Lately In Ohio..

 It has been forever since I've updated this and I thought it was about time! These are just a couple of pieces that I've been working on since I've come to Ohio and I'm so grateful that I brought my sewing machine here with me because it gives me something to do when I'm not working or just sitting around all day. 

First off I have been in love with all these tulle skirts I've been seeing all over and I just knew I needed one, so I attempted to just make one for myself. I found this really awesome neon fabric at JoAnns and thought I could just layer it with tulle. I liked how it turned out but it wasn't exactly how I had imagined and didn't have nearly enough tulle. I really think you need just layers and layers of tulle to get that great full princess skirt effect. I am determined to get it right next time! 

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I love collars right now, especially beaded/embellished ones! I used some scrap fabric from the neon skirt to make this simple boxy top with a beaded collar! There's something about hand beading things that is so calm and relaxing to me. I could bead everything I make!

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Here's just a simple see through skirt that you can throw on top of any other skirt, it just gives whatever you're wearing extra texture and color. This was really easy to make and just uses an elastic waistband

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& of course peplums, which of course I'm in love with and I have been dying to buy a dress or top but knew that this would be so simple to make and I finally did! Hopefully they stay in style for a little big longer so that it payed off to make it! 

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I really do miss taking classes right now and having dress forms available to me! I just love creating new things and coming up with new projects :) Hopefully I will have more to show in the near future!

Cable Knit

This is the latest thing i've been working on and I cannot wait until it's complete. I love everything cable and will hopefully make an infinity scarf out of this. It's definitely tricky trying to keep track of what row you knit but I love how it's turning out! This is just a preview but I'll take some more pictures once it's completed :)

America The Beautiful

This past semester for one of my classes we had to choose a theme and create 3 garments that were inspired around that one theme. I chose America! I just couldn't get enough of the beautiful combination of that red, white, and blue! I did a photo shoot this morning and it went so well! Here are some of my favorites.

Inspiration: Civil War

Inspiration: Lady Liberty

Inspiration : American Flag

Textile Print

For my latest project in my class I created a textile print through photoshop, exposed that print to a textile screen and then screen printed the design on fabric. I used that fabric and created a classic design which my amazing friend Jamie modeled for me! 

The textile print I created 

Here are some of my favorite shots from the photoshoot

I seriously am obsessed with mustard yellow and peplums right now!

Happy Halloween!

For Halloween this year James and I were skeletons! I was super excited about this because I wanted to make it myself and so I had been planning it for awhile and it definitely took longer than I expected! I loved how they turned out and here is how my process went!

Went to Target and got 2 long sleeved plain black cotton shirts

For James I got long plain black pajama pants and black leggings for me

I bought a white fabric pen to outline the bones and white acrylic paint to fill in the bones

I bought acrylic paint since it's the cheapest kind of paint but fabric/textile paint would work out better because the acrylic paint makes the fabric stiff and easy to crack. So I outlined the the shape of the bones with the pen because it turned out not to show up on the fabric very well and then I painted in the acrylic paint to really make the white paint show up

The whole time I just pulled up pictures online to use as a reference which really helped me along the way. This is how mine turned out in the end!

This is the skeleton makeup I used as a reference to follow from Pinterest -- Skeleton Makeup

The final product! I didn't have enough time to finish the back of the costume but we're definitely keeping these to use again sometime and I can always finish them later. 

Total cost of the costume : 

2 shirts & 2 pants - $39.19

Paint pen - $3.99

2 bottles of acrylic paint - $5.98

Face paint - $3.98

Grand total - $53.14

Not too bad for two costumes! I love being able to see what other people come up with and what they can create!