Inspiration

Favorite Waistband

Jun 09, 2021

Linen pants are always a must-have for summertime. We prefer them in all their natural wrinkled and lived-in-look glory. This particular pant was created from a soft glen plaid linen picked up at Textile Fabrics, a favorite fabric store in Nashville, TN. We knew this special fabric needed to be something soft and breezy, so decided to use a Vogue Marci Tilton pattern to create these run-around pants. It is always...

Easy-Peasy Shirt Alert!

Jun 06, 2021

A Saturday afternoon shopping adventure found this double-gauze pheasant blouse. Though it was fine as-is, we are obsessed with embellishing all things, and knew we could make it more. Enter the "Loops Lace," which was stitched quickly around the bottom hem by machine with a small zig-zag stitch. And yes, our favorite notion, the stiletto, helped us in this process. After perusing our shelves for just one more...

Why not mix it up?

Jun 03, 2021

Who says you need to use the same lace throughout on a garment? There is always something to be said about continuity, but flip that, and remember there is also something to be said about novelty as well. If you take a look at this flounce sleeve top you will see four different laces were used in its creation. An absolute favorite trim/treatment of Embellish is a...