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Teresa's personal blogs
May 11, 202310Comments

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Sew Like A Pro™ sewing moms!

  HAPPY  MOTHER'S  DAY  TO  AN  AMAZING  SEWING  MOM! I'm delighted every woman here is part of my Sew Like A Pro™ community. Thank you for being an integral part of the magic
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Teresa's personal blogs
September 14, 20223Comments

Van life. I remote work from all over the USA.

Remote work?  Van life?  Really?  Yes. I have been a digital nomad, traveling solo since March, 2018. I run my online sewing school, Sew Like A Pro™ - offering all the
fire camp helicopter
Teresa's personal blogs
September 26, 20208Comments

Working The August Complex Fire Camp in California

  It is four thirty in the morning and the August Complex fire camp rumbles with sounds. Firefighters come and go in the predawn darkness, their boots smacking on the hard ground. 
Teresa Sigmon's 2018 road trip update, working fire support at Chico incident base
Teresa's personal blogs
January 5, 20190Comments

2018 Roadtrip Recap, Fire Support, Happy New Year!

updated with more photos and videos September, 2022.  Happy New Year, everyone!  Before we move too far into 2019, I want to say thank you for all your support and emails this
Teresa's personal blogs
August 19, 20182Comments

Personal blog: My Five Month Cross-Country Journey

My five-month cross country roadtrip and has been a journey in every sense of the word: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. There is so much to say and hundreds of amazing photos
Firefighter sleeps on the ground at Tubbs Fire in Sonoma County California
Teresa's personal blogs
November 1, 20170Comments

My time working fire support at Salmon-August Complex and Tubbs Fire

  It's been not one but two fires camps since my last post. Geez, a lot happened in only five weeks! In September, I worked fire support for the Salmon-August Complex, a
Teresa Sigmon goes to work fire support at a fire support in northern California
Teresa's personal blogs
September 14, 20170Comments

I’m going to work fire support

Tomorrow I leave to go work fire support at an "incident command post" (ICP) in northern California, U.S.A. Why am I doing this? Because I want to. Because I can. Because
3 ways to help overcome setbacks that can make life difficult, Teresa Sigmon hikes Silver Star Mountain, Mount Hood
Teresa's personal blogs
September 8, 20170Comments

Overcome Setbacks: make the best of a bad situation

  Everyone has to overcome setbacks. Sometimes they are tiny and easy to resolve. Often, they are significant and take months or years to recover. The U.S. is facing tough times these
Columbia River Gorge hikes, Eagle Creek fire 2017, forest fire
Teresa's personal blogs
September 7, 20170Comments

Personal post: ash from nearby forest fires falls in Portland, OR USA,

Get ready. This is not my usual video post since it has nothing to do with making Ballroom, Country or Skate dresses. However, the somberness of hundreds of thousands of forest
This Moment - lessons from my cat and dog
Teresa's personal blogs
January 11, 20170Comments

In This Moment: Lessons From My Cat And Dog

    I live in Portland, Oregon U.S.A. This is a city that seldom gets snow and when we do, it is only a little bit that melts in a day or
Teresa's personal blogs
December 27, 20160Comments

Stop And Appreciate Beauty All Around You

a On December 25th, 2016 I spent a glorious day alone on the Oregon coast at Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge.   The magnificence of that day inspired me to share an
Teresa Sigmon, creator of Sew Like A Pro™
Teresa's personal blogs
July 24, 20160Comments

It’s my birthday!

So was yesterday. I turned 47. But then again I thought I was 47 last year too. Of course, my mom corrected me quickly since if I was an extra year
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