Hi! I'm Leslie. I love fabric, paper and beads...and I think I may love looking at them and touching them more than what I can create with each one. By day I engineer and by night I like to create. I learned how to sew in home-ec in the seventh grade, dabbled a bit in sewing here and there over the years, and then picked it back up consistently in the past year.
I live in a small mountain town in California. My husband and I have been married for fourteen years. We are working towards simplifying our life by getting out debt, downsizing to a smaller house, and continuing to raise chickens. Maybe one day we will have a horse or two, and a few cows. Can't hurt to dream right? Amidst the simpler life we want to learn how to do everything we can with our own
In my spare time I like to create lovely items to give away and to use. I sew, crochet and knit, craft with paper, and make jewelry. This is a blog about me mustering my way through making gifts, clothes, accessories and home decor. I know other blogs focus on one thing that you really love or are passionate about, but I love all of these types of mediums (and any new ones that I will pick up along the way). I am a jack-of-all-trades type of person and that is what I bring to my blog. I hope to encourage everyone who comes by that you can make anything...you just have to try.
Why the name Essie Sews? Some of you are probably wondering if I ripped off a certain nail polish brand, and I will tell you that I have not. I titled my blog before ever knowing about the nail polish and it just happens to be a nickname that I have had for the last 34ish years. I used to call myself Essie because at the time I was learning my name I could not pronounce my L's. To this day my Dad, occaisionally my Mom and all of my nieces and nephews call me Essie.
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I live in a small mountain town in California. My husband and I have been married for fourteen years. We are working towards simplifying our life by getting out debt, downsizing to a smaller house, and continuing to raise chickens. Maybe one day we will have a horse or two, and a few cows. Can't hurt to dream right? Amidst the simpler life we want to learn how to do everything we can with our own
In my spare time I like to create lovely items to give away and to use. I sew, crochet and knit, craft with paper, and make jewelry. This is a blog about me mustering my way through making gifts, clothes, accessories and home decor. I know other blogs focus on one thing that you really love or are passionate about, but I love all of these types of mediums (and any new ones that I will pick up along the way). I am a jack-of-all-trades type of person and that is what I bring to my blog. I hope to encourage everyone who comes by that you can make anything...you just have to try.
Why the name Essie Sews? Some of you are probably wondering if I ripped off a certain nail polish brand, and I will tell you that I have not. I titled my blog before ever knowing about the nail polish and it just happens to be a nickname that I have had for the last 34ish years. I used to call myself Essie because at the time I was learning my name I could not pronounce my L's. To this day my Dad, occaisionally my Mom and all of my nieces and nephews call me Essie.
