How I made my Origami Sun Dress pt. 1

July 2nd, 2009 in sewing, fashion, videos

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I entered the Sew Stylish Spring Fashion Challenge for 2009. The editors of this fine publication selected me as a finalist. I’m still pinching myself because I haven’t entered a sewing contest since high school.

As promised to all of the admirers that e-mailed me. Here is the video describing step by step how I embellished my fabric. The fabric was embellished using the ancient Japanese art of Origami. Where did I get the inspiration? In May I saw Francisco Costa interviewed on the Martha Stewart Show. He demonstrated a process for how he designed his ‘Origami’ Dress for the runway.

Well I designed my dress to follow the contest’s rules using Sew Stylish, Simplicity Pattern 2657. If it were not for this pattern I would not have had a canvas as a home sewer to attempt Mr. Costa’s technique. It’s is NOT like I have his professional equipment or talented staff. But I do have ME, and this is how I accomplished attempting his technique and modified the technique to qualify for the contest. I hope that your garment turns out as easily as mine did.

This video is part one. I demonstrate how the right front skirt panel of the dress is folded. The same process is used for all remaining panels.

See Mr. Costa's dress on the Clavin Klein Spring 2009 Runway

and his interview on the Martha Stewart Show

Visit my Vlog or my You Tube video ( of course it's the same video as this page here)

For those not sure what a vlog is, it's ok. A vlog is a video blog - a video on line journal so you watch instead of reading text and looking a pictures. Vlogs are great for 'how-to' because they 'show' the process.