I have a huge crush on the great city of Portland, Oregon. It always seems to be such a hub of creative expression and wonderful, warm people. So I was super excited to find one more thing to add to my list of “things to love about Portland” in a recent VenusZine article. In the profile article Leanne Marshall, a Portland-based designer, talks about how she sees the West Coast city as being on the forefront of eco-friendly fashion. Her designs are gorgeous, and though she touts having a tendency to “pleat everything I touch” as a habit she’s trying to squelch, I say let the pleats fly!
My first sewing project was a big old pig made in my home economics class, I think it was the 5th or 6th grade. I chose pink taffeta, naturally… you would think with that choice, my pig would have been frilly, but he was actually quite huge and sleek with sharp seams and WAY overstuffed, there was no cuddling with this pig. I mean, you could have used this pig as a chair f
You can see more details of how i recycled Emily in this How To.Now onto my next project, after counting your votes it seems dress number 6 is the favourite so check out my next column for details of my adventures finding fabrics and how i make my version of the dress.Former columns of NikkiShell:Don’t Find Wanted Fabric – But Still Sew!,Finding Recycled Fabrics and Franzi Vest Made from Thrift Store Skirts.
m. I still made it there before noon Over the course of the first weeks I made many friends and created my first trail family (commonly referred to as a “Tramily”) though by the time we hit the Smokies we had all gotten separated – some I would not see again until The Whites of New Hampshire One of the great things about being out on the trail by myself was that I answered to no one and if I wanted to hike 36 miles in a day all I had to do was believe I could and just do it Did you ever feel like giving up Yes but never for more than 30 minutes A common saying on trail is “The Trail provides” and it always did
This is the garment that was published in Vogue Knitting Winter 2006/07. I used worsted weight silk/mohair blend together with the lace weight mohair at the neckline. Later I also tried to invert the pattern and use lace weight yarn for the body and worsted weight yarn for the insert. You can see the result below:
Tell us about your BurdaStyle experience. How did you pick your username, and what do you enjoy about the site?I have been a member since 2008. I chose my username before I realized how cool everyone else’s usernames were. Its just my name and favorite number. I wish I had a witty sewing pun, or even just something more interesting, for a name.
000) Boas & Tiaras Sponsors?($3, Larry Arnn has been my friend for 27 years. It’s so bad.words are everything. It’s like I was thrown back to that little hungry girl that I used to be, but that is a poor excuse for what they are expecting… And today is the day.
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