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uite simply because you’ve coughed up your hard earned cash on that gorgeous fabric you’ve been eyeing on ThunderLily for weeks. It’s draped over the back of the sofa, the door, the chair, you dream about it, peek at it when nobody is watching you, so why on earth would you cut straight into it [...]
Category Archives: Design Essentials
The Circle Skirt
May 19, 2010 – 9:57 am
Summer is here and it’s time to break out the chic and sassy skirts. What could be better, when the sun is out, than to kick around town in a pair of designer sunglasses, strappy sandals and a super cute polka dot circle skirt? Be Marilyn Munroe or a chic stylista in the adjustable [...]
Art as Innovation
February 11, 2010 – 7:14 pm
Spotlight on a young, creative designer: Alexandra Popescu York
Wanting to expand on her success in the fashion industry, and explore new ideas, Alexandra Popescu-York struck out on a path to combine fashion in art and and art in fashion, and ultimately to see where it would all lead her.
She sent herself back to the proverbial [...]
How to Make a Dressform
January 25, 2010 – 12:43 pm
Click Here: How to Make a Dressform
Have you been checking out dressforms like a voyeur without actually buying?
For months I have been eyeing them, squeezing through shop doors and measuring these innocent bodies with my bare tape-measure — they look and feel good, but the problem is they just don’t fit my shape. So here’s [...]
Puff-Sleeved Toddler Coat Pattern
October 30, 2009 – 9:43 am
Is your toddler striking out with her own style? Tired of the same old labels in her clothes? A mini-fashionista in the making? Well now is the time to start sewing and introduce her to a lifetime of designing it for herself.
Download the pattern for this simple A-line design with puff-sleeved detail. Make it yourselfor [...]