How Sewing Saved Me 🧵🫛

📍 Patterns + Peas 🫛 | Written by Stacey Quinn

I didn’t grow up knowing how to sew.

I didn’t have a grandmother who passed it down. I didn’t go to design school. I didn’t even know how to thread a machine when I started.

What I did have was postpartum depression.

And I didn’t even realize that’s what it was…not at first.

When I had my daughter, everything changed. My body. My emotions. My identity. I was in my early 30s trying to figure out life as a new mom. Everyone told me to be grateful, and I was, but I was also overwhelmed, lost, and emotionally exhausted. I felt like I had disappeared inside the role of motherhood.

Then one day, I was scrolling on Pinterest and I saw a photo of a woman wearing the most beautiful skirt I had ever seen. It wasn’t tight or flashy. It was soft, loose, colorful…and it looked like something I would wear. Something that felt like me.

I clicked, hoping to buy it.

She wasn’t selling it.

But she had a blog and a YouTube channel, and she was teaching how to make it.

Something about that moment stuck with me. I couldn’t get it out of my head.

So I bought a sewing machine.

I started watching her tutorials. Then I found other creators, other sewing channels, other women making their own clothes, and I fell in love with the process. The fabric. The trial and error. The way you could start with nothing but a piece of cloth and turn it into something wearable and beautiful.

I made expensive mistakes.

I wasted fabric.

I cried at seams that wouldn’t line up.

But I kept going.

And with every stitch, I started to heal.

Sewing gave me something I could control when everything else felt chaotic. It let me tap back into the part of me that loved beauty, style, texture, and color. It gave me space to be creative and present without needing to explain myself.

It gave me peace.

It gave me pride.

It gave me back me.

Now, I sew when I need to center myself. When the world feels heavy. When I want to reconnect to my joy. It’s a sacred space for me…candles lit, music playing, my hands creating something meaningful.

Eventually, I realized I couldn’t sew for everyone. But I could create a boutique for women like me…women who appreciate quality, personality, and comfort. That’s why I started Bossy Glamworks…to give women pieces that feel personal, handpicked, and full of style and soul.

And that’s why I launched Patterns + Peas 🫛…to share the stories behind the stitching.

Sewing saved me.

And if you’ve ever had to rebuild yourself…quietly, one stitch at a time…I hope you find something here that helps you feel a little more seen, and a little more held.

🫛

With love,

Stacey

 

A reminder that healing happens one stitch at a time. This was a moment of peace in the chaos…when my hands were busy, my heart felt calm.

 

 

Not finished, but full of purpose. Watching this piece come together reminded me that I was still capable of building something beautiful...even when I felt broken.