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Flower Power Reimagined
Posted by Claire on Apr 28 2011
I’m always amazed by what a difference fabric can make to the overall look of a finished project. This is a fun little top I made a couple of weeks ago with a yard or so of cute red and white dot fabric. Do you recognize the pattern? Take a good look. No? Well, […]
Monkeying Around Smocking Plate
Posted by Claire on Apr 03 2011
My “Monkeying Around” dress was published in the latest issue of SAGA News. I wrote about it last summer, when I was hmming and hawing over whether or not to correct the ripply binding. (I ultimately did, btw) Here are a few snapshots of the dress, pre-corrections. It looks really cute on the cover and […]
Tutorial: Multi-Coloured Smocking Plates in Illustrator Pt 3
Posted by Claire on Mar 29 2011
OK. I owe everyone an apology here. I’ve been crazy busy with work lately. Throw in a dash of travelling, a couple of magazine articles, sewing, writing and, every so often, sleep, and sometimes something slips through the cracks. See, I’ve had this blog post ready for a couple of weeks. I set it up […]
Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus
Posted by Claire on Mar 09 2011
It was my birthday last week and sometimes the best gifts are the most unexpected. So, what do you think I got? (I know – it’s like one of those Rorscharch tests. “Tell me, madam, what do you see when you examine this picture?”) Well, let me tell you what I got myself. Lots and […]
Tutorial: Multi-Coloured Smocking Plates in Illustrator Pt 2
Posted by Claire on Mar 04 2011
This is Part 2 of 3 parts of the tutorial for creating multi-coloured smocking plates in Illustrator. You’ll find the first part of the tutorial, including the necessary downloads, here. 19. Fit the image in the window (Ctrl+0) 20. In the layers window, make the “picture” layer invisible. 21. Lock the “images” layer and unlock […]