Clothing
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Totally Minnie Construction – Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 – Part 13: Accessories Make the Look
This is it! It’s the week of the Her Universe Fashion Show 2024 and I’m sneaking in the last part of my series on constructing my Totally Minnie look which won Judge’s Choice at the 2023 Her Universe Fashion Show. This part is about my accessories. The icing on the cake. If you want to start…
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Totally Minnie Construction – Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 – Part 12: Zip It Up!
We’re almost there and even closer to the 2024 Her Universe Fashion Show which is a week from tomorrow! This is part 12 of my series on my Totally Minnie look for the 2023 Her Universe Fashion Show. If you want to start from the beginning of how I made it, start with this post.…
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Totally Minnie Construction – Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 – Part 11: Mistakes Were Made
It’s been a hot minute since I last posted because there’s been so much life happening. Good life things — working, traveling, sewing — but things that take away from posting nonetheless. Hard to believe that we’re now only about 2 weeks out from the 2024 Her Universe Fashion Show! And since I won last…
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Groovy 60s Charm Patterns Francie for Fashioning San Francisco
I recently attended the Designing San Francisco exhibit at the De Young Museum with the Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild. Everyone was encouraged to wear fashion from the last century. While I had hoped to have another piece from the 50’s I’m working on done in time, I had also recently finished this one so…
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Totally Minnie Construction – Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 – Part 10: It All Goes Pouf!
For part 10 of my series on my Totally Minnie winning look for the Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 I’ll be sharing how I did the shoulder pouf. If you want to start from the beginning of the construction journey, start with this post. This is a pretty short one and perhaps less exciting than…
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Snowth Shirt – Pattern Emporium Keep It Simple Shirt
As I mentioned in the previous post, I was going to do a separate post on the top. This is the Pattern Emporium Keep It Simple Semi Fitted Tee. I used the leftover moisture wicking fabric from Califabrics that I used for the lining of the vest and skirt. I made my usual size 8…
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Street Snowth Construction
So yesterday I showed you some of the photos from photoshoot, but now I’m going to talk about the actual construction. There are three garment pieces to this look — the shirt, the vest and the skirt — as well as the accessories. The shirt was made just for the fashion shoot so I’ll do…
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Street Snowth Geek Fashion
I am so excited to share these photos with you! I had an awesome photoshoot for my streetwear Snowth look and I was debating how to fit it all into one post. So I think I’m going to show you the photos from the shoot today and I’ll talk about the construction tomorrow. I wanted…
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Totally Minnie Construction – Her Universe Fashion Show 2023 – Part 9: Hoop there it is!
This post was originally supposed to be part of the skirt post but that post got too long so the hoop skirt is getting its own. That being said, welcome to part 9 of my series on the construction of my winning look for the 2023 Her Universe Fashion Show. If you want to start…
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Seamwork Lyle in Solvang
This dress is made from the Seamwork Lyle pattern. I’ve been a member of Seamwork since the beginning. I enjoy getting their patterns each month, even if I don’t make them as often as I’d like. I’ve really liked some of their recent ones, so I’ll need to find more time to make theirs. In…