Because being realistic is no fun.
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Without giving away TOO much- what I do in the nighttimes lately. In some of my more frenzied moments over the past year, I would calm down by telling myself I could give myself permission to panic once we hit…
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As Nick is currently galavanting across China and Taiwan, I’ve been trying to make a bit of progress on The Dress. I have about 8-ish days before he comes back- my very ambitious plan is to get the dress to about…
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Only, like, 4 months after I started, I finally finished the duct tape mannequin. Kind of. See, my original intention was to stuff the mannequin (which I accomplished using balls of brown packing material and scraps of pattern paper), then create…
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Bias cut organza in shades of petal pink make a dramatic skirt.
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A variation on the shibori pleating I shared a couple weeks ago- this one is chiffon. The sequin/bead/rhinestone melange serves two purposes- it looks pretty, and holds the pleating to the foundation. This dress is currently hanging in my closet….
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Here are some kind of crappy flowers I made before I knew how to do those type of things. Also, net organza is really hard to sew.
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Between freelancing and then having my friend by for dinner (and consequently drinking a lot of champagne because she’s having a “dry September”), I missed yesterday. Whoops. Here’s a picture of lace.
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Incredibly labor intensive but kind of worth it, I think. This texture is gorgeous in a silver silk crepe-back satin.
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Today’s technique is shibori-pleating on white organza net. Shibori is a Japanese fabric treatment that is typically used with dyes. Fabric is wrapped around a pole, wrapped with string, and compressed to create various patterns. Without the dye, the pole-wrapping…
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