Sewing makes me emotional

thank you for 100K

A year ago Garbie did not exist. I was sewing in my living room after my day job and casually posting online about my little creations. I had just moved to Portland and was dreaming a lot about what was next. I dreamt about being a artist and creator full-time and decided to double down on that dream. I started to scheme and plot and develop a little idea in the back of my head. That idea was Garbie and it was born out of my desire to champion sewing as an achievable skillset that any fashion lover could develop. In March of this year I started this newsletter and started posting regularly about my sewing knowledge and creative ideas surrounding fashion and clothing.

I could never have fathomed what was to come.

I have gained 100,000 followers since I started investing my time in this dream. I have had one of my sewing zines go viral on Tiktok Shop and sold 3,700 physical copies. I have had some of you stop me in public to gab about sewing which makes me so happy. I have left my previous day job to focus on Garbie full time. Naturally, my brain has been consumed with feelings of gratitude and thoughts about how exactly it all happened. My dream became a reality, and I cannot thank you enough for that.

I have been thinking about the future of Garbie lately. You all have absolutely blown me away (and kept me busy) with your orders of my sewing zines. I am now at a place where I can think about how I want to invest in my business. Simply put, I want Garbie to grow and become even more than it is now. I dream now of Garbie becoming a clothing brand and offering ready-to-wear clothing for sell along sewing patterns of the same design. I want to empower even more people to make clothes for themselves out of the material around them.

So, thank you so much for following along on this journey. I hope we have many more adventures together. If you have the time, I would love for you to share Garbie with someone that you think would get value out of it. I hope you get the time to be creative!