Ellen W. Miller | Teacher, Author, Sewist

I love to make clothes. I love taking a piece of flat paper or muslin and creating a pattern, cutting out the garment pieces in a luscious fabric, pinning the pieces together, sewing and pressing the seams to form a three-dimensional thing that slides over the body giving voice to wearer’s inner vision of herself (mine or a client’s).

Creating clothes is slow, meticulous work but oh, the final product.

The final product speaks of me: the love and care put into the garment, and it speaks of the wearer: bold or soft spoken, brightly colored or muted tones, bejeweled or plain; if it accurately represents the wearer – she will stand tall and feel confident: an equal to anyone in the room.

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