a little place to call my own (art and fashion blog)

When you take a fashion design and sewing course, you don't just learn how to make a dress. You learn to appreciate the materials and the textures. You learn to appreciate the craft and everything that goes into it. All the little intricate details that are a part of a dress making process. The way all the little pieces come together to form a garment can feel positively magical. You learn to have patience and trust the process. You learn how to take measurements in a proper way. You learn to think about how the body moves and how you need to always leave space for the beauty to move and for the skin to move. You learn to have respect for both the body and the clothes.  You learn about how the clothes are there to adapt to the body, and not the other way around. Clothes are there to help you to dress yourself and express yourself. When you take a fashion design and sewing course, you learn to truly appreciate the craft and that matters. A good fashion design course will teach you a...