The Pinterest BrideNot your Grandma's ClothesMy Week with the Weekender

The Pinterest Bride

This tale started in late October of 2012. I received an email with the subject line “dress ref by amelias” from a girl named Jenny. She wanted me to reconstruct a dress (which she didn’t own yet) to look like a dress she saw on Pinterest...

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Not your Grandma's Clothes

I turned the house dresses of a chain-smoking granny into some hot shifts for summer.

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My Week with the Weekender

The project that consumed a weeks' worth or my life and blew through my workroom like a tornado...

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