Archive for the ‘Wearable Art’ Category

If you are a young college student who would love to design costumes for movies, then you may enjoy this blog to help you work out some of the unusual pieces you will commissioned to make for stage and theatre. For me, designing has nothing to do with any classes I could take and frankly [...]

If you were to ask me why I have been making wings and for what particular purpose, I would say “Just because I can”. It may sound a little crazy but I have been a designer for many years and truthfully there are many things I have not tried to design during my life and [...]

I don’t think there is a woman out there who hasn’t watched the Victoria Secrets Fashion show and thought to herself I would love to dress like that. So, my inspiration for these wings, halo and neck cuff is all about what a woman would love to wear for a photography shoot or to wear [...]

When I designed this skirt, I designed it for my daughter to take glamorous photographs of her, but as soon she saw it, she was not only thrilled with it, but said she thought that I should offer them for sale.  So here they are! To sell these custom made skirts, I set to work [...]

I designed this sweater dress for a dancer to wear over her leotards and tights, to warm up after dancing. The dress is black, light pink and powder blue with both male and female dancers. I used a machine knitting technique called color blocking so that I could move the pink or blue background where [...]

During the time I designed sweaters and suits, I also designed sweater dresses. This style of comfortable dress, never seem to go out of style because they are so easy to wear and always look good. They are great to curl up on a winter’s day with a good book to read. This one was [...]

As a knitwear designer, I designed many, many Texas knitwear graph designs because I love this State I live in and find anything cowboy or cowgirl to be a lot of fun. This sweater dress features several of these designs in one garment. This sweater dress features so many of my silhouette Western designs. I [...]

When I was a knitwear designer I made hundreds of garments, most of which I donated later to help women who could not afford it, dress well to get employment. I kept a few pieces but now it is time to let them go to help my own situation. I am always influenced by many [...]

Here is another one of a kind jacket that I made for a fashion show and I am now offering this piece for sale. Dressing my mannequin can be a problem at times because of my own physical condition, so I decided to drape my mannequin with the jacket and not worry about perfection.When I [...]

Today I took the day off raising money for my medical expenses to make this mini cape and fascinator. I decided I wanted to make a mini cape that would work for any event, to go with a fascinator.Because my mannequin is so tall, it is difficult for me to get a good photo of [...]