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November 2012 archive

Now Available: Holiday Cards by Veronica Marché

Cheers to the Holiday! by Veronica Marché

I love, love, LOVE the holidays! And not just because of the family gatherings and twinkling decorations. But also because I get to debut my annual collection of Holiday Cards! I call them the “Fabulous Brown Girl” cards, because they feature, well… fabulous brown girls!

Each card features a fun and stylish fashion figure celebrating the season. And there’s also a special edition “Shoe Tree” card, perfect for your friends who just can’t get enough shoes.

The cards are available through my shop on RedBubble. I absolutely adore the quality of the printing, and each card also comes with an envelope. Oh, and if you purchase 16 cards or more, you get an automatic 30% discount on your orders. Cheers to the season indeed!

Fashion School Diaries: Aboriginal Inspired Swimwear

“Lizard Dancing” by Jeff Roberts

I had an ridiculously fun time doing my swimwear project. Maybe because I chose a great inspiration for a theme: aboriginal art. The earthy colors, the wildlife motifs, the kinda-sorta-pointilist mark-marking — love it ALL. It got even better when I found a swimwear fabric that mimicked the energy and feel of aboriginal works of art.

This is the final result of my project: a sporty monokini in a beautiful aboriginal-inspired print and yellow-gold accents.

Believe it or not, this suit was cut and sewn THREE times — once to get a feel for working with four-way stretch, again to get familiar with the specialty swimwear sewing machines, lastly to create the final suit. By the time I got to the third suit, I was a swimsuit-sewing wizard. The best part: since I was being super-cautious about not running out of fabric, I have more than enough yardage to make more and more swimsuits to my heart’s delight.