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The Latest Sewing Seminar

In February we had another wonderful sewing seminar! Deanna Torigian was a superb student and already has her website up!

Deanna at her own sewing machine

Deanna came to the seminar to learn all she could about making patterns and beautiful clothes for the fashion dolls, old and new. She wanted to specialize in clothes for Miss Revlon of different sizes, but has already discovered so many new as well as other old fashion dolls that she loves sewing for, she will be sewing for both old and new. She already has clothes on here website, Babette Doll Fashions ( http://www.babettedollfashions.com ) be sure to visit and see her great dresses and outfits, and also visit her ebay seller site, her eBay name is torigian.

Our house and neighborhoodWe thought it would be nice to share some of the moments of the seminar with you, but–

First a picture of our house where the seminars are held . It is pretty scary to think of travelling across the country for a seminar, so here is a picture of our home in a Vancouver, Washington suburb. My daughter and I share the home. The sewing studio is in the large upstairs bonus room. My daughter runs Coburn Enterprises, which does website design and search engine optimization, as well as very small business consulting. She has one full time employee in our home office. We hope this will make you more comfortable in considering a sewing seminar.

Here are some pictures taken during Deanna’s seminar…

The sewing studio Cutting out a new pattern
Deanna during the seminar choosing who gets a dress
First pattern pieces Working out the new pattern
Fitting the prototype Pattern perfected, cutting out dress
A beautiful new dress Making sure the trim is even on the next dress
Pressing is essential for nice doll clothes Another dress and pattern done
Another gorgeous pattern and dress finished Deanna made all these patterns from the beginning to end and turned them into these beautiful dresses. She finished the seminar and was excited to be home again making more patterns and doll dresses and getting her website going. Be sure to put her website on your favorites if you shop for fashion doll dresses for vintage dolls like Miss Revlon and Cissy dolls, as well as for modern fashion dolls like the new Cissy, Tyler,Gene, Kitty Collier, Ellowyne Wilde and others. Her designs are fresh and unique. I am proud to have had her finish my sewing seminar with such wonderful talent and ability. She will become an important new name in the doll fashion world!

In loving memory: JoAnn Morgan

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