees
- Hayley – A Stitch to Scratch
- Erika – Rejoice for the Day
- Alexa – Almost A Hippy
- rebeccaDoe – sewSloppy
- Gemma – Handmade by Holty
- Frances – Petal & Ginger
- Tasha – The Telltale Tasha
- Gabrielle – Up Sew Late
- Annie – The Enantiomer Project
- Sharyn – Just So…
- Clarinda Kaleidoscope
- Siobhan – Just Keep Sewing
- Katrina – Offsquare
- Lindsay – Baking, Making and Crafting
- Velosewer – Clever Thinking 99
- Kathy – The Nerdy Seamstress
- Katina – I’m not TIna Wheeze
- Tina – SoleStitch
- Sophie-Lee – Two Random Words
- Sara – Gladys and Viv
- Ali Boncha
- Danielle – Leave No Stone
- Toni G – No 4 Letter Words
- Michelle – That Black Chic
- Marilla
- ElaineOC – What Diana Did Next
- Stephanie – Sew A Crooked Line
- Gaye – Notionally Better
- Naomi – Spare Room Style
- Knit Sews & Tea
- Erin – Vint Hill Vintage
- Sewcial Warrior
- Jeri – My Modern Vintage
- Rachel – Is it fitting?
- Catja – Gjeometry
- Melody – Sew Melodic
- Steely Seamstress
- Zoe – Etsy Addict
- Ali Kelly – Thimberlina
- Zibergirl – Zibergirl Sews
- Audrey – Skirt Fixation
- Ramona – ThreadTime
- Christina – Sew Up
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I love the idea of this blog and I’d love to be involved in it! Can’t wait to sew and blog along with your challenges! 🙂
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We’d love to have you sewing with us 🙂 Make sure you fill out the form on this page so we can get you signed up and posting on the blog.
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Thanks! Awesome, will do! 🙂
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I just happened to “stumble upon” your blog, as it was linked from one of your regular followers/contributors. LOVE this idea! It will certainly keep me sewing throughout the year as I usually have a tendancy to not get much sewing in when I put the machine away…. I really do need to change one of my rooms into a sewing room so the machine is always available! 🙂 Can’t wait to sew along with you in the coming months!!
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