Whenever these people push me to the point of feeling hopeless, I resist by dreaming of the future. We can’t let these people rob us of a future. The way we're all gonna get through the next several years is by looking towards each other within our communities for services and expertise, as much as possible.

With that in mind, it's occurring to me that if I want to be able to focus on bringing more of my ideas out into the world, I'm going to need some help sometimes, specifically with sewing. Are you damn good with a sewing machine and looking to pick up an occasional freelance job? If this is you, write me back and let’s have a conversation.

Anyone got a laser cutter? The little labels I use for my bags are woven at a factory in China and I don’t want to pay Trump’s tariff, so I'm looking for another option that I can fully customize. If anyone reading this would like to work with me on this project, let’s talk.

I’ve been thinking about moving my website to another platform for awhile now and since I haven’t found the time to do the research myself, I hired Brooke from Fully Spun Yarn to help me. See her video on IG for a full list of the consulting services she offers. Working with Brooke has been really easy so far. I’ve found her to be very knowledgeable and I'm happy to finally be dealing with a thing that’s needed doing for awhile. If you need any research done, I highly recommend working with Brooke.

As for what I might be able to do for anyone reading this, if you have a brand and would like a custom design made for apparel, home furnishings, want to take your custom merch up a notch, or want a custom fabric designed for your own products, let's talk. If you are connected with anyone in the textile industry who needs a freelancer to do the technical parts of the job like putting designs in repeat, recoloring or cleaning up designs, hit me up.

There are lots of ways we can help each other weather any hard times to come. Foolish to isolate oneself in a time like this. Social division is great for authoritarians. We are in this thing together.