I'm with you. Sewing is mine! I made the 'awesome' McCall's pattern in a silk satin floral some mmm years ago. I'm not sure why, but I still have a swatch of the fabric.

LOVED reading this post, Erica! I feel exactly the same way about sewing ☺

OMG, Erica! I was just working on a similar blog post. With sewing I get to be selfish without feeling guilty about it. Great post!

Beautiful post and affirmation. reminds me of a similar feeling I expressed in a post from 1997... http://mimisasyouwish.blogspot.com/2007/09/on-lace-running-business-and-raising.html

This is an awesome post, and one I can relate to! Thank you. :)

Love this post Erica. This all sounds so similar. Me time is so important however you spend it. For me I just love to make clothing.

Very well thought out and so true to my life as well.

I feel the same way about quilting. That’s why I don’t sell my quilts. There is no timetable. No expectations, except the ones I put on myself. It’s my one absolute and total escape.

I just found your blog, but I love the fact that you make your own clothes and you carry them with pride and joy, as you should because they look amazing! :)

Amen sister!

Well spoken and so true. No one but me will decide what happens and that is a beautiful gift to have.

Although my life responsibilities are different now, I definitely understand that feeling of peace and calm that descends over me and other sewists when I turn on the lights to the sewing cave. Sewing is everything to me...

Great post! I concur!

I get giddy too when I start to make all the decisions, gather materials and cut out a new project! I don't use a rotary cutter much unless I'm cutting silk or very lightweight fabrics. I used to use it all the time but I got so tired of always having to buy and dispose of blades. I guess now that I've started quilting I'll have to get over that!

Sometimes I worry about the possibility that when I do start a family, my sewing time will disappear forever. Obviously that isn't true, but I do think about it a bit. Did you get to sew much when your kids were young? It's great that you've been able to carve out this space in your life solely for yourself.

Spot on!

p.s. we are the same age :-)

I can relate so much to this post, I started sewing last year 33rd birthday, and it was the first time ever I have something this totally for me. I love it and look forward to years of it

I've been sewing since I was 9 (I'm now 67) and simply can't imagine not sewing. It is my true creative outlet and brings me such joy and peace! So nice to hear how sewing feeds your soul too! Karen

Somewhere between obsession and passion for me too. You nailed it.

Your words & thoughts have captured how I feel as well! It's so much a part of my life & I love that it's just mine

Yes that is so true!

I couldn't of said it better myself. Happy sewing.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

I've never replied to a blog before but just had to say Amen Girl, I started sewing about 12 years ago and I'm totally hooked, its the thing that makes me happy aside from my family. Love your style and envy your talent.

Beautifully said. Makes me want to go sew, although it is past midnight and I have a paper to finish. Soon.

That was totally hot.

My sentiments exactly, I would rather be sewing even on a sunny day. I started sewing 3 yrs ago and I love it. It's very much a part of me, when I'm not thinking about family or work, I'm thinking about sewing. Thanks for posting.

Oh Erica-your post makes me so happy!! I too love my sewing room. Every morning I iron my husband's shirt for work. He occasionally says he can do it. But it makes me so happy in the morning--to go in my sunny sewing space, turn on the iron and iron. I feel like I'm sewing. And even tho I may never get back in there the rest of the day, I got to iron and spend time in my sewing room.

Thanks for all of your wonderful posts. You inspire me every day!

Love this! It is so true that the time spent sewing is my own personal time for me. It's where I can be as creative and/or wacky as I want to be. I always try to encourage people to find something creative to do every day. And you, Erica, continue to inspire people to do just that!

Amen! People always ask me if I sew for husband and our baby girl and I say NO! I've only sewn one thing for each of them. But, sewing is mine. My sewing room is mine and everything that happens in it is mine. From the moment I open my eyes, I'm functioning for someone else, whether it's my daughter, my husband, or my job. But, this thing right here is all me and if I CHOOSE to sew for anyone else, it's not out of obligation, but out of the kindness of my heart! Go, Erica!

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This so resonates with me. I never thought of it this way. But this is true for me and my life too!

I agree with you 100%, when I am sewing nothing else matters! Great article.

Hear, hear! Beautiful post, Erica! And we love that you closed it with our Awesome image.

I let my husband read this and then I went in my sewing room and shut the door. DROP THE MIC AND PIMP WALK AWAY!

Let the church say AMEN again. Cooking is my instinctual creative gift and I have to do it for others all the time (family, catering etc) But sewing is my creative outlet - keeps me from snapping on folks. my sewing area is half of our unfinished basement - its literally a dungeon - not cute (I'm working on changing that). But I LOVE going down there! Even if I don't have time to work on anything, I atleast go down there to straighten up, move stuff around, plan a project, rub on my fabric - SOMETHING! Hubby bought me a new machine for Christmas(my first one in my whole 41 years - all others had been hand me downs) and I treated myself to my first serger a couple of months ago after a big catering job. My husband doesnt understand it but he does support it (sometimes). I do my best work when they are all in bed! People ask me all the time to sew for them but I way no quick or simply quote them a price so outrageous they wont ask again! I occasionally quilt for people but they have to give me creative control. I do my own thing! So thank you much for this post. As you can see it perfectly represents how so many of us feel. I don't have many sewing friends but you are a great inspiration and help fill that void - keep posting and inspiring us.

Hi Erica! I´m from Argentina, and sooo glad to find your blog. E-ve-ry word in this post seems to be the story of my life. Thank you!!