truly claire

Category: Design

  • Entering the World of Tambour Embroidery

    Entering the World of Tambour Embroidery

    he rabbit hole began when I saw the film Brodeuses. It’s a story about a teenage girl, Claire, who finds comfort and friendship in embroidery while navigating the challenges of an unwanted pregnancy. There is one scene in the film when she turns over her work that took my breath away. It was then I…

  • 2024 Birthday Gown | Design Process

    2024 Birthday Gown | Design Process

    Things haven’t quite gone how I wanted them to and I had to make an executive decision about how I was going to make my birthday gown happen. I don’t want to make the time to try to pull off any of the first designs I had in mind. I had to come to terms…

  • How To Make a Hanging Plant Chandelier

    How To Make a Hanging Plant Chandelier

    This project has been in the making for literal years. I hunkered down finally finish it and I couldn’t be more pleased. Originally, I planned to use live plants and though I still have the option to, artificial is the way for me. Once I had all materials assembled, this project took about an hour…

  • Furniture Refresh: Reupholstering Andover by Davis Allen for Stendig Dining Chair

    Furniture Refresh: Reupholstering Andover by Davis Allen for Stendig Dining Chair

    About 15 ish years ago I was browsing through the Out of the Closet in West Hollywood as a broke college student. Thrifting for a cause and because I needed clothes and if I was lucky something new to me for my apartment. I came across this gem of a chair for $15. I loved…

  • Stitching The Stash: Dark Hawaiian Floral Print

    Stitching The Stash: Dark Hawaiian Floral Print

    Part of my Stitching the Stash Fabric Stash Challenge: Round I, this dress was made using Vogue V9311 and a beautiful Hawaiian print rayon challis from Hawaii Fabric Mart.

  • Stitching The Stash: Red Ankara Print

    Stitching The Stash: Red Ankara Print

    Part of my Stitching the Stash Fabric Stash Challenge: Round I , these are the garments I made from the beautiful red, black, and white geopmetric Ankara wax print fabric I picked up from Zesty Couture about a year ago. A skirt adapted from McCalls M8051, View B and a self drafted top.

  • Sketchbook: Color Practice

    Sketchbook: Color Practice

    My sketchbooks are devoid of color usually because I run out of steam or I don’t want to “ruin” a sketch I like, but I found in this practice I was really enjoying the process. It didn’t have to be perfect and I was looking forward to making mistakes. Or in the words of the…

  • I Wanted Black Walls and Now I Have Them

    I Wanted Black Walls and Now I Have Them

    Using a starch medium, fabric is adhered to the walls and can be removed by saturating the fabric with water and peeling the fabric off. The fabric can then be laundered and reused. Typically, people use this technique to take advantage of the wide variety of prints available in fabrics, its relatively low cost as…

  • My Favorite Fashion Illustration Techniques Resources

    My Favorite Fashion Illustration Techniques Resources

    Finding a solid resource for learning fashion illustration techniques specifically has been my quest for the Holy Grail since I was in middle school. There are thousands of books on drawing techniques and on working in specific mediums like watercolor, acrylic, oil pastels, etc. but I have yet to find a single resource that stands…

  • Sketchbook: 2024 Birthday Gown Design Progress

    Sketchbook: 2024 Birthday Gown Design Progress

    Right now I’m thinking gold and white with flowing ethereal vibes. Sparkle, drip, elegant, soft, petal, bold are the words that come to mind when I think of what I want to feel and look like when I step out in it. In the next week or so I’ll be illustrating ideas for the final…