About Us

My name is Jenn, and I'm a sewist, just like you. I love to make clothes and accessories for myself, my family, and my friends' kids. I especially love supporting new pattern designers.

I love the joy that crafting brings out in people. In both the local sewing and knitting communities, I've been connecting and volunteering for over a decade. It's only recently that I've been able to turn my passion for sewing into a business through Spool & Spindle Printshop! I try to help sewists' hard work come out a success through quality A0 pattern printing, and I've dreamed of doing more to connect sewists with designers, suppliers, and each other.

Sometimes I have a picture in my head of a garment type that I want to make, and I have a hard time finding just the right pattern online. So I started compiling a list of patterns, arranged by styles and garment types. This way, I don't have to hope a generic search engine understands me, or browse every designer's page separately. I started sharing this list with everyone on My Next Make, keeping it up to date with the latest patterns from many indie designers.

The next step just made sense: expanding the sewing pattern listing into a full set of tracking and social tools for sewists!

Just as my crafting skills have grown through the community, my programming skills have too! I've slowly built up the knowledge and resources, and finally feel ready to bring this dream to digital life.

It may surprise you to learn I am also a daily cyclist, avid bike polo player, nerdy mathematician, and passionate pianist.

Funny story: when we were thinking about naming this service "The Seam Rippers Club", my friend and early business collaborator Twist suggested Rippers as shorthand for our members. I immediately loved it! This is the best roller derby name for us, perfect for sewists. I just about fell on the floor laughing! This was how I knew the name The Seam Rippers Club was meant to be.