Bowled over by Balenciaga In my second year at Massey University, we had a fabulous design class. Our teacher, the lovely and talented Annie Ward, tasked us with using a famous designer to inspire us to design winter coats. We drew a designer’s name from a hat and then off we went to research the […]
Finished Jacket for the Denim Design Challenge
Whoa. What a month. I completed more posts than my average, changed how it I did my fashion illustrations and style of the images on my posts, had great guests on That Sewing Blab and a live demonstration. In amongst this (and a lot more changes you will see soon on the website), I made […]
My Favourite Videos about Denim
The design challenge for September on the Duelling Designs blog has been all about denim (and jean). We have discussed the characteristics that make denim such a fabulous fabric to work with in the post The Skinny on Denim and discussed the difference between Denim and Jean. For this month’s challenge, I have been detailing […]
Patternmaking the Hooded Denim Jacket
I love patternmaking. The challenge of turning a 2-dimensional illustration into a 3-dimensional garment satisfies my need to be creative and my thirst for learning and trying new things. I love calculating what changes I need to make to my blocks, altering them, and making the toile or muslin to see if my changes were […]
The Difference Between Denim and Jean
Everywhere you look, nowadays people are using the words denim and jean interchangeably but they, in fact, have different meanings. To start off let’s look at the definitions of each word. Denim is pretty straight forward, but the confusion arises with the word jean as it has two meanings. Denim: A warp-faced fabric with a […]
The Skinny on Denim
What is Denim? I am pretty sure that almost everyone in Canada owns at least one piece of clothing made of denim. Heck, they even call wearing a denim top with denim trousers a Canadian Tuxedo. I’d take offense, but I love denim so much I’ll take it as a compliment. Plus, it would be […]
Which Design Will You Vote for in the Denim Challenge?
Voting is Closed Design One was the winner of the Denim Design Challenge. Learn more about the two designs below and revisit the blog to see the progress on the hooded denim jacket. Denim Love I have been looking forward to this month’s Denim Challenge for months. About this time every year, when the leaves begin to […]
The Creative Process with Emily of A Pop of Red
The following is a guest blog post from Emily of the blog A Pop of Red detailing the creative process she used while working on our collaboration from last month’s accessory challenge. Thanks, Emily. I’m Emily from A Pop of Red, a blog full of recipe and craft ideas! Last month, I joined Dawn on […]
Denim Design Brief
Denim Design Brief Yup, you guessed it, for this month’s Design Challenge we will be using one of my favourite fabrics-denim. The brief for this challenge is pretty straightforward. I must make a garment that fits me, using denim. The only other requirement is that I use denim from my fabric stash. Normally I would […]
Finished Jacket for the Second Chance Design Challenge
Hello Yellow What a fantastic month. Looking at the photos from this month’s photo shoot I cannot help but think of how far we have come. Everything from photography, photo editing, and even the garments themselves have improved. As you can guess, one year into blogging and I am feeling as bright and happy as these […]
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