Sarai Mitnick
Sarai Mitnick is the founder of Seamwork, the online sewing community and platform she launched in 2014 that has since helped tens of thousands of sewists build confidence and find joy in their creative practice. With 30 years of personal sewing experience, Sarai has built her expertise by working with an array of sewing professionals, including industry stars, pattern makers, teachers, and accomplished everyday sewists. Under her leadership, Seamwork has published over 300 sewing patterns and grown to a community of over 18,000 members, earning recognition in publications including Harper’s Bazaar, Threads magazine, and The Globe and Mail. She is the author of The Colette Sewing Handbook and creator of the popular Seamwork YouTube channel, which has grown to over 170,000 subscribers. Through her personal newsletter Making Time, Sarai explores building a more creative and vivid life. Her mission is to help sewists develop the framework and confidence they need to turn their creative visions into reality, making sewing feel like a pleasure rather than a frustration. Connect with Sarai through Seamwork.com, her YouTube channel, or by subscribing to Making Time.