Everyone remembers the beginning of the pandemic, especially those March-August months, when people were trying to make the best of an unprecedented situation. So many things changed socially, and we were all forced to reevaluate our way of living and how to keep ourselves entertained while being stuck indoors. Enter sewing! While sewing has always been a popular pastime and hobby, fiber arts such as sewing skyrocketed in popularity during the pandemic as younger generations were introduced via social media to hobbies like sewing, embroidery, quilting, cross stitch, and more. Let's explore how sewing and the pandemic evolved by examining sewing's impact on social media, as well as the current cottagecore aesthetic.
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