The Goose Tailor

Still we persist.

This is Buckhannon, WV. My current location and full of some salt-of-the-earth folk. Please help us, help our community.

When I am not sewing...I am volunteering! Appalachian Mutual Aid Collective. Grassroots, community based nonprofit. Stole my heart! If you're interested in what we do, heres a link: linktr.ee/freemealsaf

The only platform my kiddo isn't on...she's getting married! I figured these would help carry some of the wedding load. Sage and white are her colors. Mama made is best! #sewing

Saturday mornings are the best mornings...lazy start, coffee and cat laps

My tester mother of the bride dress. Going to use flutter sleeves and size up the final. Gala Gown, Patterns for Pirates. #sewing #wedding #motherofthebride

Custom hoodie out the door! Requested longer sleeves to tuck into pocket. #sewing #practicallyhmd #etsyseller #porchgooseofbluesky

Sent out this custom hoodie this week. #sewing #porchgooseofbluesky

Still traumatized for my job loss, as they designed it to be. Reading what happened on the inside, has been really helpful for me to understand why there was so many questions left unanswered last year. #USAID #AmericaIsBroken

I moved to Buckhannon, WV about three years ago and was delighted to find that they had a strawberry festival here. I made this hoodie and the strawberries yesterday to celebrate the event. It is a big event for this community and my favorite fruit! #sewing #porchgooseofbluesky #practicallyhmd

Patterned goose hoodies are up. Limited batch, ready to ship. #sewing #porchgoose #handmade practicallyhmd.etsy.com/listing/4495...

The horrors persist and so do I Banana blueberry bread

On my porch! Finished a hoodie for me for once. Plus my new flag is out too (its a mans world unless women vote). #sewing #practicallyhmd #porchgooseofbluesky

Weekend sale! $5 off the weekend sale listing only. NEXT DAY SHIP! Hop into spring. 7 styles to choose from! practicallyhmd.etsy.com/listing/4482... #practicallyhmd #etsyseller #porchgooseofbluesky #porchgooseoutfits

Just keep sewing! #sewing #PracticallyHMD #PorchGooseOfBluesky

HTV fail! Not sending out this custom in such poor shape. The buyer was okay with extending the ship date so I can get some new materials...this was attempt 2...onward! I would rather be late a day with permission than manage an unhappy customer receiving poor quality.

My nervous system has been under prolonged threat and hasn’t fully come down yet. 39 weeks of no income was not just inconvenient, it was survival. My brain logged it as danger. Despite having a job now, my body hasn’t recalibrated. It’s still scanning for collapse. Survival stress. Disorienting.

I have 2 Valentine goose hoodies ready for next day ship. Glasses, random heart prop...thanks for looking! #sewing #practicallyhmd #porchgooseofbluesky practicallyhmd.etsy.com/listing/1834...

Cute custom...❤️

I hear this guy will be getting an Eagles patch upon arrival. Took me a minute to find a fleece supplier, and it's great quality. #sewing #DenverFabrics #PracticallyHMD #PorchGooseOfBluesky

Finally ordered a new zipper for my long, down winter coat. The zipper has been broken for 2 to 3 years now. Didn’t matter so much before when I was working from home. It was nice to break up the usual sewing and prepare yo keep myself warm. #sewing

Between the bad disc in my back & the rheumatoid arthritis, job loss & heartbreak earlier this year & now hours spent commuting and driving to a new role that just barely makes ends meet…I am still sewing. I wish I could’ve kept up the rate from last year - it was just not meant to be! #sewing

Custom Marshall University hoodie headed out the door. I wish I’d more time to see this season, but happy to have found employment after 39 weeks. #practicallyhmd #sewing #etsyseller

Distraction sewing! Practicing to make some bigger gnomes when the fabric comes in. My kiddo wants a pink coffee theme gnome and I’ve got some ideas…missing local fabric stores and a car to get to them. #sewing #practicallyhmd

Last year I was all prepared for the holiday rush and small business Saturday sales. This year was too rough - I’ve been too tired to be able to pull it together this year. I am going to keep sewing, just not going hogwild for the holidays. Finished up this custom and shipped it out tonight. #sewing

Apple crisp in the oven - wearing my special cooking shirt this year…Happy Thanksgiving, keep resisting!

Recreating a bag. I had the plastic on hand and it’s good to change up the sewing from time to time. #sewing

🪿✨ Goose says: wear your values. love. empathy. compassion. inclusion. justice. kindness. 🌈 Because even a porch goose knows the world needs more of all six. 💛 #PorchGoose #GooseFashion #PrideAllYear #KindnessIsCool #LoveAndJustice #porchgooseofbluesky #PracticalyHMD

Thank you @wvpublic.bsky.social for documenting this event. Thank you for continuing to report honestly to WV. My quote: ““We need to speak up against the things that are happening, cutting our health care for our neighbors,” she said. “That’s not cool.” she said.” wvpublic.org/story/govern...

Even when everything feels overpriced and upside down, you haven’t stopped imagining something better.

#NoKings Morgantown, WV - gave a shoutout to @meidastouch.com

#NoKings Buckhannon, WV @indivisible.org