A single vintage sewing machine. No automation. No factory line. One maker, one needle, one pace. Cotton. Not just a fabric. A SACRED resource. And it's running out. While fast fashion burns through it like it's infinite, we treat every thread like the treasure it is. Small batch. Selvedge edges. Zero acid wash.

There's a specific kind of magic that happens when your hands are busy and your mind goes quiet. You know that feeling—when you're so absorbed in what you're doing that hours pass like minutes. When the endless mental chatter finally stops. When you look up from your work and realize you've entered a state of pure, undistracted focus that feels increasingly rare in our hyperconnected world.

That's what I'm chasing with The Make 100 Challenge. And I'm inviting you to watch it unfold in real time.

THE DISCOVERY: WHEN CREATIVITY BECOMES MEDITATION

It started innocently enough. I was at my sewing machine, working on a simple denim wallet, when I realized something profound: I hadn't checked my phone in three hours. Three hours. In a world where I typically check it every three minutes, this felt like a miracle.

But it wasn't just about the phone. My mind—usually racing with to-do lists, worries, random thoughts, and that persistent background anxiety that seems to define modern life—had gone completely still. Not empty, but focused. Singular. Present.

THE CHALLENGE: 100 ITEMS, 30 DAYS, INFINITE FOCUS

Here's the plan: I'm making 100 handcrafted items in 30 days. Not because it's easy, but because the difficulty is what creates the focus. When you commit to something this ambitious, there's no room for distraction. No space for scrolling, for multitasking, for letting your attention fragment into a thousand pieces.

The Selvedge Survival Kit consists of four everyday carry items a. aprons for anyone who creates, cooks, builds, or makes. A uniform for the focused mind. b. card case | wallets compact, essential, designed to age beautifully as they accompany you through life. c. bookmarks because reading is its own form of focused attention, and deserves a handmade companion. d. tote bags—practical, durable, ready to carry the tools and treasures of your daily adventures. Each piece is crafted from original selvedge denim on a vintage sewing machine.

WHY CREATIVE TASKS CHANGE YOUR BRAIN (AND YOUR LIFE)

There's actual science behind why making things with your hands feels so good; when you're making something, you literally can't overthink. Your brain is too busy problem-solving, pattern-matching, and coordinating the complex dance between vision and execution.

This is why artists, craftspeople, and makers often describe their work as therapeutic. It's not just a metaphor. The act of creating something tangible—something you can see, touch, and share—provides a sense of accomplishment that purely digital work can never quite match.

In our screen-dominated world, we're constantly consuming but rarely creating. We scroll! The Make 100 Challenge is my way of flipping that script. For 30 days, I'll be creating more than I consume. Making more than I scroll. Building more than I browse.

And I'm betting it will change everything.

THE STRUCTURE: HOW CONSTRAINTS CREATE FREEDOM

Here's what most people don't understand about creativity: constraints don't limit it. They liberate it.

When you have infinite options, you freeze. Decision paralysis sets in. But when you have clear boundaries—make 100 items, use this fabric, finish in 30 days—suddenly your creative energy has direction. You're not wondering what to make. You're figuring out how to make it better, faster, more beautiful.

The structure of The Make 100 Challenge creates a framework for daily creative practice:

Morning: Cut patterns and prepare materials (planning mode) Midday: Sewing sessions Evening: Quality check and documentation (reflection mode) by no means, am I aiming for perfection!

This rhythm—plan, create, reflect—mirrors the natural creative cycle. By committing to this structure for 30 days, I'm not just making 100 items. I'm rewiring my relationship with focus, discipline, and creative satisfaction.

THE COMMUNITY: CREATING TOGETHER, EVEN APART

One of the most exciting aspects of The Make 100 Challenge is that it's not a solo journey. I'm documenting every day—the successes, the struggles, the moments of breakthrough and frustration—and sharing it all in real time.

This isn't about showing off or proving anything. It's about creating a shared experience. When you watch someone else commit to a creative challenge, it gives you permission to attempt your own. When you see someone push through difficulty and come out the other side, it reminds you that you can too.

I'm launching this as a Kickstarter because I want to build a community of people who value the handmade, the intentional, the focused. People who understand that in a world of infinite distraction, choosing to create something with your hands is a radical act.

Every person who backs this project isn't just getting a handcrafted item. They're joining a movement of people who believe that making things matters. That focus is a superpower. That creativity is essential, not optional. When one person commits to making something, it inspires others to do the same.

THE PERSONAL JOURNEY: WHAT I'M REALLY MAKING

Yes, I'm making 100 physical items. But the real project is internal.

I'm making focus in a distracted world. I'm making discipline in a culture of instant gratification. I'm making presence in an age of constant multitasking. I'm making satisfaction in a time when nothing ever feels quite finished.

Every apron I sew is practice in patience. Every wallet is a lesson in precision. Every bookmark is a reminder that small things matter. Every tote bag is proof that I can start something and see it through to completion.

This challenge is my answer to the question: What happens when you give your full attention to something for 30 consecutive days? Not scattered attention. Not half-attention while scrolling through your phone. Full, undivided, focused attention.

I don't know exactly what will happen. But I know it will be transformative.

THE INVITATION: YOUR OWN CREATIVE CHALLENGE

Here's what I want you to take from this: You don't have to make 100 items to experience the benefits of focused creative work.

Maybe your challenge is drawing for 30 minutes every day. Maybe it's writing 500 words. Maybe it's cooking a new recipe, building something with wood, learning an instrument, or finally starting that project you've been thinking about for years.

The specific medium doesn't matter. What matters is the commitment to show up, to focus, to create something tangible with your hands and mind.

Creative work is one of the few activities that makes you feel more energized after doing it than before. It's restorative in a way that passive consumption never is. You can binge-watch a show and feel drained. You can scroll social media for hours and feel empty. But spend an hour making something—anything—and you'll feel alive, accomplished, connected to yourself in a way that's increasingly rare.

The Make 100 Challenge is my version of this. But I'm hoping it inspires you to find yours.

DECEPTIVE PROMISES PRODUCTIVITY on Spotify

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Success, for me, isn't just completing 100 items—though I'm absolutely committed to that goal. Success is the person I become in the process.

I want to emerge from these 30 days with a deeper capacity for focus. With proof that I can commit to something difficult and see it through. With the muscle memory of daily creative practice so ingrained that it becomes automatic.

I want to look at those 100 items—laid out, finished, real—and know that I made them. Not a factory. Not a machine. Me. My hands, my attention, my care.

And I want the people who receive these items to feel that care. To know that their apron or wallet or bookmark or tote was made during a specific 30-day period by someone who was fully present for every stitch. That's a different kind of value than you can get from anything mass-produced.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: RECLAIMING OUR ATTENTION

We live in an attention economy. Every app, every platform, every device is designed to capture and monetize our focus. We're constantly being pulled in a thousand directions, our attention fragmented into smaller and smaller pieces until we can barely concentrate on anything for more than a few seconds.

THE JOURNEY BEGINS

So here we are. Day x of 30. Zero items completed, 100 to go.

I'm excited. I'm nervous. I'm ready.

Join me. Follow along. Get inspired. Start your own challenge.

FOLLOW THE JOURNEY: → Kickstarter: [SELVEDGE SURVIVAL KIT] → YouTube: MAKE100

THE MAKE 100 CHALLENGE

Selvedge Survival Kit • 30 Days Live • Small Batch Handcrafted

Can I really pull this off? Subscribe to find out.

A single vintage sewing machine. No automation. No factory line. One maker, one needle, one pace. Cotton. Not just a fabric. A SACRED resource. And it's running out. While fast fashion burns through it like it's infinite, we treat every thread like the treasure it is. Small batch. Selvedge edges. Zero acid wash.

There's a specific kind of magic that happens when your hands are busy and your mind goes quiet. You know that feeling—when you're so absorbed in what you're doing that hours pass like minutes. When the endless mental chatter finally stops. When you look up from your work and realize you've entered a state of pure, undistracted focus that feels increasingly rare in our hyperconnected world.

That's what I'm chasing with The Make 100 Challenge. And I'm inviting you to watch it unfold in real time.

THE DISCOVERY: WHEN CREATIVITY BECOMES MEDITATION

It started innocently enough. I was at my sewing machine, working on a simple denim wallet, when I realized something profound: I hadn't checked my phone in three hours. Three hours. In a world where I typically check it every three minutes, this felt like a miracle.

But it wasn't just about the phone. My mind—usually racing with to-do lists, worries, random thoughts, and that persistent background anxiety that seems to define modern life—had gone completely still. Not empty, but focused. Singular. Present.

THE CHALLENGE: 100 ITEMS, 30 DAYS, INFINITE FOCUS

Here's the plan: I'm making 100 handcrafted items in 30 days. Not because it's easy, but because the difficulty is what creates the focus. When you commit to something this ambitious, there's no room for distraction. No space for scrolling, for multitasking, for letting your attention fragment into a thousand pieces.

The Selvedge Survival Kit consists of four everyday carry items a. aprons for anyone who creates, cooks, builds, or makes. A uniform for the focused mind. b. card case | wallets compact, essential, designed to age beautifully as they accompany you through life. c. bookmarks because reading is its own form of focused attention, and deserves a handmade companion. d. tote bags—practical, durable, ready to carry the tools and treasures of your daily adventures. Each piece is crafted from original selvedge denim on a vintage sewing machine.

WHY CREATIVE TASKS CHANGE YOUR BRAIN (AND YOUR LIFE)

There's actual science behind why making things with your hands feels so good; when you're making something, you literally can't overthink. Your brain is too busy problem-solving, pattern-matching, and coordinating the complex dance between vision and execution.

This is why artists, craftspeople, and makers often describe their work as therapeutic. It's not just a metaphor. The act of creating something tangible—something you can see, touch, and share—provides a sense of accomplishment that purely digital work can never quite match.

In our screen-dominated world, we're constantly consuming but rarely creating. We scroll! The Make 100 Challenge is my way of flipping that script. For 30 days, I'll be creating more than I consume. Making more than I scroll. Building more than I browse.

And I'm betting it will change everything.

THE STRUCTURE: HOW CONSTRAINTS CREATE FREEDOM

Here's what most people don't understand about creativity: constraints don't limit it. They liberate it.

When you have infinite options, you freeze. Decision paralysis sets in. But when you have clear boundaries—make 100 items, use this fabric, finish in 30 days—suddenly your creative energy has direction. You're not wondering what to make. You're figuring out how to make it better, faster, more beautiful.

The structure of The Make 100 Challenge creates a framework for daily creative practice:

Morning: Cut patterns and prepare materials (planning mode) Midday: Sewing sessions Evening: Quality check and documentation (reflection mode) by no means, am I aiming for perfection!

This rhythm—plan, create, reflect—mirrors the natural creative cycle. By committing to this structure for 30 days, I'm not just making 100 items. I'm rewiring my relationship with focus, discipline, and creative satisfaction.

THE COMMUNITY: CREATING TOGETHER, EVEN APART

One of the most exciting aspects of The Make 100 Challenge is that it's not a solo journey. I'm documenting every day—the successes, the struggles, the moments of breakthrough and frustration—and sharing it all in real time.

This isn't about showing off or proving anything. It's about creating a shared experience. When you watch someone else commit to a creative challenge, it gives you permission to attempt your own. When you see someone push through difficulty and come out the other side, it reminds you that you can too.

I'm launching this as a Kickstarter because I want to build a community of people who value the handmade, the intentional, the focused. People who understand that in a world of infinite distraction, choosing to create something with your hands is a radical act.

Every person who backs this project isn't just getting a handcrafted item. They're joining a movement of people who believe that making things matters. That focus is a superpower. That creativity is essential, not optional. When one person commits to making something, it inspires others to do the same.

THE PERSONAL JOURNEY: WHAT I'M REALLY MAKING

Yes, I'm making 100 physical items. But the real project is internal.

I'm making focus in a distracted world. I'm making discipline in a culture of instant gratification. I'm making presence in an age of constant multitasking. I'm making satisfaction in a time when nothing ever feels quite finished.

Every apron I sew is practice in patience. Every wallet is a lesson in precision. Every bookmark is a reminder that small things matter. Every tote bag is proof that I can start something and see it through to completion.

This challenge is my answer to the question: What happens when you give your full attention to something for 30 consecutive days? Not scattered attention. Not half-attention while scrolling through your phone. Full, undivided, focused attention.

I don't know exactly what will happen. But I know it will be transformative.

THE INVITATION: YOUR OWN CREATIVE CHALLENGE

Here's what I want you to take from this: You don't have to make 100 items to experience the benefits of focused creative work.

Maybe your challenge is drawing for 30 minutes every day. Maybe it's writing 500 words. Maybe it's cooking a new recipe, building something with wood, learning an instrument, or finally starting that project you've been thinking about for years.

The specific medium doesn't matter. What matters is the commitment to show up, to focus, to create something tangible with your hands and mind.

Creative work is one of the few activities that makes you feel more energized after doing it than before. It's restorative in a way that passive consumption never is. You can binge-watch a show and feel drained. You can scroll social media for hours and feel empty. But spend an hour making something—anything—and you'll feel alive, accomplished, connected to yourself in a way that's increasingly rare.

The Make 100 Challenge is my version of this. But I'm hoping it inspires you to find yours.

DECEPTIVE PROMISES PRODUCTIVITY on Spotify

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Success, for me, isn't just completing 100 items—though I'm absolutely committed to that goal. Success is the person I become in the process.

I want to emerge from these 30 days with a deeper capacity for focus. With proof that I can commit to something difficult and see it through. With the muscle memory of daily creative practice so ingrained that it becomes automatic.

I want to look at those 100 items—laid out, finished, real—and know that I made them. Not a factory. Not a machine. Me. My hands, my attention, my care.

And I want the people who receive these items to feel that care. To know that their apron or wallet or bookmark or tote was made during a specific 30-day period by someone who was fully present for every stitch. That's a different kind of value than you can get from anything mass-produced.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: RECLAIMING OUR ATTENTION

We live in an attention economy. Every app, every platform, every device is designed to capture and monetize our focus. We're constantly being pulled in a thousand directions, our attention fragmented into smaller and smaller pieces until we can barely concentrate on anything for more than a few seconds.

THE JOURNEY BEGINS

So here we are. Day x of 30. Zero items completed, 100 to go.

I'm excited. I'm nervous. I'm ready.

Join me. Follow along. Get inspired. Start your own challenge.

FOLLOW THE JOURNEY: → Kickstarter: [SELVEDGE SURVIVAL KIT] → YouTube: MAKE100

THE MAKE 100 CHALLENGE

Selvedge Survival Kit • 30 Days Live • Small Batch Handcrafted

Can I really pull this off? Subscribe to find out.