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
An invitation from this handsome man, Kenyon, an 88 year old, working cowboy, to come down to Christmas Valley for dinner and old time cowboy stories. Yes! What an honor to be included. Christmas Valley, a small town in Southern Oregon’s desert country. To get there, drive south through central Oregon, past Bend to La […]
This coat, from our last photoshoot, the fabulous Grace showing it off perfectly. I call it “Sweep” because out of the grey, the red sweeps across the front. The jagged, triangle shapes are pieced and then overlaid with skinny strips appliquéd on top. For a closer look, a photo of the coat in-process. Grace had put […]
OK! All orders are completed and shipped, followed by a few weeks to relax and renew. Onward! To new work, new ideas and fabrics. This is the way it starts, an idea in my head, maybe a sketch, often piles of fabric. Does this look like a pieced jacket to you? Or how about this […]
