Sep­tem­ber was just as busy as August! How­ev­er, I spent the major­i­ty of my cre­ative time doing alter­ations, sewing hand­bags, pat­tern mak­ing, and work­ing on large projects.

Here is a list of some of the projects com­ing up in October!

I’ll  like­ly share more details and pic­tures of the projects in future posts. Some of these projects are for wed­dings and I don’t want to give away too much ahead of time!

PROJECTS

#1) LACE & TULLE FLOWER GIRL DRESSES FOR A NOVEMBER WEDDING

After a few tries of try­ing to cap­ture the bride’s design and what she envi­sioned, I found the right fab­ric and LOVE  how the dress­es are turn­ing out! I can’t wait to see how these  look on the day of the wed­ding! Not only do I enjoy mak­ing these, I’m learn­ing more about chil­dren’s cloth­ing through the process!

I can’t give away too much before her big day! But here is a sneak peek of the leotard!

#2) T‑SHIRT QUILT

My friend com­mis­sioned me to make her a king size t‑shirt quilt using 107 of her old t‑shirts. Cur­rent­ly, I’m cut­ting and inter­fac­ing the t‑shirts. This is one of my big projects and I’m hop­ing to get this done soon!

(I have a sec­ond quilt project for the month of November.)

#3) UKRAINIAN WEDDING DRESS &  MEN’S UKRAINIAN SHIRT

A bride-to-be con­tact­ed me to make her Ukrain­ian wed­ding dress and her fiance’s wed­ding top for her Fall 2014 wedding.

The bride will hand stitch all the embroi­dery and lace!! I’ve seen her work and it’s quite amaz­ing! Because of this and that it she is anoth­er young Ukrain­ian lady, I’m real­ly excit­ed about this project!

Using the pic­tures she gave me and details she requests, I came up with this for the first sketch. But, the design may change after the first fit­ting in a cou­ple weeks.

#4) ALTERATIONS

I have a hand­ful of dress alter­ations for wed­dings in November!

#5) MENSWEAR:DRESS PANTS

My goal is to be an expert tai­lor, so I’m extreme­ly anx­ious about start­ing this project!

It’ll be quite a process, since I’ll need to shrink the wool, make the pat­tern, make the mock-up, have a fit­ting, and cut & sew the final pieces.

#6) SUEDE LEATHER PROJECT FOR LESYA

For years I’ve been promis­ing my old­er sis­ter one of my hand­made pieces. We have very dif­fer­ent tastes, so it’s hard for me to whip some­thing up for her or give her one of my hand­made handbags.

So instead of sur­pris­ing her with some­thing, she’ll design the gar­ment using this piece of suede leather.

She has­n’t decid­ed what she wants yet, but I’m sure it’ll be cool!

#7) DRESSES DESIGNED BY YOUNG GIRLS (FOR THEMSELVES)

I was com­mis­sioned by some future designers!

I babysit for a fam­i­ly with 3 young girls. Recent­ly, the girls designed some dress­es for them­selves.  Below are 1 of the girls designs.…don’t you love the Michi­gan dress?! 

I’m hop­ing I can get these done in October!

#8) DARK EMBROIDERED UKRAINIAN DRESS FOR MY AUNT

I’m almost done with this project! I just need to make some cor­rec­tions to the fit!

There will be more projects, but these are some of the big ones on my list!

Have a won­der­ful week­end! Good Luck Ball State and Michi­gan Football!