#ThrowbackThursday to a draping class project from summer 2017. I had made quick progress through the class and the instructor let me play with knits and draping cowls. I love the back the most. The front is OK. Considering how everything else is at a 45-degree angle, the almost 90-degree angle at the front is … More Bonus Draping Project – A Cowl Neck Shirt
My creativity took new shapes in 2018. Most of the time you can catch me with a pencil or paintbrush in hand. But a couple times a month you’ll find me making cool things with a tool I’ve traditionally shied away from—my voice. I am part of d20 Dames, an all-women (and predominately women-of-color) Dungeons & … More d20 Dames, a D&D podcast
My friend group is in the early years of its “baby boom” and not being a parent myself, I don’t always know what new parents (or new humans) need and want. Thankfully I was once a small child and I remember how much fabric wall hangings and playmats got in my household. My mom made both … More A Wild Baby Play Mat
I want my last blog post of 2017 to be about the most recent (and most glorious) thing I sewed this year because it functions as an exuberant punctuation mark on the preceding two years. … More Completed: a divine gown from BurdaStyle
I made this blouse for the Sewcialists’ Tribute Month theme. You can read about it and the Sewcialist who inspired me over on the Sewcialist Blog.
The Cosmic Ash Suit (patent pending) was manufactured in 2017 on Sol-4 (aka: Earth) for an elite squad of engineers and technicians who will be building our future in space. To learn more about this team, visit the website of Cosmic Ash Studios. Suit Technical Specs Materials: Compression fabric to keep muscles from atrophying in zero-gravity … More Cosmic Ash Suit, 2017
When my mom and I started planning our weekend trip to Brooklyn, New York I thought about taking a whole me-made wardrobe for the two-and-a-half day trip. That ambitious idea shrunk down to one new dress, and it is the best dress I could have taken. I wore a dress made from the fabric I … More Dressed for Brooklyn
Sometimes the fabric tells you the kind of garment it wants to be. When I purchased this ice-dyed linen from the artist behind Saint Atma I just knew it wanted to be a dress. I found her stall and the fabric at Artists and Fleas in Williamsburg, NYC at the tail end of summer and brought it back to … More Finished: A Summertime Linen Dress
Draping II was all about collars and lapels. I felt more at ease in front of the dress form. Here are some photos from my recent class. Having done this, I know have an idea for how I could have better draped my collar for Jyn Erso’s shirt. After the notched lapel and collar, I … More Draping II – Pop your collar
In the second draping course at New York Fashion Academy we are draping a 6-gore skirt, tracing it onto a flat pattern, and then sewing it up to confirm that we have transferred all of the seam lines correctly. Gored skirts are not something I usually make. I think I tend to wear A-line or … More Draping II – the saga continues
The Fabric Alchemist 