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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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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…
How To Create Custom Sketching Croquis from Photos
A version of this blog post was published in Threads Magazine Issue #228 Winter 2024. It’s early 2010. Michelle, my very first custom bridalwear client,…
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My 7 Year Quest to Custom Jeans (+ more about those pockets!)
Contrary to what you might think, I don’t have a lot of clothes and I tend to wear the same (old) things over and over. …