WARNING-Anthropologie RANT… Go ANTHRAX!

So it’s not like I have tons o’ time to shop…. I definitely do more sewing but I occasionally get gift cards and I currently have one for Anthropologie, so naturally I get the catalogue.  Beautifully photographed, perfectly styled and designed in the way that makes you want it all.  I think that it is fucked up that [...]

Catch me if you can- this costume rocked!!

Here are some stills of the Flight Attendant costume I recently made and posted about here.  It is for a web commercial for Expedia… I don’t know much more about it except that I had a lot of fun doing it and would love more work like this    I guess if this goes [...]

Model wannabe- cool vs. cruel fashion show

Last Thursday night I had the pleasure of modeling an AWESOME outfit in the Art Institute of Seattle “Cool vs. Cruel” annual fashion show.  The idea is to not use any animal based products of textiles and to be inspired by some current and cruel looks on the 2009 runways.  The show is sponsored by [...]

Annual Sale Time.

In a week from today the 31st ANNIVERSARY SALE starts at my day job (Nancy’s Sewing Basket).  It starts at 25 % off all fabrics and works its way up to 31% off on the last day- Sept. 20th.  Yes we do take mail orders.  This is a frenzy- and regulars usually come in in [...]

Free Apron pattern… because I LUV SUMMER.

Materials:
½ —–yard of a base fabric (I used an Indian cotton voile).
¾  —–yard of a coordinating fabric (I used a Jay McCarroll printed cotton).
2 ¼ —–yards of ribbon (I used two grosgrain ribbons layered and stitch with a machine   embroidery stitch).
-Wash all fabric to clean and shrink.  All seams are ½”
-Cut from coordinating print:
1 Pocket- pattern [...]

Damn… I’m addicted to the NYT art and design page

So I am now technically on vacation.   Sadly, we are not going anywhere (the bus is broken:() but I have the time off.  I have two costumes and some private lessons to do over the next two weeks. 
SO yesterday we biked the green river trail for 20 miles.  Its a pretty good trail, you can feel [...]

Me in my new shoes

Yep you guessed it… me in my shoes… and a dress that I made.

Summer is here…. so a girl needs a new pair of shoes or two.

So I bought these shoes… they were a splurge.  I see it kind of like a hey good work on the play present to myself.  I also needed some sandal for our big trip in July.  But it’s me so…any justification will do.  I also bought some flip flops because I know how good they [...]

Bryant Park fantastic.

So… it is the time of year again.  Fashion Week (that last for the month) started in New York.  Of course I am addicted to Style.com right now because of it.  So I have never really liked Tracy Reece before but DAMN I just want one of each from her fall09 rtw. 
 
I also like the Diesel [...]

…these are a few of my favorite things.

So this week’s Favorite Things have sort of a antiquated, androgynous, pirate flavor to them:
 
1) It starts with… well… a little purchase off of Etsy , what else.  It is this ingenious recycled cuff that I have had my eye on for a while.  After selling a few things, I can really justify anything …and that is [...]