Half way there! It was significantly easier to reach for my handmade clothes this past week for Me-Made-May, though my choices are starting to dwindle (laundry is my achilles' heel). Through this exercise I'm experiencing a lot of revelations -- both good and bad -- and I plan on ruminating about them at the end of the month, but for today, I have a quick and dirty update to what I started calling my ham hock dress. Mutton chop arms are not my look of choice, so early yesterday morning, I …
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STYLO Issue 2: Part 3
I finally had a chance to sit down and savor the new issue of STYLO and I am in awe. Having worked in high end/big budget catalog production and having held a number of other jobs involving print and online media production, I'm pretty familiar with grueling work that goes into creating a visually-driven publication. Which is why I'm astounded by how Celina and Jess produced such stellar quality and quantity with so few core people on their team. Blown away. It would be mind-blowing if this was …
STYLO Issue 2: Part 2
Oooh, I get my own STYLO cover version! Celina powered through technical snafus, and it looks like the second issue is now live, and it was so worth the wait, no? Look at K, giving her best bossy look in what has to be the most beloved creation to date: the Cali Faye Cadette Coat. It trumps the Frozen costume, which says it all. Tons of pictures alert! So the theme was "fresh-citrus-metallics," and I immediately knew I had to use this mint wool from my stash. The Cadette Coat pattern …
STYLO Issue 2!
STYLO!! I'm having serious impostor syndrome, friends -- I did an awkward yet exuberant polka/hip hop dance move when Jess and Celina contacted me about contributing to their uber cool new online magazine and was gripped with both inspired elation and bone-quaking terror of letting this dynamic duo down. Issue 2 is hot off the press, and if you have any interest in kids' fashion and sewing at all, you're probably well aware of this fresh and stylish take the magazine offers for handmade clothes. …
Me-Made-May 2014: Week 1
Well, I'm thrilled to say that I wore something handmade every day for the first week of May. Initially I had this grandiose scheme of sewing something new every week with each Me-Made-May recap, and then I came to my senses. What with deadlines galore, I had to aim significantly lower. Especially since I didn't anticipate how much time taking and editing daily photos of myself (ugh) would require. So here's what I'm shooting for this month: small alterations to ready-to-wear garments I …