exquisite design, one stone at a time
**If you're only interested in the hand-dyed lace tutorial and not all my babbling, scroll to where the photos begin!** The process for most of the custom roller skating outfits I make is fairly simple: coach has an idea in March, we settle on a plan in early April, dress is finished by early to… Continue reading Hand-Dyed Lace and Where Crazy Ideas Begin
Here it is -- our Latin ballroom dress, the "Rose." This isn't quite finished -- with only 14 gross stones on it so far (yes, I did write "only"), it still has a few gross to go...but this thing included two techniques I've never used before: 1. Scraping. What I call "scraping" probably has a… Continue reading What are They Wearing Wednesday: Latin Ballroom Dress
I only sew (super-crazy-stretchy) knits, so how odd is it that I skipped The Monthly Stitch's "Sew Stretchy" May? For newcomers, The Monthly Stitch is an Australian sewing blog, to which I'm a regular contributor. Each month they vote on some new challenge, and finished products are posted on the blog. Being Australia, skating a… Continue reading Plumber’s Paradox
"For the first couple years that you're making stuff, what you're making isn't so good, OK? It's not that great. It's trying to be good, it has ambition to be good, but it's not quite that good. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, your taste is still killer." - Ira… Continue reading Saturday Sayings: When It’s OK to Stink
Leave No Stone Unglued 