Creativity | drafting | Handbags | Leather | Sewing

More hip cross body purses

By on December 16, 2018

I spent some time cutting up a bunch of leather and had enough to make four of my small purses. I got two of them finished up, and think that I can successfully put together a tutorial on them. Just as soon as I figure out how to get the pattern pieces into Illustrator. These […]

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Waterfall scarf

By on December 15, 2018

I have been wanting to make this scarf for all of this year, so I decided to finally make it this past week.  I knew it would be a bit slapdash to make it.  The waterfall nature of the scarf with varying lengths just look like you start cutting and see what happens. Which is […]

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Comfy sweatshirt dress

By on December 9, 2018

Hey, I sewed something up this week! I have had this cut out for a few weeks, so I finally got around to sewing it up.  It is basically this same top, only with a longer band around the bottom and deeper pockets. This is only 2-way stretch, so it is a bit tighter around […]

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Lightning strikes!

By on November 11, 2018

I am a sucker for red fabrics.  Anything I can mix with black usually ends up in my shopping cart, since I wear it so much.  Having my kids’ school colors as red and black definitely helps, since I try to wear the fan colors at their tournaments and games. This is the Flash lightning […]

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Pride City Stripes

By on November 10, 2018

This was my top for the Pride round at Fabric Anthropology.  When I got sent the fabric I was a little concerned by how “colorful” it was.  If you haven’t noticed…I tend to wear a lot of neutral colors…and red. So…I thought about what kind of design I wanted to make that would still be […]

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Charity | Sample sewing | Sewing

All for Love

By on November 9, 2018

Next weekend this beautiful blanket will be up for auction at the Be Proud Charity Auction Event.  The fabric was donated by Fabric Anthropology, and it is a large 72″ x 60″ blanket with custom fabric on both sides. The proceeds from the auction will go to The Trevor Project and Point of Pride. If […]

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Fall staples – the tunic top

By on November 8, 2018

I made a few tops for fall that I knew would get used in heavy rotation.  I was missing some basic layering tops, and that was just silly.  I have plenty of fabric…hello!  I  like to have longer tops to go with my leggings for booty coverage. For all of these I used the Sneha […]

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Fall staples – the black cardigan

By on October 24, 2018

I do tend to fall back on styles that I really like to wear a lot.  Right now I am working from home, so comfort is key!  I am trying to be better about not looking like a total slob, but sometimes the effort is tough. It is easy when I have comfortable pieces to […]

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FA Fashion week line – The Woods outfit

By on October 16, 2018

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 […]

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FA Style – Into the Woods

By on October 15, 2018

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  

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