Entries from TortillaGirl.com tagged with 'clothing'
Tuileries in White
Tuileries in White. I made this at the request of a buyer in my Etsy shop, and if I say so myself: It sure is purdy! I am so happy with how it came out that I am sharing...
Promenade in French cotton & lace
Promenade in French cotton & lace ...has been put back in the shop! And it's the very last one in stock. Crisp and light, it's perfect for those hot summer days when all you want to do is spend...
She's baaaaack....
Tuileries Sleeveless Linen and Cotton Dress. Tuileries, that is. Inspired by the English-style parks in Paris and Edouard Manet's "Le Linge", I sketched this dress in the lines of the child's clothing in the painting and initially built it...
The Seersucker Bubble Dress in Red is baaaaaaack
Seersucker Bubble Dress in Red and White. Sunny days, fresh fruit from the outdoor market and lots of ice cream. That's what I think of with my striped seersucker dresses, like this one. Lightweight and slightly textured, seersucker is...
Because my buyers asked...
collette tunic. ...I've made more sizes available for a lot of the clothing pieces currently listed in my Etsy shop. XS and L (see body measurements in each shop listing because my sizes are unique to my shop) can...
I love this houndstooth print.
{Coco. Sweatshirt-style. Fine knit jersey. In my Etsy shop. Yay!}...
Drapey collars and shirred sleeves...
...you make my heart sing. (Almost as much as peanut butter on toast, and that's a lot.) Psst....see the shirring on the sleeves? Please, I need to wax a little poetic about the knit jersey: It's not your average tshirt...
Just. Can't. Get. Enough.*
Of the draped looks we're seeing all over the place this season. I swear, I lucked out with this trend because I've been inspired by this look for a while [haha! foresaw it!] so now I can really go to...
Linen, black, ruched
black linen dress. Oh la la. I cannot sing enough praises for black linen. This one is lightweight and transparent, but not see-through. All cause it's black. Love, love, love. I wanted to make something floaty using a bit...
Summer ain't over yet, friends.
Smocked Linen Bustier. And all I want to sew is linen! Smocked tunic-length bustier with a tie, in linen. Oh my gosh. I made one of these for myself in preparation for my upcoming trip to the Burgundy (Bourgogne)...
Seersucker Bubble Dress in Red and White
Seersucker Bubble Dress in Red and White. Ah, the middle of summer. Sunny days, fresh fruit from the outdoor market and (of course) lots of ice cream. That's what I think of every time I pull another one of...
Ice Cream, You Scream,
We all scream for ice cream colors! Especially in summer. Summer always brings back childhood memories of selling lemonade, bike rides, reading Beverly Cleary books, and the ice cream truck coming through my sunny SoCal neighborhood (at which point I...
Seersucker Bubble Dress in Plaid!
Fresh off the sewing machine: Seersucker Bubble Dress in Plaid. Remember the poll where you got a chance to vote on the print I'd be using for my next seersucker bubble dress? Voilà! This is the one that won....
Impressionist Ink Linen Skirt
Impressionist Ink, very limited edition! Let's see my little checklist, now: 1) 100% natural linen with black floral print and embroidery - check 2) French painter inspiration - check 3) Original, built from scratch - check 4) Low waist,...
Hula!
Grass Skirt. Hula! Remember the flashy grass print cotton and skirt sketch I talked about here? Well the skirt has finally been pulled off the sewing machine and after a few adjustments I've got it just like I had...
Seersucker Bubble Dress - Poll Time!
Seersucker Bubble Dress in all her stripey goodness. Yesterday I talked about this dress (currently in my etsy shop) and mentioned that it's a preview of what's to come because I really love it and want to make other...
Promenade in Summer Plaid
Promenade in Summer Plaid, available in my Etsy shop. Yep, still on my picnic kick! Every weekend Mr Le Hubby, Captain Destructo and I have been biking in and around the city of Lyon. During these excursions we always...
Promenade Bubble Mini Dress!
Promenade Bubble Dress, available in my Etsy shop. If you're a regular reader of TortillaGirl you may recognize my Promenade Tunic in olive that I created for this season. One of my wonderful buyers [waves to Catherine] asked me...
Flashy Grass Print
Hey! Turn me into a skirt. [Pssst.....don't forget I'm having a giveaway for a French Lace Tote!] I thought of one thing when this grass print cotton screamed "YO! Look at me in all my bold & flashy sassiness!"...
Promenade in French Lace & Cotton
Promenade in White Lace & Cotton, available in my shop. Yep. I'm still on a romantic en plein air kick. The weather is grand, greenery is lush and all I want to do is skip through a meadow and...
La robe Pont Neuf est de retour!
In my shop, that is. I'm carefully making each one to order and is very limited edition due to what I have left of this French fabric in my little stock. If you had your eye on this charming...
Promenade in Plaid
Promenade in Plaid, available in my shop. Know what? I'm on a bit of a picnic kick right now. The weather is grand, I got a brand new city bike [thank you, Mr Le Hubby] and all I want...
Not Your Average Gingham Shirt
Not Your Average Gingham Shirt. Hear that? That's the sound of me cheering as I pull my own version of a gingham top off the sewing machine. To summarize in one long run-on sentence: I see country picnic meets...
Hi! I'd like for you to meet someone...
Her name is Tuileries. She's my favorite dress this season and my new BFF. I loooooove her. She comes with a belt, but I only wear her with the belt when I want to wear her tunic-style or pants...
Little Black Number
Little Black Number, by tortillagirl // friedinbutter. Let's see, now, what do we have here? 1) Designer fabric that you're not going to find splashed all over the internet and much less on a fellow colleague at the office....
Okay, if I were to...
Skip through a meadow, enjoy a picnic on a pretty gingham blanket, take a stroll on a charming cobble-stoned street, enjoy cafe on the patio, listen to a trio of musicians, dance before dinner and enjoy the sunset over...
Chaumont Sleeveless Linen Dress
New for Spring! Inspired by the romantic parks in Paris and impressionist paintings of the late 18th century, I sketched this dress and built it from scratch using pale sand linen and colorful plaid cotton trim. I created this...
Tuileries Sleeveless Linen Dress
New for Spring! Inspired by the English-style parks in Paris and impressionist paintings of the late 18th century, I sketched this dress and built it from scratch using indigo linen and coordinating cotton bias trim. I love it so...
Sneek peek:
Inspired by "Le Linge" by Edouard Manet....
Montsouris Painter Sleeveless Dress
New for Spring! Inspired by the English-style parks in Paris and impressionist paintings of the late 18th century, here's another dress in the same design as my Essoyes dress. This one is in the same toile, but in blue...
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Draw, draft, sew "Essoyes": A little dress named after the country town where Renoir painted "Laundresses". Made for spring in rustic cotton medium-weight toile with layering in mind so the armholes are cut extra deep for ease of movement...
Etsy Artist of the Day: cocon-a
poupée cocon, originally uploaded by cocon-a. cocon is a line of handmade children's clothing and dolls created by a Japanese designer based in France, who is not only very talented but extremely gracious. (Sweetness only makes the handmade item...
It's heeeeere!
"Ratatouille Trouser Dress" made by deconstructing and reconstructing chef's trousers made in France. Traditional houndstooth print in dark navy on white background. Hand-stitched pleats. All trouser elements left intact. The hem has elastic panels at the back for a...
La robe Pont Neuf est de retour!
In my shop, that is. I'm carefully making each one to order and is very limited edition due to what I have left of this French fabric in my little stock. If you had your eye on this charming...
Ratatouille in the making!
[Er...not the edible kind.] Yes, my friends, what you see hanging on my dress form is another authentic French chef's trousers in mid-transformation. Another Ratatouille dress in houndstooth print is in the making! Each one is unique as much...
Urban cool and stylin'
Fresh off the sewing machine and right into my Etsy shop! "Plaid Bubble Bustier" (Click here to purchase) As promised, another bubble bustier. This one is in a gorgeous lightweight winter madras woven black and gray plaid. Wear it alone...
Pont Neuf
Now in my Etsy shop! "Pont Neuf Painter Dress" (Click here to purchase) This season I'm very much inspired by 18th century painters and the draped clothing in 18th century paintings, particularly La Cruche cassee by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (found in...
Of Painter's Tunics and Sleeky Bustiers
Now in my Etsy shop! "Montmartre Painter's Dress" (Click here to purchase) "Sleek Bubble Bustier" (Click here to purchase) I can't get enough of these bubble bustiers. I mostly wear mine layered over teeshirts or under boleros, or on their...
Sneaky peek:
Inspired by the painters of Montmartre and the draped clothing in 18th century paintings. Lightweight winter crinkled madras which makes this piece ideal for travel. In purple, black and gray plaid for a modern touch. Coming very soon to the...
I'm Mad for Plaid
This season! Seriously. Plaid is always visible but this season it's in even more than usual, thanks in part to Dolce and Gabbana's tribute to the Queen Mother in their Fall 2008 collections. I love me a good trend, so...
Fall Previews
Just a peek. Lots more coming :-) "Wannabe Punk Armwarmers" (Click here to purchase Wannabe Punk Armwarmers in forest green and black.) A few years ago I designed a pair of opera-length armwarmers for myself and showed a picture of...
Summer Dresses!
I've made a few ready-to-wear dresses as offshoots of my summer fashion collection, where I was inspired by prairie dresses, moulin rouge and 18th century clothing details. My color scheme for this collection is red, white and blue (or bleu...
Light and airy
I'm focusing my spring and summer designs on airy, light and romantic in easy to care for fabrics that travel well. Just a couple of my inspirations are nautical stripes and French vintage, reworked and modernised in my own personal...
Fancy Pants!
Something REALLY exciting is about to happen. I don't want to spill the beans yet, but it's Etsy related and I'm so excited about it I haven't been able to sleep! I'll let you know about it very soon, but...
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