It’s National Dog Day. What a good day to start a pair of dog themed mittens!
Elle’s Corgi Mittens spotlight your favorite breed, plus we have charts for Dachshund, Beagle, Yorkie, Lab an...
Aug 26, 2014
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This week each of the designers was given a classic (and rather bad) men’s suit and told to use it as their inspiration and fabric to make a high fashion look. In order to scale this down for th...
Aug 21, 2014
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Well, this was a fun challenge. Each of the designers was given a classic (that doesn’t mean good) men’s suit and told to use it as inspiration and the fabric for a high fashion look. In o...
Aug 21, 2014
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This week we were to create a design for the pages of Marie Claire magazine in 2034. The look also had to have an inspiration from the past. This is a little bit of a toughie, I don’t believe in...
Aug 14, 2014
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This week was the unconventional materials challenge. The designers were asked to create a look using unconventional materials found at a movie theater or set. It was a tricky one. Let’s start t...
Aug 07, 2014
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Ok, I normally love the unconventional challenge, but for some reason I found this one really hard. The designers were asked to make a look using unconventional materials found in a movie theater or o...
Aug 07, 2014
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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
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For this first challenge the designers were asked to create a spring look that would be indicative of what they would show at Fashion Week if they made it to the end of the competition. Not the most i...
Jul 31, 2014
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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
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(For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament, giving you enough to fill an advent calendar.)
This week’s ornament is a great little stash buster for small...
Jul 18, 2014
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