About Me…..

Hello!

My name is Christine Warren and sewing isn’t just my job, it’s my passion.  I’ve enjoyed sewing and needleworking since I was very young.  As a child, I learned cross stitching, needle pointing, crewelwork, and other various forms of hand stitching (everything that didn’t require the use of a sewing machine).  I enjoyed it, but I wasn’t thrilled.  My dream was to use a real sewing machine—not a toy machine or something that was masquerading as a “sewing machine”.  The day I learned to sew on my grandmother’s sewing machine, I knew I had found my calling.  That first attempt at sewing was a disaster but it didn’t discourage me.  If anything, it fueled my interest in sewing and encouraged me to try again.

Throughout my teenage years, I created many items, attended classes in my community and read every available article I could find on sewing.  To expand my sewing knowledge, I studied with many talented people.  While I was a Business undergraduate student at the Univ. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, I undertook 2 sewing apprenticeships with 2 local sewing masters in my community. The first in tailoring and the second in creative sewing.  I love the discipline of tailoring and the refinement of my sewing techniques; but I truly love the freedom that creative sewing affords me.  Mistakes are not mistakes.  Instead, they are deliberate artistic statements.    When I finished my apprenticeships and college, I began my own business.  Initially, I offered original wearable art garments for sale.   I enjoyed limited, local  success with those early designs, but I yearned for more.  After switching to embroidery and an interesting phone call, I entered the world of pageantry.  For the last 22 years, Christine Warren sashes have been internationally regarded as the premiere pageant sashes.  The benchmark in quality.

While I have enjoyed working with many wonderful people in the pageant world, I felt a calling to return to my creative sewing roots as I noticed the number of individuals who were closing their sewing studios.    Hopefully, with the launch of my blog, “The Creative Sewist,” I will inspire others to explore the sewing field and broaden their views of creative sewing!

I look forward to this new venture and thank you for taking time to visit.  Please check back often as I will update the blog on a weekly basis!  If you have a sewing related question or would like to submit a topic for discussion, please send your inquiry to  thecreativesewist (at) gmail  (dot) com