Category Archives: Fashion

It’s friday already?

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My oh my…where has the week gone? I am currently HOOKED on this paper-dolls-for-adults-fun-as-shit website called polyvore. First found via Angry Chicken, and then again by Posie Gets Cozy. This is my first try and I can see myself spending way too much time fiddling around with it. If I could only afford the clothing…

Last week I saw a post on Not Martha about Sparka Screenprinting workshops. The class I wanted was full by the time I found out about it, but I am thrilled to say that I am signed up and have secured my spot for the next class in Seattle in January. It’s great timing as I am prepping for a HUGE event in April, and I need to get crackin’. I am so excited as it will be a huge step for me personally, and for all of those people who have been asking about prints of my art – well, let’s just say I am finally (oi…years? years it has taken me?) getting around to making those available.

Oh god I love you Kate Spade

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Anh-Minh posted about Kate Spade‘s new clothing line the other day and OH MY GOD I am totally in love.  I must have a plethora of colored tights post haste! Polka! Dots! And I love, love, love that chartreuse green (or is it mustard yellow?). Serious inspiration.

Why I love the internet

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I ripped a photo of a little sweater out of an Anthropologie catalog a few years ago because it looked like it would be such a sinch to knit. I even tried to figure it out myself once with moderate success, but these things are best left to those who know better, and not to sort of knitters like me.

I love knitting with thick yarn on large needles. Things get done much quicker and that is an added bonus to one-who-loses-focus-and-gets-bored-easily. This is also my first experience with the yarn over style raglan, which creates the decorative holes. Me likey.

Getting back on the sewing horse


School started this week and that usually means that I drop everything else I am doing or want to do because my brain can only handle focusing on one thing at a time. However, last semester was really stressful and it made me realize that I needed to keep these things, to help me focus on something else for a while and get my mind off of my classes. The first project is one that I started this summer, trying to appropriate Butterick pattern 5031 to fit the sloper I made last year.  You can see the resulting mess above.

One of the things I love (but used to hate) about sewing is that you cannot half-ass it, or rush the process, which I am wont to do. This usually results in a waste of fabric and an ill-fitting garment that completely negates the intention of attempting a custom fit in the first place. I am horribly impatient and every time I try to short-cut the process I end up with a piece of crap – a tactile lesson reminding me that I need to do it right.

I am thinking of perhaps a charcoal grey cotton, something I can throw in the washing machine, and to keep things interesting perhaps adding a black band on the bottom.

I am finding myself shying away from any sort of patterned print, but I think a trip to the fabric store is in order. But, first things first. I need to make a muslin and made sure it fits first.

All of these thoughts on sewing are leading me to seriously covet a serger. Oohh…I want one so badly.