Maria Makes A Mess

A chronicle of all the things I’m making, in various forms, not terribly well

I wanted to see more of the internet that I miss, so I figure why not build my own little contribution. Here’s my blog of things I’m crafting, tinkering with, cooking - I’m not a pro, I’m not selling anything, I am just sharing with the world my little creations. 💖

Why am I doing this? My ‘Manifesto’ goes into detail.

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Some recent blog posts

Quick pillowcases

Quick pillowcases

This project surprised me when I first tried it. Honestly I didn’t believe this would be as fast as it was, because as often happens with instructions I find online for sewing projects, their estimates on how long something takes vastly underestimates how much I can easily mess up a ‘simple’ project.

But no, this is genuinely a great one. So much so that I am probably going to teach my kid how to do this because it’s very satisfying.

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My sewing station

My sewing station

This is where I do all my sewing work. I am lucky to space for my hobbies, though I don’t have a dedicated sewing room, I feel like I have more than enough space for what I want to do. My sewing station is one corner of my office room, so it’s important that I am able to put things away neatly as I’d be looking at the clutter every day when I’m working my regular job.

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R.I.P. JoAnn Fabrics

On why I will always be mad that you were forced to close

JoAnn Fabrics was forced to close down on May 30, 2025. Forced to close because it didn’t go out of business, it was bought up by greedy private equity firms, squeezed for every drop it had, enshittified, and then when it was no longer useful to its PE overlords, they dumped it with zero consideration for the massive impact its closure would have.

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