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Vintage Leopard Dress

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Shelly

vintage leopard dress

swing dancing dress

Finished my vintage inspired leopard dress for this coming swing dancing semester. During this semester I will be attending the Michigan State University intermediate swing dancing club. We begin this coming Sunday and learn part of a solo Charleston routine which we will add to for the next few weeks. I will have been swing dancing for a year come February and this is exactly what I need to advance my dancing career. I heard we will be performing our routines which is why I wanted to create this dress. I decided I will start designing clothes that I can wear for swing dancing since I will be dancing at least twice a week starting this month.

Tropical Dress for Cruise

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Shelly

Just a couple of weeks ago my husband and I took a cruise to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands! It was our first cruise and I knew I had to make a cute tropical dress to wear on the ship. I actually bought the fabric about a year ago intending to make a dress for our honeymoon in Hawaii but I didn’t have the time to sew a dress but this time I was dedicated to getting it sewn! It is a super soft woven fabric with a printed tropical print. Originally I put in a side pocket but it completely ruined the silhouette so I took it out and I’m much happier. I used the Project Runway Simplicity 2724 and shortened the skirt at least 5 inches; I like shorter skirts.

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Peace and Love Dress

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Shelly

These are a couple of love and peace textile print designs that I have been working on. I was inspired by the 1967 Scott McKenzie song San Fransisco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ_WG3d3GL8.

The dresses are primarily wool with a polyester lining. The lettering would be screen printed on.

The two tone beret is made of felted wool.

The color story has cool and warm colors with green tint pop.

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Fashion Flats and Half Drops in Adobe Illustrator

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Shelly

This weekend I was determined to create flats of the Fall blouse I finished sewing last week. I first created the motif of the flowers then made them into a half drop by following the directions on this website: http://coloroncloth.com/2012/05/09/whats-for-dinner-how-to-create-a-half-drop-repeat-in-illustrator/ Super easy. Then I went and created the fashion flat of the blouse. Once that was done I filled two blouses with the half drop pattern and resized them. I really like the one closes to the bottom because you can easily see the details in the flowers and leaves. I used a portion of the motif and copied it five times to swatch the Pantone colors I used for the pattern. Which blouse do you like the best?

Posted in Fall Fashion, Lansing Fashion, Michigan Fashion, Shirt, Vintage | Tagged Fashion design, Fashion flats, Illustrator flats, pattern design | Leave a comment

Fashion Flats

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Shelly

Created a fashion flat of this baby garment in Adobe Illustrator. Created a toss print for the cheetah print then made a tulle and ruffle brush for the details. After experimenting with Illustrator brushes, it is much easier to created the look you want by making and using them. Once you create a brush you can apply it to a pen stroke; that is what I did for the ruffles and tulle. If you have any questions on how I made these leave a comment and I will answer you.

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Space Invaders DIY

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Shelly

About a month ago my brother was home from Taiwan and we decided to create our own space invaders. After that my husband and I made some too.

My first encounter of a space invader was at Michigan State University. I was walking to home from class and noticed something colorful near the bottom of the stadium. I went closer and found this happy friend. I’m not sure who put him there but after seeing that I always wanted to make an invader of my own. So now I have! Two in fact.

Supplies: 1 white tile about 6×6 inches, a sheet of multicolored glass tiles about 1/2″ in size, and gorilla glue. These can all be found at Home Depot and Lowes.

So we came up with our space invader design idea then glued down the tiles and waited for the glue to dry.

These little guys now hang out on our front porch. Now it’s your turn.

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Jean Fashion Flats

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Shelly

I’ve been working on Illustrator and Photoshop lately and decided to create a fashion flat of jeans. I created a basic skinny jean silhouette in Illustrator then added all the details like front zipper closure, front pockets, rivets, belt loops, top stitching, and back pockets. After saving the jeans, I saved them again as an ESP file which I then opened in Photoshop. I added the faded and worn look by using dodge and burn. I’m really happy with how they turned out. They are the most realistic fashion flat I’ve created.

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Detroit Fashion Week

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Shelly

Well it’s been a long while but I found these pictures of my 2011 Detroit Fashion Week line on Facebook. My models looks so pretty in my designs! Thank you to Azia Hernandez, Jessica Brown, and Erica Fletcher You gals look beautiful! Also a big thank you to Terance Drake for his outstanding photography.

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Christmas Dress Red Leopard

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Shelly

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!!! I’m so excited to see all my family this weekend! My cousin Joy is coming home from Japan, cousin Stephen is coming from Texas, and cousin Julie is coming from Chicago. It will be a real gathering of the clan.

I’m so happy because this year I actually had time to make a Christmas dress! I got to use this gorgeous red leopard print material that I have had since the summer. Now I need to buy a black sweater to wear in case I get chilly. Any suggestions of where I could find a nice black sweater? I’ll have to go to the mall tomorrow and look.

I could not go through the Christmas season with out listening to these songs:

Mele Kalikimaka by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfuUlZdUtbg

Suzy Snowflake by Rosemary Clooney:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGnx6jVJaO8&feature=related

What’s your favorite Christmas song?