Have you ever put something on and thought,“This should work… but it just doesn’t”? Not terrible. Not completely wrong.Just… off. And then you wear it anyway. Because it’s close enough. That’s something I see all the time. So many women are settling for close enough because they don’t know what to change or how to […]
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“Most women assume expensive clothes look cheap because of their body. A tailor will tell you the truth: it’s almost always one of these five fixable fit problems.”
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So I\’m watching a Hallmark Movie. I love them. I watch dozens of them every holiday season. Yes, I know it\’s January but I recorded a ton of them and so I\’m just watching them all. It\’s a nice realxing thing to do at the end of the day. In this one there is a
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I was watching a live on Instagram from a pastor and she said something I believe but I had not been able top put into words. She said pretty has power. It attracts and draws. Pretty has power because it invites people to you. Those words resonated with me and when I hear a sentence
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This has been the most up and down month I can ever remember and I wanted to write about it and let you know what\’s been happening. In September I was having a conversation about my dreams for my business. One of those dreams was to step into the fashion design space and work like
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One of the best things about being self employed is that I can take my work with me! Last weekend we were in Iowa for a dear frined\’s wedding and I took some work along to do in the car. One was a skirt I needed to take apart because I messed up a little.
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There has been so much happening around here lately and I have been forgetting to keep you updated! So here we are. Let me show you the things I have been making and also the fabric for the things that need to be made this week. Let\’s start with two dresses I altered to make
I have always been interested in couture sewing. Couture is literaly sewing or dressmaking in French. Haute Couture is high sewing generally meaning a garment which is fully hand sewn. I have big goals for pieces which are done from start to finish by hand. Hand sewn stitches are often as strong or strnger than
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Ok listen. This is not a post that I thought I would make public but since I published (the first writing assignment) the last (the second writing assignment) three (the third writing assignment) I guess I may as well let you know my plan, my goals and my dreams for myself. This may be a
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I made a dress a few weeks ago. I used the princess bodice from Gertie\’s Ultimate Dress Book by Gretchen Hirsch. I had made another dress with this bodice last September in a class with Gertie herself I thought it was time for another one with short sleeves this time. The fabric I picked up
