Retrospective: Designing & Draping Andy’s Wedding Dress
In my recent blog post and “Love Letter”, I shared a bit about Andy, a bride I worked with in 2019. When so many of you let me know how much you liked her custom wedding dress, it seemed like a good time to finally document its creation process on the blog! Welcome to Part 1 of […]
Bonus: Dog Coat Blog Post!
They say documenting the process triples the production time. (And I work more slowly than most.) My Nimbus was cold.She needed a new coat, sooner than later.
Constructing my Vanishing Tie Top
Welcome to the 3rd and final post about my Vanishing Tie Top- and it’s a DOOZY! Follow along as I share 50+ photos and over a dozen video clips of constructing this couture top from start-to-finish. As I’m writing this post (not as I was making this top), I am getting over the flu. I […]
Vanishing Tie – Patternmaking & Mockup
Welcome to Part Two! I’m back to share the nerdy behind-the-seams details of creating my Vanishing Tie Top for the Precious Fabric Challenge. But this photo-filled blog post doesn’t feature the Precious Fabric at all! Before I roll my matelassé, I need to draft (and test) my pattern.
Vanishing Tie Top: Inspiration & Sketching
Do you have a fabric that you’ve been SAVING instead of SEWING? Yeah. Me too. So when Whitney Luckenbill of TomKat Stitchery asked me to be a part of her “Precious Fabrics Challenge“, I felt a rush of inspiration. I knew exactly the fabric I’d choose. I said yes right away.
Tour my Sewing Space!
Welcome to my (temporary) Sewing Studio! Come on in! I love seeing other people’s workspaces and tools, so I thought I’d show you mine. I cleaned up after a big project, and it looks so nice and neat! (I can be a messy maker!) I’ve been in this space for a little over a year now and I […]
Constructing My Warmup Jacket – Pt 1 & 2
Welcome back! It’s the series finale! In this third and final post of My Warmup Jacket series, I share the behind-the-seams details of my jacket’s construction and finishing stories!
Patterning My Warmup Jacket – Pt 1 & 2
In this second post of My Warmup Jacket series, I share the behind-the-seams details of my jacket’s patternmaking and mockup stories! And after putting this patterning post together (which was part of my “warmup” for testing new shots in my new space), there ended up being so many photos and video clips that I’ve decided […]
Designing My Warmup Jacket
Learn how Yves St Laurent, Eddie Murphy, Threads Magazine, Starry Nights and Neon Lights helped me design myself a garment that I didn’t see coming…