End of the Year Roundup - The Best of Business 2014

Each year gets better and better for my little business, and 2014 was no exception. A lot happened this year; here's a brief recap of the highlights pictured below, including Craftcation, teaching, patterns, and more!

Top row: Kathy, Haley, & I at my Sew L.A. book party
Middle row: my newest pattern, the Marianne Dress; my freshly organized fabric stash
Bottom row: newly organized library
Top row: Alexia, Melody, Rashida, & Sarah of Cotton & Steel at my Sew L.A. book party
Middle row: my newest book, The Complete Photo Guide to Clothing Construction
Bottom row: my studio
Top and bottom row: some of my fantastic students
Above: the lovely class of Emery Dress students at Fancy Tiger; me & Ellen March on the Sew it All TV set
Top row: Jen making her famous Jen & tonics in our room; my tunic class
Bottom row: Jen & I with Luke Haynes; me with organizer Delilah's vintage VW bus; one of my student's stamping work
Top row: my Emery Dress in the Cotton & Steel booth; me & Alexia
Next row: Rae and Hugo; Carolyn Friedlander's booth
Middle row: Alexia working on her booth
Bottom row: my Derby Dress in the Cloud9 booth; me & Elizabeth Olwen
Above: new samples and photos of all my previous designs
Top row: me & Tasia of Sewaholic; me with Lotta Jansdotter and Jamie & Amber of Fancy Tiger
Middle row: me with the ladies of Cotton & Steel
Bottom row: Alexia making on the fly alterations; me with Carolyn Friedlander


Top row: me with Tilly of Tilly & the Buttons and Elisalex and Victoria of By Hand London
Middle row: the party is ready for the runway show!
Bottom row: some of the amazing RayStitch staff