A happy beginning

My Nightmare Before Christmas Dress

Nightmare Before Christmas Dress!

Well this is my first blog post and what better way to start than by announcing something big; I won second place in a contest on the beloved site Pattern Review! You can view my entry and their lovely article by clicking here. The competition was awfully close, I had some great competitors. To give a brief run down, I created a Nightmare Before Christmas dress from scratch  {photo above - minus the leather cincher}. I had a bunch of pinstripe fabric in my organizer that was just dying to be something. It was such a bold and striking pinstripe, however, I couldn't imagine what I'd use it for. It wasn't until this contest popped up that I became inspired, and The Nightmare Before Christmas Dress was born!

What a lovely notion, sewing something from the movies. Isn't that where we all fell in love with fashion? The movies? After all, we recall vintage films for their Hollywood glamour. I had strongly considered sewing a vintage garment for the contest but I sew vintage normally and I didn't feel I was challenging myself enough. I mean, what's the point of entering a contest if you aren't challenging yourself?

I believe it is important to challenge oneself because it improves your skill set. That's why I try to sew a variety of different things. Over the years I have accumulated vintage patterns, spanning across the 1940's to the 1990's. There are dress patterns, pajama patterns, sports separates and suiting patterns. There is enough to build me a wardrobe twice over (and the same can be said about my fabric stash). The reason that I began this blog was to chronicle my sewing projects. However, I decided that just wasn't good enough. I not only want to share my sewing experiences and pattern reviews, but provide a resource to readers. I want to help people who are like me, self-taught sewers who may not do everything "by the book". You can learn from my mistakes! But also, I want to inspire you.

My background is primarily art. I have worked in design and social media, but I have always considered myself to be "artistic". I loved acting, writing, music and drawing when I was a child. More recently I've fallen for film making. You could say my creative juices are overflowing! I have my hand in many projects at a time, and much of it influences what I do in my sewing. I find myself cross-referencing my other projects often. You may notice this in future posts. :)

I hope to share many of my creative sewing experiences with you in the future. I also look forward to meeting other seamstresses and learning from them, so please feel free to contact me!

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