Sewing Room Tour + Hand Embroidered Victorian Coat | Starting Over in Midlife

Welcome back! After nearly a year away from YouTube, I'm inviting you into my new sewing room, freshly set up in my small, light-filled basement apartment here in Colorado. This video is a sewing room tour, a creative update, and a personal reflection. My belongings have just arrived from overseas after a major international move, and I'm finally settling into a simpler, more grounded life as a full-time maker. In this video, I share: A peek at my new sewing space A long-overdue update on my hand-embroidered Victorian evening coat (now three years in the making) Thoughts on creative sovereignty, artistic identity, and coming through a midlife unraveling 🪡 If you're into historical hand embroidery, Victorian costume making, slow fashion, or building a soulful, intentional creative life, this is for you. 📦 Whether you're here for the sewing room setup, the velvet coat progress, or a quiet reflection on what it means to start over creatively in midlife (or any life stage), I hope you feel warmly welcomed and inspired to honour your own path as an artist too. ✨ Toward the end of the video, I speak about what it’s been like to navigate a midlife crisis (as Brené Brown describes it, a “slow, brutal unravelling”) and how it led me back to myself and to a deep commitment to living life on my own terms. Maybe you’re feeling that tug too. Maybe you’re ready to make your art a priority. If so, you’re in the right place. 🧵 Topics in this video: Sewing room tour in my new home Setting up a creative space after emigrating Victorian embroidery & historical sewing update Navigating midlife change as a creative person Choosing to be an artist first, without the hustle I’d love to hear from you in the comments. Where are you in your own creative journey? Thank you for being here. I’m so grateful to begin this next chapter with you. #sewingroomtour #historicalsewing #handembroidery #victoriancostume #slowfashion #midlifereinvention #creativeawakening #artistlife #emigratingtocreate #sewingvlog #sewistsofinstagram #velvetembroidery #costumemaking