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Meet Keenan: Another badass babe in my life!  Not only is she a great Project Manager/Musician/former amazing trailer shop owner/owner of many amazing vintage things and style/amazing cook, etc. but she is having me revamp her wardrobe. AND IT IS FUN.  

She has excellent taste in vintage garments and fabrics, and a year+ ago I made a fit and flare pattern that fit her like a dream.  

The patterns contained:

+dress with different necks and sleeves

+Top: Fitted bodice (sloper) and Knit Crop top modification

+A simple circle skirt pattern with different skirt length modifications

Since then we have been building up and venturing out, but I have been having so much fun making feminine frocks for such a fabulous lady.  She is NOT afraid of color and trusts me in improvising....(Can I just say, YUSSSS) Also the vintage alterations I’ve done for her are so dreamy! She has a knack for picking up great pieces.  I’m working on putting together a photo project of all her outfits one we get there, but there’s still quite a bit to go! 

I love getting to redo people’s wardrobes and help with fit. It’s what I miss most about teaching pattern making and Sloper classes, to be honest! When clothes fit you well, you feel good and exude confidence.   

Helping Keenan in her custom vintage wardrobe really has me thinking about simplifying and updating mine as well! For the first time in my life I’ve had the urge to purge (haa) most things in my closet for a daily uniform and few core pieces made out of different woven and stretch fabrics.  This is a new epiphany!