It took me three years to perfect the Fibonacci Scarf pattern, and it takes hundreds of hours to hand knit one scarf. So I brought my Fibonacci Scarf pattern to the Textile Design Lab (TDL) in New Zealand to see if they would be able to manufacture them. They were able to program my design [...]
Category Archives: fashion
Date: Dec. 31, 2010
I wanted to make the initial run of Fortune Cookie Coin Purses myself. So I made my own leather cutting machine by hacking together pieces from different professional cutting machines. The machine I made was difficult to operate, so I went to visit a professional cutter where I learned that the most efficient way to [...]
Date: Dec. 30, 2010
While vinyl is eco friendly, I wanted to make my Fortune Cookie Coin Purses with real, high-grade leather . I decided to recycle remnant leather. But finding the leather was a big adventure and took months of finding pieces here and there. I feel like the cookies have different personalities, because each piece of leather [...]
Date: Dec. 29, 2010
Fortune Cookie Coin Purse was been in development for four months, here’s a look back at the first sketch, prototype, and dust bag mock up. I’ve been wanting to create a Fortune Cookie Coin Purse for years. I really studied the shape of the real cookie to get the angle of the cookie’s pinch just [...]
Date: Dec. 17, 2010
I’m excited to launch my website with my first product, the Fortune Cookie Coin Purse. Fortune Cookie Coin Purse holds a small fortune. Like real fortune cookies, these purses are proudly made in the USA. Made from recycled leather, each purse has a unique number on it so you can track its origin. Purchase here [...]
Date: Aug. 25, 2010
Radar made a great video of the Fairytale Fashion project. They captured some really beautiful shots and showed some of the work behind the collection. It’s always crazy behind the scenes. We filmed this whole video in one day at three different locations! There was a video crew of about 8 folks, 2 photographers, a [...]
Date: May. 19, 2010
In April the Fairytale Fashion Show made it on ABC News. You can view the clip here.
Date: Apr. 3, 2010
Last fall, I had a lot of fun being a mentor for an episode of PBS SciGirls which aired last week. I worked with 11 year old SciGirls Ariella, Hallie, and Sophia to create a super hero princess dress for the Fairytale Fashion launch party. Watch the Episode here. The girls designed the super hero [...]
Date: Oct. 3, 2009
I’ve been practicing with web video in previous posts to get my Fairytale Fashion project going. I’m still figuring out some of the challenges like the audio. And looking for a video intern. The full FairytaleFashion.org site should be up on Monday. Weekly episodes will be going up every Monday. I’m starting next week with [...]
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Date: May. 11, 2009
Up on Craftzine.com, my post on how to turn last year’s maxi dress into this year’s short skirt dress perfect for summer.