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70: You're Going To Be Right Either Way
You’re Going To Be Right Either Way
Henry Ford said it a long time ago and most people nod at it and move on. "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." It sounds like a motivational poster. It's...
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"I Can't" Is Usually a Lie
I Can’t Is Usually a Lie
Every maker has two lists. The list of things they're working on - and the other one. The things they haven't started, haven't finished, keep meaning to get to when the time is right. And...
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68: Whose Definition of Success Are You Chasing?
Whose Definition of Success Are You Chasing?
Most people can tell you what success means to them without hesitating. But ask where that definition came from - when they formed it, under what circumstances, and...
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67: You Don't Know Your Values
You Don’t Know Your Values
Most makers can tell you what they value in about thirty seconds. Creativity. Freedom. Authenticity. The work itself. The answer comes quickly and it sounds right. But values aren't what...
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Success is a Decision, and Your Making it Right Now Whether You Know It or Not
Success is a Decision, and you’re making it right now whether you know it or not
Most makers think of success as something that arrives eventually - after enough time, enough skill, enough completed work. It's always...
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The Question That Moves Creative Work Forward
The Question That Moves Creative Work Forward
At some point in a serious creative life, the questions begin to change. They’re no longer about learning techniques or mastering tools. Instead, they start sounding like...
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64: Multi-Passionate or Just Unfinished? Here's How to Tell.
Multi-Passionate or Just Unfinished? Here’s How You Tell
Are you truly multi-passionate… or just stuck in a cycle of unfinished starts? In this episode, Virginia clears up the messy conversation around...
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63: The Gap Between Vision & Execution
The Gap Between Vision and Execution
Every serious maker reaches a moment when their ideas become sharper than their hands. You can see what the work should be — the line, the balance, the finish — but when you try...
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62: The Entry Cost of Making (and 3 Doorways Back In)
The Entry Cost of Making (and 3 Doorways Back In)
Starting is rarely about time. It’s about cost.
The invisible cost of choosing, setting up, risking, remembering where you left off. The cost of facing standards you...
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61: The Minimum Necessary to Be Found
The Minimum Necessary to Be Found
If you’re a fabric creative who loves making… but feels completely drained by the idea of “having an online presence,” this episode is for you.
So many makers want their work to...
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60: Creativity as a First Aid Kit
Creativity as a First Aid Kit
Most people think of creativity as something extra — a luxury you get to after everything else is handled. But what if that’s backwards? What if sewing and making with fabric aren’t...
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59: Embodied Learning Through Cloth
Embodied Learning Through Cloth
At some point in your fabric journey, the questions change.
Not because you’ve mastered everything — but because something else has taken root.
In this episode of The Textile Creative,...
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