Nice to meet you, I’m Sarahbeth. I’m so glad you’re here.

I’ve been a women’s apparel designer, one of a kind frock maker for weddings, performances, and just because for over 20 years.

Also a pattern maker, natural dyer, children’s duds creator, weaver, sometimes potter, watercolourist, gardener, inn-keep, soap-box yapper, and a horrible knitter.

If I had time to whittle my shoes, I really would, but I prolly won’t be whittling any sweaters, I just can’t get the hang of it.

This is my corner of the universe.
I teach women to go on out there and grab life wearing their best duds, not to wait a minute more for our thighs to jiggle any less.

I teach about bodies, how & why they should have stretch marks, age spots, stooped shoulders, and why store bought clothes aren’t ever gonna really fit without a touch of spandex (hint it’s the homogenizing of pattern making from the industrial revolution & a whole lot more, like naturally fluctuating bodies.) -Along the way we learn to design and sew a little.

We always learn to mend beautifully, because life always gives us a reason to need to. I call it “mending poetry” -and I write about it too.

I’ve been in international magazines, sure, but once upon a time I was a kid helping bail hay in ridiculously hot humid southern heat, and shoveling horse shit out of our barn. Those skills are just as important as having been in Vogue.

In 2026 I’ll have a public studio and teaching space for the first time in 15 years. I hope to see you there.

I may be traveling to Tasmania and New Zealand, the crystal ball is still full of smoke for now, I’ll let you know just as soon as we (my collaborators & I) do!

Have a question? Wanna talk about Old Salem and the Moravians for hours? Holler.

Want a little bit more? Read my letter to your body here.