I found this blouse at Anthropologie and I wanted it. So I examined the garment inside and out, found a picture online, gathered some scraps of hand-me-down fabric from my hoard and got the blouse!
Anthropologie: $78.55
Kristin Anderson: Free!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Anthropologie for free
Nobody has as much fun shopping as a seamstress! Like a spy they sneak into designer territory and steal any pattern they like!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
All night designing
Stricken with severe motivation last night, I obeyed and made a dress.
The design, 11pm
The plan, 11:15pm
The pattern, 12:00am
The first fitting, 3am
The dress, 6:30am
Awake enough to try it on properly, 2:15pm.p.s. try your best to ignore the lovely print, as big a fan as I am of big florals, I would have used something a little more subtle, had the occasion not called for scraps.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Internship
This summer I am interning at The Dress Doctor; a Couture design and alterations boutique located in the Water Tower Place Professional Suites in downtown Chicago, Il.
The Dress Doctor works with Belle Vie Bridal and Vera Wang Bridal gowns, they do custom design work and just about anything sewing.
As an intern, am learning hand-work alteration and fitting techniques such as:
-Bustles--French and American
-Lingerie loops
-Boning tabs
-Easing
-Hemming techniques
As an intern I am also learning design techniques such as:
-Making flower embellishments
-Draping
-Using dress forms
-Beading
My experience so far has been very positive. The majority of the lessons I have learned are of a type one cannot quite put into words. Not exactly the gaining of knowledge so much as the gaining of experience and exposure. Doing the actual hand work in a shop is a different side of the clothing industry than one meets in a classroom.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Dress Remaking (day two)
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