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A note from my (new) mini studio

🕯️If you have a cup of tea nearby, grab it. Take one slow breath. You are in the right place. 🫖

Hello friends!

I’m so glad you’re here. I have a few updates to share, plus something new I’m building: Sunday Stitch Sanctuary — a gentle weekly gathering for makers who want more connection and a little spiritual grounding in their handwork. The very first one begins this coming Sunday. But here are the other updates first.

Studio update: the move is complete

This week I finished moving into my storage unit, and my mini studio inside the storage is officially set up. It’s simple, but it’s mine, and it feels so good to have a dedicated space again.

A shift in my work

I’m no longer taking client sewing work.

Instead, I’m pouring my time into making AprilEnchanting Handmade creations — sewing and embroidering my own designs to sell on my website and at vendor events in 2026. I’ll be posting dates for those events, so look for those email updates.

What I’m making now

Over the next few months you’ll see me focusing on:

  • Small sewn goods that are practical and a little magical
  • Embroidered pieces meant to bless a doorway, a pocket, a bag, or an altar
  • Limited runs as I experiment, refine, and build momentum

Sewing Shop OS 2.0 is ready

If you’ve been watching my Notion template work, this is a big milestone: Sewing Shop OS 2.0 is ready for deployment.

It’s a Notion workspace built for sewing & embroidery freelancers and small studios to keep everything in one place — like:

  • clients and projects
  • quotes and job details
  • workflow stages and due dates
  • notes, links, and quick actions so you actually use it
  • One central hub for your entire business

It’s officially published and ready for purchase now. It’s only $25! And it runs on the free version of Notion so you don’t have to pay to upgrade to use it!

Get Sewing Shop OS 2.0 here

Sunday Stitch Sanctuary (starts this coming Sunday)

Sunday Stitch Sanctuary is a gentle weekly note from my studio where handwork meets spiritual practice.

Each Sunday, I’ll share a small offering you can actually use — a simple practice, a prompt, and a little studio note to help you stay close to what you’re making.

Join me in community (free)

If you’d like to participate in Sunday Stitch Sanctuary, it will live inside a new free Skool community I’m building called Alchemy in Threads.

This won’t just be an email newsletter — it’s a real community space where you can share what you’re working on, join the conversation each week, and feel a little more connected as you stitch.

You can post a WIP photo, ask a small question, celebrate a finish, or simply quietly follow along and soak up the inspiration — it all counts.

And because it’s a real community space (not just a feed), I’ll also share a few extra treats there that won’t be available on my website — like seasonal giveaways, free patterns and embroidery files, and occasional exclusive product offerings.

If you’ve been craving a place to share what you’re making, get gentle encouragement, and bring your spiritual practice into your craft, you’ll fit right in.

Join the community HERE!

Thank you for being here with me — truly. I’m so excited to share what I’m making, and I’m even more excited to stitch alongside you in community.

Closing Blessing:

May your hands feel steady.

May your heart feel held.

May you make one small beautiful thing this week — and let it be enough.

With love,

April

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Outdoor Sellers Market @ Bread Bar in Silver Plume

An outdoor Sellers Market is taking place on Saturday, April 19th from 2pm until Sundown at Bread Bar up in Silver Plume. There will be some members of the GoSew Collective selling up at this event, including myself. There will be wonderful upcycled & handmade goods by our members and other sellers, so come out and support us!

LOCATION: Bread Bar, 1010 Main St, Silver Plume, CO 80476

TIME: 2-8PM

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Learning From Failures

A lot has happened in my life over the past several years. Just too much to detail here. But one of the things that I got involved with over the pandemic and while caring for my grandmother, was working with a group to form a worker owned cooperative. Our goals had a lot to do with activism & mutual aid. But in order to do those things in our capitalistic society, you have to have a funding source. We worked on a consulting business which could have worked out well, but did not for a variety of reasons. And we also spent close to two years working to develop a website that would be a multivendor marketplace to help our group have a place to sell our goods as well as opening it up to other artists, authors & makers that were in our network. We had met a few people that were part of the Etsy Strike who also wanted to participate and gave us some good input about the crazy fees and shenanigans that Etsy has been engaging in. But just as we launched our site, there were things that came up like personality clashes and, honestly, I think a real fear of success. So the site was up for about two months and things were just not moving along. We needed a marketing plan. But no one wanted to take that on. The site was glitchy and we were doing our best to address the issues, but we had limited people (including myself) who had time to work on it. We needed customer service. But our group members just wouldn’t commit. I resigned and the website was dismantled immediately afterward. The cooperative decided to take a different route.

I decided to continue on the path. I found a better plugin that does not have the glitch problems we were having before. I used my own website domain and reconstructed a new multivendor marketplace site to provide a sellers marketplace for my community of friends who are all really talented people and make some pretty spectacular things. I have onboarded some of them already and they are in the process of setting up their shops. It may take time to get things rolling but I am really optimistic about the future. I invite anyone reading this to join us on this venture! Click here if you would like to apply to be a seller in this growing community!

I thank all of your for your support over the years and I look forward to connecting with you again in the very near future!

Love & Blessings, April