Photography by Santiago Vanegas

We were talking about super heroes at the dinner table the other day.  This is not uncommon since I have a 10 year old son.  And I got to thinking about what kind of super hero I would want to be.  If I had special powers I think it would manifest something like Magneto, but instead of being able to control metal, I’d be able to control fabric.  I could just suck anything I wanted out of the fabric store and swirl it around a dress form in a perfectly draped garment.  Now that would be really cool.

And silk…well, I’ve only recently come to love it.  When I started sewing, silk intimidated the hell out of me.  But I’ve come to find that working with it is more forgiving than you think it’s going to be.  And it’s just beautiful, so there’s that too.

Next week, we have Something Pretty to show you.  See you then!