Ready, Set, Serve – Mesh Tops
I love a cool mesh top for summer activities and when I do indoor exercise. This project was fast and easy to make. Here, I share my experience with a modest tee, stretch mesh pattern [...]
A Quilt to Retreat In
Do you quilt, make your own clothing or just want to fit in with people like you? I bet you said yes to at least one of those questions. I did, too. So, when a [...]
A Valentine’s Day Science Experiment
This science project started because of yet another epic fail. While packing fabric for a Valentine's Day dress to make in my Rosewood Art Centre studio I grabbed what I thought was dark scuba knit [...]
Reflecting a Light Backwards
In the beginning I had an idea. The idea turned into a project that also continued to evolve. In the end the project turned out radically different from that idea as it was envisioned. These [...]
Listen, Do You Want to Know a Secret?
Born into this? I believe we all enter this world with something that gives us a little sparkle in our eyes. It's something that motivates us to keep wanting more, to charge ahead and create [...]
Defiance and the Raincoat Practice Pt. 2
You may remember my banner raincoat project fail in last week's post? This time I chose to do this project with a more malleable textile called oilcloth. I can be ambitious and brave sometimes, or perhaps [...]
Storm Clouds and the Raincoat, pt 1
My raincoat story is about failure and success when learning a new skill. I want to show you that every project does not always work out as planned. Sadly, the banner project did not come [...]
Fire Dancing Performance Wear with Astrea Taylor
Magic, fire dancing, witchcraft, published author, blogger and elf ears, Co-Curator of Blessed Be Boxes! When I met Astrea in 2012 I immediately knew she would be someone I would admire. I have been watching her [...]
No Wrong Moves with Iris Van Herpen
Iris Van Herpen is a Dutch fashion designer that manages to balance technology, femininity and nature in her amazing works. I caught her show, "Transforming Fashion,” last December when it appeared at the Cincinnati Museum of [...]
A Chocolate Covered Cherry Holiday
I love chocolate! I love cherries! And I don’t need a class to make these wonderful, yet simple, chocolate covered cherries. I'm about to share my process in hopes you too will try to make [...]
Quick Sew Handmade Ornaments
Do you need an easy handmade gift for the holidays? After watching a couple hours of youtube, I combined a couple of techniques and came up with something that only takes 10-20 minutes to make [...]
Vogueing is the Fancy Side of Sewing
I'm the girl that has everything in my purse, in my bag and in my closet. Since I make my own clothes it is hard not to go bonkers and want to make everything I [...]