Anyone who knows me well knows I’ve been a Trekkie since I was a kid. Back then (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) the only way to watch Star Trek was to stay up until midnight and sneak into the tv room to watch The Original Series in syndication. Or set the VCR to record it on a timer so you wouldn’t get caught by your parents. I’ll leave it to your imagination to figure out which path I chose. When TNG (The Next Generation for the uninitiated) was released in the late 80s, I didn’t appreciate it as much as I should’ve. For the record, I’m the same age as Wil Wheaton and so have a very soft spot in my heart for Acting Ensign Crusher. We were the same age and it was awesome to have some kind of representation on TV in an adult world without being treated like a “kid”.

As an adult, I’ve seen every episode of every Trek series (except The Animated Series from the 70s) and almost every movie. MULTIPLE TIMES. The Kelvin Timeline is like the Star Wars Prequels. I’ll just leave it at that. It’s very safe to assume I’m a Star Trek fan. My sewing studio has homages to Star Trek and other fandoms and has even inspired the Patreon levels to help fund my YouTube channel and sewing projects.

I’ve been sewing for a lifetime at this point and I collect vintage sewing patterns. My oldest dates back to about 1904/1905. I can’t point to any one particular era in the 20th Century that I love best as far as sewing patterns go, but I’m intrigued by the Edwardian Era. The 70s are totally my jam and I find I’m reaching out for those more and more. Maybe it’s because I’m looking back towards my childhood, I don’t know. I believe that the majority of my patterns are from the 1950s/1960s since those are the most ubiquitous.