My accomplishments Focus Photo – First snow of the season! Sewing – I finally got to share the Fabric Anthropology makes I had worked on this past month: The Warrior Into the Woods #makenine progress: The first outfit above has the bolero that was on my #makenine, so now I have 4 out of 9 […]
In my editorial photoshoot I did for the Fabric Anthropology Fashion Week line, I made my headpiece. I was going full on gothic with this outfit, so a headpiece with feathers was a must. I WAS NOT trying to create a caricature of a tribal headpiece, which in my research I did not find one […]
Here are the deets on this outfit. I was going for a gypsy/forest witch kind of look to them. The fabric is from the Fashion Week line at Fabric Anthropology. The woven and bamboo printed with a more purple and less black color than the brushed poly from the pants outfit. I desaturated these photos […]
Details to come. Fabric – Skirt: Fabric Anthropology Fashion Week line Top: Fabric Anthropology Fashion Week line and Black bamboo, Nature’s Fabrics Crop top: Black bamboo, Nature’s Fabrics Patterns – Self-drafted
This was a fun outfit to make, and I was going more for a post-apocalyptic look for it. A strong, fierce female. I have a board on Pinterest where I gathered a bunch of ideas, and then started working on drafting my vision. The Jacket: The first item had to be this little jacket. I […]
Details to come. Fabric – Thorns: Fabric Anthropology Fashion Week line Black top: Black bamboo, Nature’s Fabrics Crop jacket: Black quilted knit, Aurora Fabrics Patterns – Self-drafted
It never ceases to amaze me what designers can come up with for fabric patterns. The push for faux fill-in-the-blank can give you a fun look with the comfort of knit. I’ve seen faux leather, faux sparkles, faux glitter and here we have faux cable knit. It gives you a look of winter, but without […]
I showed in a previous post a dress turned into a top that I made for a wedding in August. Here is what I ended up making and wearing to it. I have several black skirts that I have made over the years, so I thought the next attempt would just be a top that […]
I thought I would do a blog post on the status of my summer capsule. I wore it a lot more this summer, as I was working from home, so it was more practical to wear my comfy clothes than office wear. One of the perks of working from home! In the spring of 2017 […]
Sewing Mamas forum is doing a stash game for September, so I decided I would join in. There isn’t much participation on the forum these days, but I figured it would be something that would give me a push. I do have limited time with the kids’ sports, but I would like to get […]
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