Bohemian Wedding Dress with Simple Shapes
I am about to blow your mind with this simple and glamorous dress. Most garments are made up of shapes. This 1930s gown looks like a fancy Bohemian wedding dress although it's really made up [...]
Beginner Working with Leather
I have sewn many patches on leather jackets. I've mended leather and pleather (artificial leather) and so when Tim Morris of Iron Dog Salvage in Tipp City asked me to sew leather leg caps for [...]
The Birthday Dress
When I was a little girl getting a birthday dress was better than getting a new baby doll. [...]
My Pattern Hack of the Year, so far…
Who loves a great pattern hack? I do! A really great pattern hack means I don't have to measure, do a ton of fitting or make it all up as I go along for bust, [...]
Learning African Dress Techniques
Minda told me the design, structure and techniques of the four African mud cloth dresses would blow my mind. They did, seriously. I almost couldn't believe she wanted me to alter them. I am about [...]
From Dior to Ready to Wear Score
What most people are not aware of is that a lot of dress styles are not new but instead reflect vintage styles. If you can find the right silhouette most of the time you can alter [...]
Warning! This is Not a Dress
Have you ever really struggled to find the perfect project or pattern for a great fabric? How about not having enough fabric for some awesome pattern you already have? Here is a project I completed [...]
Great Journeys and Upping My Game
When I first started selling and making custom dresses in the early 2000s my entire business was DIY. With the surprise announcement that I was on Blogspots 2018 Best Dressmaker Blogs last winter I knew [...]
Kids Fashion Camp is coming soon to Rosewood Art Centre
Last year we had so much fun at Rosewood Art Centre fashion camp that we're doing it again! Rosewood has sewing machines available for class use and I will be supplying the fabric from community [...]
Let’s get Bio Dress Friendly
The Concept of the Bio-Dress Picture wearing a soft beautiful organic gown with imbedded wild flower seeds in the hemlines. After the big date you bury the dress in a garden. The dress slowly biodegrades [...]
Spring into Strawberry Season
We know how to celebrate the spring strawberry harvest around here! My motto is, every event, holiday and special occasion is dress making time! The Fabric. I love a challenge and while on our road [...]
Chasing Frida Kahlo in a Dress at the Finding Frida Art Exhibit
Why Frida? Frida Kahlo is a Mexican artist and icon. She is such a powerful presence for so many female artist. The love for Frida goes beyond her wonderful art, her style and the emotion [...]