Textile Hacker was created to record my journey learning how to sew. Why sewing? I am self-professed geek who loves learning how things work and acquiring cool new skillz (yes, that's skillz with a Z). My wife has this old beast of a machine from the 50's that has been gathering dust in a corner. I have had my eye on for years now and I figured I would finally give it a shot. Plus, my wife is really happy about the whole "free tailoring" part of this endeavor and that can't hurt.
I came up with the name "Textile Hacking", as alternative to "sewing" (yawn) in an effort to generate some male geek culture interest into the old skool world of sewing. I wasn't too lucky finding other sewing blogs that appealed to my personal tastes or style, so I figured there must be a hole and I was just the needle-wielding dork to fill it. Plus it just sounds cool.
This is not an instructional sewing blog. You probably need to visit much pinker sites with more ads for that. I barely know what I am doing here- a complete sewing n00b. But hopefully I will learn a few tricks along the way to pass along. I am also hoping to connect to other dorks like me who are willing to shatter the gender stereotypes, embrace their inner seamster and share their crazy thimble stories. I mean, somebody had to make all those Darth Vader capes at Comic Con, right?
If you have any questions about anything I post, by all means, comment away and I will answer all that I can. Remember: we are in this together!
Happy Sewing!
-The Textile Hacker
