Winter 2014 Trends to Sew: Sequins!

Have you tried sewing with sequins yet???

Best way to do so is to buy pre-sequined fabric,
or sequined human clothing to slice and dice up for doll clothing.

And again, Delia's is going out of business.

So this is a great time to pick up some of their human clothing to cut up into doll clothing.

Sequins!

From Delia's....

All-over sequined skater dresses.

Sequin graphic tops.

Sections of sequins for this pullover sweatshirt in raglan sleeve/baseball style.

Sequin accents on collar and pocket of this striped crop tee.

One stripe of pink sequins on this comfy pullover.

Sequined bodice and hem for this strapless party dress.

And another sequined bodice, this time in a rope pattern, on this sleeveless party dress.

Go sequins!

Wee!

And just in case you thought I was joking about sequins this season....

From Forever21

Sequin shorts.

Sequin deep-V cami.

Sequined fold-over-front blazer.

Long sleeve sequined crop top.

Sequined tank crop top.

Sequined short sleeve crop top.

Striped sequined tee.

Sequin beret.

Sequined high-neck dress.

Gemometric pattern in sequins mini skirt.

Sequin patterned tank crop top.

Sequined patterned and lace tank dress.

And.......Sequined skater skirt!

Stay sparkly, my friend.

Stay sparkly!

Winter 2014 Trends to Sew: Emily Heather Designs

One of the things that has developed this year is Instagram promotions for Etsy shops. It existed before, but now it is really working well.

What this means is that shops with small, limited releases advertise their upcoming items and sell them on a specific date and time.

Then those items often move very quickly out of that shop.

And when you go to search for trendy American Girl-sized clothing in Etsy, those pieces are already sold and will never appear in your search.

So you have to know that the shop exists without the search engine! Gasp!

One such shop is Etsy's Emily Heather Designs.

We have loved their clothing fer a long, long time.

Blog: http://emilyheatherdesigns.blogspot.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emily-Heather-Designs/212601712232460

Instagram: http://instagram.com/emilyheatherdesigns

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmHeathDesigns

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/emilyheatherdes/boards/

You will see a lot of really awesome Winter 2014 trendy stuff 

in the "sold" section of their shop.

*If you are Emily Heather Designs and 

you don't want us posting yer pics on here, 

please let us know 

in the comments section or 

via email at nora.demington@gmail.com 

and we will take them down. :-) *

Sold Items:

Available for sale right now:

Jacket

Blazer

Winter 2014 Trends to Sew: Part 2, Delia's Going Out of Business

In an ironic twist that pretty much sums up our life...

Delia's is now going out of business.

So right after we started a "Trends to Sew" series 

about their newest winter line....they are closing and will be no more.

Right after I said I actually liked their clothing now....sigh.

Yeah, so if you want something from Delia's -- 

now is the time to get it girls and effeminate boys.

Yeesh.

But that won't stop us from talking about them here.

IN FACT:

This is a great time for seamstresses to buy Delia's clothing 

at reduced pricing and then slice and dice it up for doll clothing.

You can make Delia's clothing live on in doll styles! Haha.

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One of the biggest fall and winter trends of 2014 was 
plaid, plaid, and some more plaid.

Plaid shirts, button-downs, shoes, coats, jackets,
hair accessories, boot linings, pants, skirts. Everything. In. Plaid.

Have I mentioned plaid?

Dark plaids are especially good for wintertime.

Black and red is very in.

And blue watch plaids with black, yellow and green accents.

Start sewing people!

Right after you shop at Delia's.... ;-)

Plaid examples from Hollister...

Winter 2014 Trends to Sew: Part 1

We get a lot of catalogs at The DW headquarters.

You'd think catalog paper grew on trees, they send us so many.

Recently we got a Delia's holiday timey catalog that really intrigued us 

because it was not filled with cutesy, simpering outfits 

that make us want to gouge our eyes out.

Instead we found a lot of outfits that we would love to own.

^^^ We would literally buy and wear everything in these images. ^^^

We probably couldn't afford to eat anything for a year afterward, 

but we'd love to own them!

Part 2 will continue with a closer look at 

some of these Delia's pieces and style trends. :-)