Black History Month on Making the Flame continues with this interview of Ashli J. Washington, an unapologetic millenial and propietress of (among other things), an Etsy store featuring amazing headwraps that she makes herself. Fun factoid: I stumbled upon Ashli twice! First, I followed her some years ago on Instagram for personal style ideas (@itsmeashli). […]
Welcome to Black History Month on Making the Flame! It’s taken way too long to for me contribute to the learning, growth, and celebration opportunity that is BHM – if you want to read about why, click here. But better late than never! And I’m thrilled to present the first Black History Month post this […]
It’s common wisdom to say that everyone has the same twenty-four hours in the day, with the implication that if our cultural, spiritual, and intellectual leaders can accomplish their achievements, we should be able to as well. In reality, the amount of time we have is affected by how many other people demand it, how […]
Guess which blog has been around for six years? Wooohooooo it’s blogiversary day!!! It’s so exciting and gratifying to have made it this far, and more than a little amazing. This is not my first blog, or even my second – it’s more like my third or fourth attempt at a sewing blog, and as […]
Woohoo! We’re officially in the second half of the Seeds of a Wardrobe series. That means we’re getting that much closer to having all the information we need to successfully attempt a truly personal wardrobe rebuild/makeover. Today’s post is about the things we have to do (obligations), want to do (hobbies), and hate to do […]
Dear readers – this post comes to you two weeks before the sixth (!!!) anniversary of Making the Flame. Back in 2014, I saw a lack of plus size sewing bloggers as well as pervasive body negativity in the comment sections of blogs written by (then) conventionally attractive bloggers. Already passionately body positive, I thought […]
Like many of us, I love buying patterns! Each little envelope brings joy as a fun surprise in the mail, and as potential for a head-turning garment in the future. But they multiply, don’t they? One minute you have a handful of patterns, then can’t fit them into a box, then they’re in a collection […]