Dada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Hello and I'm Helen, I'm Caroline and we love to sew. This is a podcast for makers where we talk about sewing a handmade wardrobe and bring you interviews with inspiring creatives and small business owners in our community.

This week, Marissa from Marissa Meade joins us to chat about her maker affirmations.

Marissa inspires makers every day to live their most

creative lives. We discuss overcoming sewing setbacks, finding joy and confidence

through making, and being more intentional with your creative practice.

I have every intention of doing that.

So do I. Hello Marissa, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Hi you guys, I'm so excited to be here.

We're so excited to have you. Can you please introduce yourself to our listeners?

My name is Marissa Fernandez and I am a maker. I'm a sewist and a knitter, I'm a lover of crafty things, and I also offer accessible creative

coaching.

Amazing, and where are you from?

Right now I'm based in Maryland in the United States, but I've pretty much lived all over the

states being a military brat.

So there's a little bit of country in my voice, there's a little bit of West Coast, East Coast, it's all in there.

Oh, that's awesome. So tell us a little bit about your sewing journey to start us off.

How and when did you learn to sew? Sure. So I started off as a

knitter and one of my coworkers, I told her about basically a million and a half sewing fails that I had had and she very

patiently listened to me and was just like, oh, you just needed a friend to help you out on this journey.

And she was kind enough to give me this pattern that she was actually like working and tweaking and drafting at that time.

And she basically walked me through the entire thing from step to step to step and was like, I in you you can do this I know your

seam is wonky I know that thing is not totally straight but it's going to be

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