Handmade Designer Women's Apparel
Ann’s clothing incorporates a diversity of hand-sewing techniques: beading, appliqué, piecing and embroidery. Her garments exemplify her love of exquisite natural fabrics and the palette of colors and textures they offer.
Ann collects vintage Japanese kimono silks, fine-stenciled prints and artisan paintings. She combines pieces from different bolts and re-sews them into new designs and motifs.
Ann’s finished designs look striking from a distance; up close, their impeccable attention to detail distinguishes them. Browse through our shop to find that unique handcrafted item you’ve been looking for. Visit our shop
For the Smithsonian’s Craft2Wear show coming up in a few weeks, a new trench coat. Pieced from leftovers. A while ago I went through my piles of scraps and put together a group of white and blue that I pieced into a jacket. I posted pictures of it a few weeks ago. At the same […]
Last week, I spent a few days piecing the odds and ends from the remainders of a trench coat I had just cut out. The fabric was from an old kimono, gorgeous, but with prominent stains so it was no longer wearable. The trench fell into place easily, the pattern flowed together with ease. But […]
A new jacket, born from all the leftover pieces and scraps that I could not possibly throw away. I scrounged through my remainder piles and gathered all the odds and ends that looked good with each other. I sewed those bits and pieces together into blocks, all the while, not sure of where I was […]
