I've been really busy lately, I have a lot of orders to finish but I've also been taking some preparatory steps toward building a collection. Custom work has its own merits but I really don't want to be a seamstress (mostly because sewing takes up huge amounts of time and makes me hurt) as much as a very hands on designer and pattern cutter ( Read more... )

For some reason this was the coat the would not let itself be finished. I looks simple enough, but looks are deceptive. I don't know why it gave me such troubles. Probably part of it was that I tried to work on it over the holidays but was so busy with so much other stuff that I didn't get much done. In any case, it is made from a truly ( Read more... )

OK, so a million years ago I mentioned that I was working on my first men's wear ( Read more... )

Fitting went awesome. This one is almost done. I got almost every item on my to do list done. And I only missed the mark by half a task. I marked and punched the holes but didn't have time to put the grommets in. Now it's time for the home stretch. But fist a three day break to work on other stuff.

So we have a 40 something item list of things to do before moving but that's another story ( Read more... )

So I had another fitting for my "traditional" bride. She's really nice and I like to work with her, especially because she has a very different body type than the "modely" types that were the norm in school. She does have somewhat unrealistic expectations, but I just think it's because she doesn't know how fabric and sewing work ( Read more... )

I guess I haven't been posting too regularly. I'm exhausted after a pointless poshy networking thing with a lot of blahh and moneyed people. I guess at least I'm not one those scary, not quite trixies, not quite scenesters who are at an Africa benefit for no particular reason except to see and be seen, but then again how was I different being ( Read more... )

I've done a lot of shows in the past two years ( Read more... )