It started with an idea after I saw some very embellished bowl gown on Pinterest and evolved in to the dress you see in the photo above. Little did I know what I was getting myself into, but by the time I realized it, it was too late to back up. So, I saw the dress and decided to make my own version, but make it very subtle and the vision I had in my head was the dress looking very pale and kind of hazy. I drafted the pattern and made a muslin for the top part to make sure th

A start of a new collection, even if it's a small one, starts with lots of browsing and collecting tid bits of information and ideas that will form at the end to my vision. I start by looking at fashion forecasts on pinterest. I print those and post on my board. Then magazine photos that i find interesting are posted. I collect pictures of details of garments that i find interesting. As I collect the information, the ideas for the fashion that I want to make is forming. The n

So it's the day after. I am back at my studio, putting everything back in place and feeling tired. Slept for 12 hours but I am ready for a nap. The convention was fun, a bit disappointing since I did not sell as much as I was hoping for. I make fashion for mostly 16" dolls and it seems that IT is not making these dolls any more, at least for now. So with little 12" fashion that I made, my market shrank to a very few who still hold onto their 16" dolls, and some who did buy fo