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Organza Haori

Latest Couture Design: Organza Haori

A haori is a traditional Japanese hip or thigh-length kimono style jacket. The main purpose of creating a haori was to explore the traditional pattern shapes to better understand Japanese philosophy behind avoiding fabric waste in kimono construction.
Nick Cave Fashion Design Exhibit

Field Trip: Nick Cave Exhibit

Glenbow Museum has been showing such inspirational exhibits this year! First Dior, and recently Nick Cave. In this blog post, I will be showing you some of my favorite pieces and close up shots from the exhibit. 
White and Blue Crop Denim Jacket Series

Latest Design: Denim Jacket Series

What do you call a denim expert? A jeanius! Autumn is finally here, so it’s time to button up on our latest denim jacket series. 
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Bubble Tea Tote Bag Drink Holder

Sew-a-Long: Bubble Tea Tote

This tote has us feeling all bubbly inside! Our latest sew-along will take you through the step-by-step process for creating your own bubble tea tote. Perfect for busy boba lovers!
90s Scrunchie Scrap Fabric Tutorial

Sew-a-Long: Scrunchies

A great way to recycle excess fabric and reduce waste. This sew-a-long will take you through the step-by-step process for creating your own scrunchie.
Navy and Black Pleated Jumpsuit

Latest Design: Pleated Jumpsuit

​Jumpsuits are so popular right now and pleats can be found popping up in the most interesting areas of garments.
Oversized Unisex Basic White T-shirt

Latest Design: Basic White Knit T-Shirt

The basic white t-shirt is an iconic and essential garment in almost everyone's wardrobe. We played around with designing the perfect white t-shirt
Black Lace Silk Slip Skirt

Latest Design: Black Slip Skirt

Our latest demi-couture design is a bit of a tongue twister- Silk Slip Skirt! Inspired by vintage slip skirts, this features silk charmeuse fabric and Japanese trim. This blog post will show you how to hand sew lace/trim onto silk and make it one.
Black and White Oreo Hooded Coat

​Latest Design: Black Oreo Coat

This coat is made up of over 25 pattern pieces and features scrumptious materials from Kyoto and Tokyo. The silhouette is even inspired from the streets of Tokyo.
Draw-String Backpack Tutorial

Sew-a-Long: Draw-String Backpack

​​Time to stitch with us in our latest sew-a-long! We received a ton of requests for a tutorial on our drawstring backpack, so here it is.
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Handmade Tailored Culottes

​Latest Design: Tailored Culottes

Our latest design pushes the limits on how "wide" wide pant legs can be. Do you think there is such a thing as too wide? We believe that if you can imagine it, you can make it.
Mending a Vintage Dress

Mending a Vintage Dress

Manipulating an already made garment is an art form on its own. This blog post will show you how we made this 1950's inspired vintage dress fit perfectly through a variety of hand and machine sewn manipulation techniques.

Cat Leather Bag

Latest Design: Cat Leather Bag

​Hey Kitty Cats! This post ​will give you an insider view on our latest bag design. From the outside, it looks pretty simple. BUT if you know us well, simple is not our forte.
Blue Linen Dress Silk Lining

Latest Couture Design: Blue Linen Dress

It's still a little sunny outside, so we squeezed out one last summer dress before it starts to rain! We went back to basics with our latest design. It is a fully hand sewn dress, made of a double sided linen with silk charmeuse lining.
70s Oscar de la Renta Vintage Dress

Latest Design: Couture 70's Vintage Dress

Six months ago, we busted out this beautiful vintage Oscar de la Renta pattern by Vogue. We just just tied the knot on the last bit of top stitching and couldn't wait to share! This pattern is from 1973.
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Khaki Military Style Culottes

Latest Design: Military Culottes

Zipping up our latest design! Military inspired high waisted culottes for ya. For this design, we experimented with button holes, volume and our love for pockets.
Tiny Bubbles Long Tunic Series

Latest Design: Long Tunic Series

Heading into Fall, it only makes sense to explore more tailoring techniques and shirt-making. This series highlights two of our long tailored tunic designs- Tiny Bubbles Tunic and Dot Tunic.
3D Zip Organizer Bag

Sew-a-Long: 3D Zip Organizer

This tutorial is a step by step guide to creating a 3D zip organizer bag in ANY dimension you desire. We will provide the detailed drafting and construction steps below.
Couture Vintage Ikat Bow Tie Blouse

Latest Design: Couture Vintage Bow Blouse

We're showing off our latest vintage pattern make- couture bow blouse. This design was made using a vintage pattern from the 1950's.

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High Waisted Pencil Split Skirt

Latest Design: Couture Split P Skirt

This skirts name is Split Personality Skirt (AKA- Split P Skirt). With designing this skirt, we wanted to create the illusion of 'are those pants or is that a skirt'?
Reversible Coffee Coaster Tutorial

Sew-A-Long: Reversible Coaster

It is time for a quick and easy sew-a-long! Every year our scrap fabric pile hits a level that we gotta do something about it. So this year we are making reversible coasters.

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Latest Couture Design: Organza Haori
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Field Trip: Nick Cave Exhibit
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​Latest Design: Denim Jacket Series

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