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The Interview: Part Two

When we first began searching for someone to sew for Threads by Nomad I was given contact information for a business–Alterations by Grace. Grace, the owner, is amazing! She is from Thailand and has...

The Interview: Part One

I have lived and worked cross-culturally for thirty years. One of the major hurdles both for me as I worked overseas and for those I work with stateside is language. It would be hard to express all...

Learning Languages in Business

I admit. I am a very organized person. Once when planning a music program at a church in Brussels, Belgium one of the leaders said to me, “Nell, you are not just organized; you are HYPER organized....

A New York State of Mind

This past Tuesday was my day off and I woke up at 4AM. By 7AM I was on the Bolt Bus to New York in search of imported African fabrics to use in our first Threads by Nomad collection. I had an addre...

What I Remember: Part Two

She goes by Christen now–her given name, but for me she will always be Sissi (or Sis, for short). We have called her that since her brother first learned to speak but couldn’t say her name. So, if ...

What I Remember: Part One

I was nine. I can still see my mother sitting on her bed watching me as I sat at her sewing machine in her closet. By the seventh grade I had my own machine and by ninth grade I was making my own c...