Ruby Prinsen

This is the first time I am posting actual sewing goals anywhere, so we’ll see how well I do! As I mentioned in a previous post, I spent a decent amount of 2025 making luxury garments because I could. It was the first year I have felt confident enough in my sewing abilities to ask why not, and did so with mixed success. This year, I still want to make luxury garments and garments that make me feel good, but I also want to be a bit more intentional. This means focusing on lingerie, leatherwork, and foundation garments, as well… Read more: 2026 Sewing Goals

In November I had the opportunity to attend the International Embodied Cognitive Science conference (eCogs 2025) hosted by the Embodied Cognitive Science Unit. This workshop has been on my radar since I started my PhD, but only this year was I in the position to attend. I had forgotten just how nice it is to talk with like-minded people about embodiment – including debates about mental representations, conversations about Merleau-Ponty and Husserl, and jokes about collective action and embodiment. I forgot just how niche the area is until I’m in a room of people all making similar arguments in a… Read more: Embodied Cognitive Science Conference (in Japan!)

When I first started sewing, my Mount Everest was to make a winter coat. I live in a very cold city. It’s between -10 or -20 most winter days, but can get to -30C regularly (sometimes -40C), and so a lot of pretty, retro styles sold now are impractical. Sewing clothing that fits my climate has always been a real and major consideration for the clothing when I embark on a project. I chose the Princess Coat by Charm Patterns, which had recommendations for using thinsulate and a fleece lining in the instructions. I bought these from the Fabric Club.… Read more: A Wool Coat for a Canadian Winter

I spent so much of 2025 telling myself I should post on my website…so it only makes sense that it’s a 2025 roundup. I like to keep tabs on what I sew both to keep myself accountable, and to track my progress throughout the years. Here are (most?) of the garments I made! 2025 was the 3rd full-year that I have been sewing, and the first to send me out of my comfort zone by making more luxury garments such as bias cut dresses, lingerie, hand sewn silk chiffon, and a winter coat (which I will dedicate a whole post… Read more: 2025 Year in Review

“WRITING NEW RULES. What makes S/M work at all is that, in order to play, we intentionally alter the customary rules of personal responsibility, and enter into a ritualized codependency. The ritual is what makes it possible, and safe, to travel in the uncharted psychological territory of bottom space. “Janet says: When I teach my classes for novice tops, I say: “Normally, you have a ‘bubble’ of protectiveness you put around yourself to prevent yourself from being physically or emotionally hurt. When you agree to top someone, you’ve just agreed to put that bubble around you and your partner for… Read more: Interaffectivity and the Kinky “Bubble”