Last May (which was quite a few months before I started this blog), I started noticing lots of people I follow on Instagram posting about "Me-Made-May". I had never heard of this before, and while I understood the general premise I wasn't sure how all these people knew about it. Turns out, Zoe from "So, Zo...What Do You Know?" came up with this great concept that "celebrates all the love and hard work that so many of us put into crafting unique, special handmade clothing and

Before getting into the trial & error aspects and the nitty gritty how-to's of the blog, I'd like to talk a little bit more about why each general subject of Home Economics is important. Let's start with sewing. I'm always surprised that so many people are afraid of sewing. I'm not saying that I'm a master sewer. In fact, I just started seriously sewing (or trying to sew) a few months ago. But it's amazing how little you need to know to sew, say, an entire dress! A dress that

Welcome to my first post! I've been wanting to start a blog for a while now, but I couldn't narrow down what I wanted to blog about. After much thought and endless list making, I realized that I didn't need to narrow down everything I wanted to write about because it all fits neatly under one umbrella - Home Economics. Now, before all of the feminists get up in arms (I'm one too - don't shoot!), let me explain. Home Economics Classroom in 1911 At it's root, Home Economics was