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Colette Sewing Patterns

Anyone who sews clothing is aware that there is a dearth of great patterns. Enter Colette Patterns. Sarai Mitnick makes stylish sewing patterns with a vintage sensibility. I love how well she shows the range of her patterns; so well-styled! I would wear every single one of these pieces. 

Even the packaging is lovely; I'm such a sucker for lovely packaging.

You can see all the Colette Patterns (and purchase some too!) here.

New Craft Stylish Post- An Artful Scarf from Scraps

Here's my latest Craft Stylish project, my attempt to duplicate a friend's pricey museum shop scarf. It was pretty time consuming but the results were worth it. The secret ingredient: water soluble stabilizer. It disappears when you submerge it in water leaving just the beautiful web of threads and scraps.

Isaac!

Like most angst-y suburban dwelling youths, my biggest dream was to get out and move to the big city. Even though it was only 40 minutes away, New York seemed like it was a universe away. I was obsessed with icons, books and movies that seemed so very "New York": Andy Warhol, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Auntie Mame, Slaves of New York by Tama Janowitz and Unzipped. Unzipped is a documentary about fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi as he gets ready for fashion week. It's very New York and I watched it about two hundred times.
I loved his approach to style ("front to the back" anyone?), life and fashion. I loved his friends, his life and, of course, his mom. I couldn't wait to be a stylish, charmingly neurotic New Yorker.
Isaac's career path has been really interesting, from high end runway shows to Tar-jay. Now, he has been given the challenge of over-hauling Liz Claiborne. This is kind of old news of course and I kept meaning to write about it and then promptly forgot until Isaac made an appearance on Martha today.
The clothes look great (love that grey and white dress with yellow heels) but what I really adore are the ads! Women of all ages and ethnicities looking fabulous in a fashion ad plus hysterical Isaac cameos? So amazing. Thanks Isaac.
What do you think? Would you shop Liz Claiborne because it's Isaac designed?

PS- Isaac is also the host of a brand-new reality show on Bravo called The Fashion Show. Now that Project Runway has jumped channels (and possibly the shark), let's hope this one is good.

Betz White Sewing Green Giveaway!

Spring giveaway madness continues! A couple of weeks ago, Betz White taught us how to wrap gifts with furoshiki and other recycled materials. Now, you get a chance to win her book, Sewing Green.

All you have to do is leave a comment below telling me one thing you have done to be more green in your daily life. I'll pick one randomly and STC Craft will send you a copy of Betz White's book!

Comments close on Monday, May 4th at 5 pm.

Tim Groen

NY based artist Tim Groen works with, among other things, paint-by-numbers. I actually own the collie painting (without Tim's embellishments of course) so I was particularly drawn to how he reinvented the painting.

Yarn Theory at PS 122

Opening this week in NYC at PS122, Yarn Theory “highlights the vibrant and deep interrelationship between the sciences, mathematics, crocheting and knitting".
I am excited to see some favorites like

Resurrection Fern

Gail Rothschild

and Emily Barletta
represented in the show.

The information for the show is here.

Frank Visser

I am head over heels for these photos by stylist Frank Visser and photographer Jossy Albertus. Reminds me a little bit of Wool 100% and another little bit of Michel Gondry. How's that for some name-dropping?
You can see lots more of Frank's beautiful styling on his site, IJM.

Dutch Tulip Fields

10,000 hectares of tulips in all the colors of the rainbow as seen from above.

From the Daily Mail UK.

My Brother the Star

A minor interruption to my regular blog posts...

I just want to take a moment to introduce my wonderfully talented brother Jesse. You can find Jesse's songs on itunes or on his Myspace page.

Also, if you happen to live in Nashville, his CD release party is this Wednesday.

Oh, and one more plug: the CD cover was designed by my awesomely gifted mom!

Note to Self

Buy heart shoes.

(image from the Sartorialist, shoes by Luella)