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Happy Thanksgiving!

26 Thursday Nov 2015

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batik, cotton, design, dress, fashion, pockets, thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you are all able to be with people you love and who love you today.

I spent my Saturday this past weekend doing something I haven’t done in quite a while….I made myself a new dress! My intention was to make a new dress for Thanksgiving, and actually I managed to finish it in time to wear it to a friends show on Saturday. So, some of you have actually already seen it in person!

The majority of the dress is made from fabric I don’t even remember buying. I was doing a bit of inventory recently and came across this batik. I LOVE it! I wish I could remember buying it. From far away it looks a bit like a camo print, but up close….its like a celestial explosion.

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The weather has finally decided its winter, so I opted to go for something a little longer than I normally do. The problem with this, was that I knew I didn’t have a lot of this fabric. Thankfully, this print is so multicolored, I knew I would be able to find a solid cotton to go well with it. I had thought it would be a chocolate brown, but it ended up being more of a dark brownish purple.

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The design for this dress was very much dictated by the amount of fabric I had to work with. I wanted as full skirt as I could get, but knew it would not be very full, given my small amount of fabric I had. The one small happy accident was the neck line. I used an old pattern to start and it ended up making the neckline WAY too wide. I had already sewn most of the bodice together, so instead of starting over, I managed to create the pleat at the neck and am thrilled with the results!

With my amazing photographer Drew Beck now living in NYC it falls to me to try to capture my new pieces in photo form. I appologize for the photo quality, I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m trying!

Also, pardon the cardigan….its COLD!

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And an absolutely terrible indoor shot from my attempt at photos on Saturday, but I realized I didn’t get a shot of the front without the cardigan. Sorry!

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Archives – Fleece Coat

23 Monday Jan 2012

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clothes, coat, fashion, fleece, pockets, removable hood, warm

ATTENTION! I have enough of this fabric left over to make another one. GET YOUR OWN FLEECE COAT MADE JUST FOR YOU! Leave me a comment and we can get started!

This coat is made of an incredibly soft dark grey fleece. There are patch pockets, large flared sleeves, a big collar, a fitted princess bodice and a large removable hood. It is incredibly warm and comfortable.

photo by the amazing Drew Beck

photo by the amazing Drew Beck

photo by the amazing Drew Beck

I added a lot of top-stitch detailing which helps with structure.

To see more by Drew, click here.

Wedding Dress – Extra!

31 Saturday Dec 2011

Posted by katyturnerdesigns in Dresses

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circle skirt, cool design, cotton, design detail, dress, happy accidents, pockets, seam pockets, teal

photo by the amazing Drew Beck

I had the amazing pleasure of making my best friend’s wedding dress a few years ago, and like usual, had some fabric leftover at the end. We used a simple, really soft but sturdy cotton as the base of the dress, at that is what I had about 3 yards extra of. Question is, who wants another white dress? Not Katie! SO, we chose a lovely shade of teal blue and I dyed the fabric in the washing machine.

Katie wanted a 50’s style dress; fitted, simple, and feminine. So we chose a simple scooped neck for the front and back, along with simple capped sleeves. I also added extra dart detailing in the bodice to accentuate Katie’s amazing figure. The skirt (of course!) has in-seam pockets for added comfort and ease. The skirt was a full circle skirt, but ended up being too short, so I added a 4 inch wide straight strip to the bottom, which added the length I was looking for, but gave the skirt a bit of a strange shape. In a moment of inspiration I made tiny little gathered pleats all along the seam where the skirt met the hem and it turned into a really cool design detail. Yay for happy accidents!

photo by the amazing Drew Beck

photo by the amazing Drew Beck

p.s. If you would like to see more awesome things from Drew Beck, please check out his page!

About Me

Welcome to Katy Turner Designs! I am an Oakland-based fashion designer specializing in one-of-a-kind custom creations. I graduated with honors from FIDM in San Francisco. If you have something to go to and have no idea what to wear, a dress you've always wanted, or if something in a magazine catches your eye, I can make you anything you want (within reason of course) or design something just for you. Either way, you will have something that has been made specifically for your body and no store can offer you that. Please take a look around, make yourself comfy, and contact me if you are interested in my services

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katyturner@gmail.com 510.350.8967 - Studio 510.299.7206 - Cell www.etsy.com/shop/katyturner

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