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From The Desk Of Allison Moorer: My Sewing Circle

When she was younger, Allison Moorer used to believe that she wanted an intellectual existence, a life of the mind. But now, at 42, she sighs, “What I’ve realized that I have is a life of the hands—I’m always just making something, or I’m writing or drawing something, because it makes me feel connected; it makes me feel real. It’s the same way with music—I just want to make it.” Hence, her latest ambitious set, Down To Believing, which documents her recent split from her husband, Steve Earle, and even the motherly guilt she felt when their son John Henry, now four, was diagnosed with autism two years ago. Moorer will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new feature on her.

Sewing

Moorer: We call it the Stitch-and-Bitch. We do stitch, we might even bitch a little bit, but that’s kept to a minimum. Mostly we are thankful to have a few hours a month to spend together at our unofficial clubhouse, otherwise known as Lisa’s house. Initially brought together by our mutual love of Natalie Chanin’s totally handmade and organic clothing line Alabama Chanin, we mostly work on her company’s incredible DIY kits. But we branch out from time to time. We embroider, we knit, we do whatever we please. But essentially, we are a circle of six women, ultimately all artists in however many different ways, who come together in the name of making, in the name of sisterhood, in the name of taking a deep breath and sitting down together. Knowing these women and creating with them is one of the sweetest parts of my life.

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