Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 19 minutes ago
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December is FFTCM (feel free to compliment me) month over in the Self Sewn Wardrobe Facebook group and Mallory has shared links everyday to a group member’s page, blog, etsy shop, or profile and told everyone to feel free to compliment them. Because the Facebook group is so large we don’t allow people to post links to their own blogs or affiliate links. We try to keep the page non promotional and centered on our own business, so this has been really fun and different.
If you want to participate go to SewHere.com/submissions and submit a link to your stuff. It’s ok to submit after December 2018 as well because we keep a log of these and we may use it later.
Zede and Mallory are going to take a minute and pat themselves on the back in this weeks episode. Mallory does have a quick FFTCM shout out for Aimee L. from the Self Sewn Wardrobe FB group. Aimee posted her make of some fun slightly off color dish towels and Mal says she “would be tickled to receive them” if she was a gift recipient. Mallory notes they are definitely NSFW (not safe for work) but really hilarious.
Feel Free to Compliment Zede
Zede is really proud of her dog bed design that has taken 4-5 years of perfecting. Her dog beds are more like people beds and have to stand up to her 150# dogs lounging on them. They need to be big, well made, non scrunchy and be machine wash and dry. Her last dog bed make was actually a repair job on a bed she bought sometime ago. Her dog took a large bite out of it (which is really uncharacteristic of her dogs) and the bed sat in her garage for a couple of years waiting to be fixed. She was really happy she was able to salvage the stuffing (because that’s a lot of stuffing) and remake the inside of the bed following her perfect dog bed design. She cut a new top out of some fabric that really coordinated with the original bed parts and really pulled the look of the bed together. She really loves how it turned out and her dogs love it more.
Feel Free to Compliment Mallory
Mallory would like all the compliments for finishing her cropped bouclé jacket that she resurrected from a plastic grocery bag (where she last touched it some 2 years ago). She said the fabric is just beautiful and was on the expensive side for her at ~ $50-$70/ yard.
She originally started the jacket after baby number one was born but lost the desire to make it because who really wants to nurse and have baby spit on their expensive hand tailored silk jacket, not Mallory. Then baby number two came along and so it just sat.
She recently got the itch to finish it when she rediscovered it while doing a deep clean up. She was pleasantly surprised to find she had everything cut out and ready to sew. She did have to hong kong finish all the seams and she accomplished sewing the jacket by taking little chunks of time, anywhere from 10-40 minutes to sit and sew. She has found it difficult in the past to find time to sew but changing her mindset to sew in these little windows of time instead of waiting for big spaces have allowed her accomplish more – you can read more of Mallory’s thoughts on finding the time to sew here . What made the project really nice was that all the bias was cut , yay!
She wore it over a dress to a couple of Thanksgiving dinners and Zede said it looked really good how she styled it. Mallory would like to find a few more things to wear with it. She has some high waist trousers in mind so stay tuned.
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We’ve organized our store with lists like lingerie sewing supplies, pressing tools, sewing reference books and we’re adding more all the time. Do you have a request for a list of our recommendations? Let us know and we’ll put one together.
When you purchase through our Amazon influencer store SewHere receives an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. Hell support the podcast while shopping our favorite items that make our sewing lives great.
You can even tell your friends and family to shop from our store so that you get fabulous sewing goodies for the holidays. Go to SewHere.com/amazon to shop now.
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Zede’s other FFTCM
It’s no secret Zede is addicted to aerial arts. She recently set out on a quest to make the perfect rosin bags which help keep her hands dry and a little tacky for gripping the silks. Zede turned to Google for inspiration and fails (so she knew what not to do) and down the ra
Listen to the full episode here
sewhere.com/podcast/sewing-out-loud/fftcm-feel-free-compliment-december-2018
This post contains affiliate links. When you click through and make a purchase, SewHere receives a small commission at no expense to you. Thanks!
December is FFTCM (feel free to compliment me) month over in the Self Sewn Wardrobe Facebook group and Mallory has shared links everyday to a group member’s page, blog, etsy shop, or profile and told everyone to feel free to compliment them. Because the Facebook group is so large we don’t allow people to post links to their own blogs or affiliate links. We try to keep the page non promotional and centered on our own business, so this has been really fun and different.
If you want to participate go to SewHere.com/submissions and submit a link to your stuff. It’s ok to submit after December 2018 as well because we keep a log of these and we may use it later.
Zede and Mallory are going to take a minute and pat themselves on the back in this weeks episode. Mallory does have a quick FFTCM shout out for Aimee L. from the Self Sewn Wardrobe FB group. Aimee posted her make of some fun slightly off color dish towels and Mal says she “would be tickled to receive them” if she was a gift recipient. Mallory notes they are definitely NSFW (not safe for work) but really hilarious.
Feel Free to Compliment Zede
Zede is really proud of her dog bed design that has taken 4-5 years of perfecting. Her dog beds are more like people beds and have to stand up to her 150# dogs lounging on them. They need to be big, well made, non scrunchy and be machine wash and dry. Her last dog bed make was actually a repair job on a bed she bought sometime ago. Her dog took a large bite out of it (which is really uncharacteristic of her dogs) and the bed sat in her garage for a couple of years waiting to be fixed. She was really happy she was able to salvage the stuffing (because that’s a lot of stuffing) and remake the inside of the bed following her perfect dog bed design. She cut a new top out of some fabric that really coordinated with the original bed parts and really pulled the look of the bed together. She really loves how it turned out and her dogs love it more.
Feel Free to Compliment Mallory
Mallory would like all the compliments for finishing her cropped bouclé jacket that she resurrected from a plastic grocery bag (where she last touched it some 2 years ago). She said the fabric is just beautiful and was on the expensive side for her at ~ $50-$70/ yard.
She originally started the jacket after baby number one was born but lost the desire to make it because who really wants to nurse and have baby spit on their expensive hand tailored silk jacket, not Mallory. Then baby number two came along and so it just sat.
She recently got the itch to finish it when she rediscovered it while doing a deep clean up. She was pleasantly surprised to find she had everything cut out and ready to sew. She did have to hong kong finish all the seams and she accomplished sewing the jacket by taking little chunks of time, anywhere from 10-40 minutes to sit and sew. She has found it difficult in the past to find time to sew but changing her mindset to sew in these little windows of time instead of waiting for big spaces have allowed her accomplish more – you can read more of Mallory’s thoughts on finding the time to sew here . What made the project really nice was that all the bias was cut , yay!
She wore it over a dress to a couple of Thanksgiving dinners and Zede said it looked really good how she styled it. Mallory would like to find a few more things to wear with it. She has some high waist trousers in mind so stay tuned.
**********************************************************************
This weeks Podcast is brought to you by:
Our Amazon Influencer Shop
That’s right all of our Amazon recommendations are in one place at SewHere.com/amazon .
We’ve organized our store with lists like lingerie sewing supplies, pressing tools, sewing reference books and we’re adding more all the time. Do you have a request for a list of our recommendations? Let us know and we’ll put one together.
When you purchase through our Amazon influencer store SewHere receives an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. Hell support the podcast while shopping our favorite items that make our sewing lives great.
You can even tell your friends and family to shop from our store so that you get fabulous sewing goodies for the holidays. Go to SewHere.com/amazon to shop now.
**********************************************************************
Zede’s other FFTCM
It’s no secret Zede is addicted to aerial arts. She recently set out on a quest to make the perfect rosin bags which help keep her hands dry and a little tacky for gripping the silks. Zede turned to Google for inspiration and fails (so she knew what not to do) and down the ra
