i’ve been a little Legging Obsessed lately, and here’s the reason why: i’ve been secretly working on a How-Tuesday article for the Etsy blog: Design and Sew Your Own Leggings. this is actually the first complete pattern-drafting tutorial i’ve written since the book came out! it was really fun to do, and renewed my love for this essential item of clothing. lots of people commented that it never occurred to them that one could actually MAKE their own leggings! so funny; they really are pretty simple as far as the sewing goes. the hardest part can be finding a nice selection of good knits to use. i also designed a new style of stripey color-blocked leggings for the shop: the Pippi leggings! look for more of these (in lots of color combinations) in the shop soon…
also fun was that we organized a *real* photo shoot for the article. mr. smith was the photographer, and my fave local chocolate goddess was the model, and we had a good time making some lovely pictures! we will have to do more quality shoots (note: it was still pretty scrappy, but a level or two above my typical shoots, where i play photographer AND model!) in the future, since i sold every piece in these photos within a few hours of posting them. thanks for the awesome response!
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