announcing: the winner of the crochet adorned book giveaway!

it's time to announce the winner of the crochet adorned book giveaway!
little miss poppy (who turns one next week!!) helped me pick the winner...we've got video of the drawing right here...


just in case you don't feel like watching the video, the winner is...
commenter #5, allison!

the winning number


for the record, allison's comment was thus:

"I’d love to win this book because I can crochet a little - but really only single-crochet and double-crochet, and I’ve only made squares! I’d like to try some more interesting projects. And my wardrobe really needs updating."


congratulations, allison!
and thanks to everyone who entered the contest, i loved all your comments and i am sure linda did as well!

wardrobe_remix(ers) o' the week

on a roll....me, and you, too!lookin' fine! being on time! yay, yay, yay.
love, tricia

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any wardrobe_remix photos that find themselves here showcase great style + great photography = the two meet and merrily marry to make a perfect expression of YOU and your singular personal style! and i've said it a million times before, it's not what you wear, it's how you wear it...the ticket is the confidence and sureness you exude when you express yourself the way that makes YOU feel most comfortable. that confidence shines through and is captured on film. so whether you're wearing couture clothes from the finest designers, mass market threads, stuff you made yourself, thrifted finds, or even a shirt you stumbled across on the side of the road...rock it! it's ALL GOOD and it's ALL WELCOME at wardrobe_remix!

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cicicake: mad woman
J. na Leśno-Marchewkowej: ♥ 08.12.09
valuska: 5Aug 2009
galadarling: DSC_0158
thriftaholic: Square Dancing Dress
ellayegee:
skidge001: 8-7-09 4
tinytoadstool from dadaya: summer time blues
loveaslug: 73:365 Agatha Christie-esque

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threadbanger: how to fashion sketch


this is a tad old (and i am hopelessly behind), but i have to pass it on anyway: threadbanger met up with bonnie simmons of simplicity pattern company, who gives viewers (i.e., you and me!) a lesson on how to make croqius/fashion sketches (those oh so important precursors to making your own designs). she makes it look easy, eh? speaking from experience with this sort of thing (i drew such things until my hands nearly fell off whilst a student at parsons back in '05-'06!), practice makes perfect. not suggesting you have to pull all day long drawings sessions like i had to...but if you keep up at it, you can get fairly good. give it a try!
as a related aside, two books that i found invaluable on this subject of making fashion illustrations (should you be interested) are 9 heads by nancy riegelman, and fashion sketchbook by bina abling. any of you designers out there have any alternative suggestions for fashion drawing/illustrating tomes? chime in!