Dip Dye to Die For

I got inspired by the post I saw over at PS I Made This and just new I had the perfect pair of pants for this project.  Some awesome electric blue skinny jeans that I had bought a few years back at Target were screaming to be cut and bleached, since I had almost worn holes into the knees.  Head over to Who What Wear for the full tutorial and revive some old jeans!

How to Create a Coverstitch Pattern Brush in Adobe Illustrator CS5

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a coverstitch pattern brush using Adobe Illustrator CS5.  Instead of hand drawing coverstitch details on your designs, using pattern brushes will greatly reduce your workload and will help keep your artboard and files more tidy.  Use this to apply decorative coverstitching to your fashion sketches, or to specify technical details for factories.

Red Drinks with Captura Photography & Tran Wills

Last night I attended the monthly Red Drinks style/fashion networking event at Double Daughters where Captura Photography and Tran Wills joined forces to create an impromptu photo shoot working with clothing and jewelry from local designs.  I was so impressed to see such a great turn out of amazing and creative folks who came down either to watch or participate in this event.  Thanks Tricia for continually putting your energy and love into building this community!  I’m thrilled to be in Denver and surrounded by all of these wonderful folks!  Looking forward to the next six months of Red Drinks (schedule just released, <insert shameless self promotion here>and I’m excited to be on the calendar for the December one to talk about my Adobe Illustrator for Fashion Design class!</insert shameless self promotion here>).  Here are some pics of the designs, if you want to see more check out the full gallery (all photo credit given to Captura Photography).

Bradi MacSleyne, Marlaesk	Tran Wills & Tricia Hoke	Tricia Hoke Signature Collection
Sew Heidi, Fashion Graphic Designer	Captura Photography	Captura Photography

How to Create a Zipper Tooth Pattern Brush in Illustrator

Pattern brushes are very powerful and can be used for endless possibilities.  This tutorial demonstrates how to create a pattern brush for both open and closed zipper teeth, as well as how to manipulate the directionality of it.

How to Blend Colors in Illustrator

When creating patterns and designs, you may want to “mix” two colors together.  There are a couple ways to do this and this tutorial will show you how.  It’s also a handy tool if you need to create gradient stripes or other motifs.