Upholstery? For Clothes? For Fashion? Yes!

I was sitting on my couch drawing some outfits in my sketch book, you know, the norm, and when I looked to my left it all came to me. Every question in the entire universe had been answered and absolutely everything came together in a billionth of a second. I saw a pillow. This was a very special pillow. My Mom made it. Yes, she made it. She made it out of upholstery fabric. UPHOLSTERY FABRIC!!

I have always liked this fabric and was always drawn to it in the fabric stores. I would show my Mom and beg for it. I would get down on my knees and plead, I needed it so badly! The response would be one of three things: "Ew Makayla. No! It is hideous!" or "No Makayla. You are ridiculous. You need therapy! Not that ugly fabric." or "You have got to be kidding me! Stop living in your head and look at the world around you! That is just absolutely AWFUL! I'm about to be sick!"

Okay, well the last two are pushing it a little. But it didn't matter I needed that fabric. And I never got it.

As I was drawing this outfit I kept trying to picture the fabric it needed I was stuck. It was like everything in the world stood at a halt and nothing was moving. My brain froze and my eyes grew to a blank stare. As I was staring blankly, my head sort of tilted and after about five seconds of being motionless I saw that pillow. The pillow that changed my life. Okay that is probably too dramatic too, but yes. Then after coming to my senses again after looking at that beautiful pillow, my whole family was sitting there staring at me. That is how I was put into this mental hospital.

Nope. I'm in a hospital. My family didn't look at me either. They were staring blankly into the TV. Oh man I'm going to be hit for that one. They didn't do that either. It doesn't matter what they were doing. I saw that beautifully amazing pillow.


I was staring to get extreme;y bored with how the fabrics of the two dresses I made worked together. They didn't really make any sense to me. I have always been a fan of juxtapositions. As I thought about the upholstery fabric I noticed it was heavy and had both a roughness and smoothness about it. I adore tulle and know that that is a must-have in the garment. When I put the two fabrics together in my head it exploded. The tulle is transparent and light weight. The upholstery is heavy, it doesn't breathe.. They are the exact opposites and that happened to be exactly what I was looking for.

This was my idea. It looks a lot better in my head, I promise. I want the tulle to fill out the bottom of the dress and stick out a little bit so it is noticeable. But I also wanted it through out the dress. I have practiced with gathering tulle and it work excellently! I am really excited about this idea. I hope you guys are too.

This might mean that the whole collection is changing. FOR THE BETTER!

Makayla