Category: DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER

  • The DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER button!

    The DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER button!

    For those who were asking:   Below is an image of the DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER button.  If you right click (on my program) you can save or download this image to your computer and use it in your blog and your DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER posts … OR … a smaller version?    This photo and the code is in…

  • One sleeve done!

    One sleeve done!

    I have started my DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER outfit.  I want to COPY this top by Ellery Neu.  I love the bell shaped sleeves.  Quite popular this season, I think! I browsed through a few patterns in my stash until I settled on view “E” of McCall’s M6896.  Everything about this pattern is almost right.  It definitely needs…

  • DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2016!

    DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2016!

    Have you already completed your COPY of your Designer Original?  Or perhaps, like me, you are just in the planning stages – whatever… there are still a few months left before DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER 2016! Pull those ideas out of your head!  Ever since DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER last year I’ve seen many dream garments in the stores, magazines, on social media … the Fashion…

  • My “little trip”.

    My “little trip”.

    Yes, I went on a little trip – let me tell you how it was… IT WAS A BLAST!! I went to a fashion show, specifically Vancouver Fashion Week.  My first!  My sister J.A.M. Joanna’s Artistic Muse entered their art contest and the prize was two tickets to Vancouver Fashion Week for the night of March 15th.  Thank you Sis…

  • What I liked, didn’t, and still wanna do!

    What I liked, didn’t, and still wanna do!

    Over the last few weeks I’ve had a lot of non-sewing time which I just couldn’t tolerate.  To pacify myself, I spent my spare time reading sewing blogs – a lot of them had their roundups of last year. It made me think about what I liked, didn’t, and still wanna do with my sewing. So…

  • It’s DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER!  And I’m So Pleased!

    It’s DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER! And I’m So Pleased!

    It’s done!  And I’m so pleased!  For a while now, I have been eyeballing this outfit from Marina Hoermanseder.  I just had to have it!  Of course, it’s not my style to wear short shorts to work, so instead I opted for the longer look of wide pants, or  culottes.  Here’s Marina Hoermanseder’s ORIGINAL…

  • DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER!  Another lovely find!

    DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER! Another lovely find!

    Just browsing through blogs today, I found a lovely Designer Garment COPIED by Amanda of Sew Deputy, which fit the #DESIGNINDECEMBER theme exactly.  I just begged Amanda to let me show it to you.  So if you haven’t seen it yet, here it is…  Amanda found a Chloe Metallic Jacquard dress and had to have it for her…

  • DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER!  Speechless

    DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER! Speechless

    Just Speechless…  Tonight for DESIGNIN’ DECEMBER I have the pleasure of introducing the one and only Mads of Life in A “Mads” House.  Mads might have come to her design in a roundabout way but she has made a lovely copy of this designer dress by Elie Saab.