What does a cozy home look like? I imagine it would be a creative workspace with couches and curtains. The coffee table is for extra books. The table is set with a lace cloth and flowers, ready for the unexpected guest. It’s a place where everyday things happen; where coffee isn’t necessary because there is time for a short nap. It isn’t so much the books and the mugs and the rugs that make Keturah’s home cozy, though, as much as how the sunlight motivates visitors to be who they are for as long as they please.

I started washing floors by hand when I was seven years old. After that I hand-sewed a doll dress, washed dishes (as if my fingers were mermaids discovering shells in greasy bubbles), knitted dishcloths for my grandmother, and embroidered tea towels to trade for the Anne Shirley books. 

These things were just a part of my life. I was the oldest of twelve kids and homeschooled. There were times where my chores consisted of mending six pairs of jeans every day, sewing new dresses for my little sisters, and canning hundreds of quarts of beans, pickles, apple sauce, and vegetables. I changed babies’ diapers and learned simple ways of fighting (and winning) bodily ailments. We never had a lot, and yet there were always many people in our lives. My father taught us the true meaning of generosity and open doors, and how abundance is the leftovers of having enough. 

I began traveling in my twenties . I went to Germany as an au pair then during COVID I carcamped across the states for months at a time. My upbringing kicked in. I took over kitchens to feed those around me, keeping my car ever stalked with extra ingredients and spices. If anyone was sick I had the herbs. Any project I happened to be working on while traveling was used to teach at least a half dozen others how to knit, sew, embroider, or tat. 

I ran a cleaning business for nine years until accepting a seamstress position. From there I began using these skills in more professional outlets: hosting weeknight knitting socials,  partnering with local upscale outreaches and teaching embroidery and mending to Montessori students. I’ve made connections with Turtle Island, folk schools out east, and ministries aiming to encourage women in the home. 

Through my many travels I’ve met many people with a heart for hospitality and beauty. So many of us want to contribute and spread goodness around us, but I’m drawn to the young girls who were raised to be homemakers yet have no concrete concept of how to run a kitchen nor dress themselves with dignity simply because their mother learned little from their grandmother.

My vision is geared to set christian girls up for success, but any young woman is welcome. I want to help you jumpstart your generational
skillsset.