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 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.