We were supposed to make an unconventional wedding dress, with the burlesque dancer for inspiration. I will just stand on the runway and defend the concept of this dress. It is meant for a beach side... Sep 04, 2014 - 3 Comments
In preparing my new room at school, they hung some great cork boards on the walls, and I asked if I could go ahead and apply a treatment to one of them. I was given the green light. My goal was to do ... Sep 03, 2014 - 2 Comments
This week’s challenge: Design a dress for Heidi. She likes a “surprise”. For me a “surprise” is when my husband says “lets eat out tonight honey”. What she me... Aug 28, 2014 - 2 Comments
This week the old tuxes came out of a fast food joint. It was a little bit odd. How clever is Kathy??!!?!?!?! She organized to send all of our faithful regulars a gosh awful Ken tux in the mail, well ... Aug 21, 2014 - 3 Comments
I taught a week summer camp at the Stitch Lab. It was a popular offering and ten kids signed up! Whoo! There are six machines in the room and ten girls signed up, so you can do the math on that. T... Aug 20, 2014 - 6 Comments
If I had to guess, I would believe there will be more performance fabric, and more “performance” clothing in 20 years. The “device” (clock/phone/walkie/player/music library) wi... Aug 14, 2014 - 1 Comment
For this challenge the designers went to a movie theater, and then they were offered supplies from a climbing shop, an electrician, a carnival, and a candy shop. They were supposed to make something... Aug 07, 2014 - 3 Comments
I found this amazing mid century piece on Craig’s list, and the only thing I needed to do was make pillows. You may ask yourself, “How hard can it be for a girl who sews to make a pillow?... Aug 05, 2014 - 2 Comments
This week the designers had to pick their fabrics from a mystery selection in a trunk on their work table. It just so happens that my friend had sent me a big box of fabric for the new season (and m... Jul 31, 2014 - 1 Comment
I have lost some hats along the way, so I needed some new ones. The thermometer says “hot hot” but the calendar the stores use says, “get ready for fall”. So when I went shoppi... Jul 30, 2014 - No Comments
