Guides & useful things
Sewing how-tos, ACAP community stories, and what's new behind the makes.
More Than Just a Stitch: How sewing brought me connections
How teaching myself to sew opened the door to creativity, wellbeing and sharing with others, from YouTube tutorials and plenty of trial and error to helping beginners at Create Connections.
Mimi Joi Made vs ACAP Made: What’s the Difference?
These two get mixed up more than anything else on the site, and it’s an easy mistake to make, both […]
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You don’t need a full craft room to start mending your own things, most of what actually gets used lives […]
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How to Wash and Care for Handmade Scrunchies
Satin and cotton behave differently once they’ve left the packet, and most of what goes wrong with a scrunchie comes […]
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Catch us at the ACAP Bradford Black History Month Celebration
We’re planning to take a stall out to ACAP Bradford’s Black History Month Celebration, with scrunchies, beauty bags, and ACAP […]
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How the Jamaican print collection came together
The Jamaican print pieces are some of the first things people notice about Mimi Joi, and they didn’t happen by […]
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Inside Therapeutic Thursdays
Thursdays at ACAP belong to Therapeutic Thursdays, a women-only peer support group that runs from 1pm to 4pm. It’s one […]
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