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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Pattern hacking | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule

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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Focus

Focus – Week 44

By on November 5, 2018

I was actually able to get some things done last week.  It was so nice!  I didn’t have much work work to do, so I got some cleaning and organizing done around the house.  It will start to pick up a bit more, so I am glad I was able to sneak that in. My […]

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Focus

Focus – Week 43

By on October 29, 2018

My husband has been working from home as his office is being renovated, which really makes me finish up my work and leave the office faster!  He is on calls a lot, and right now my job is slowing to a crawl while I wait on other people…and really just don’t have much to do […]

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drafting | Sewing | Sewing for me | Wardrobe Capsule

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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Creativity | Focus

Focus – Weeks 41 & 42

By on October 22, 2018

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 […]

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Costumes | Creativity

Feathered Headpiece

By on October 17, 2018

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 […]

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Creativity | drafting | Sample sewing | Sewing | Sewing for me

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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FA Fashion week line – The Warrior outfit

By on October 14, 2018

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 […]

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