<aside> 🎨 Hello! I'm Ivy (or Sparkles) of Sparkles And Sage! With 12 years of working, learning, and developing my crafts, I am excited to share my experience and art with the world. My passion lies in creating with just about every medium under the sun, though the bulk of my experience primarily pertains to Fiber Arts, Costume Illustration, and Decorative Baked Goods.

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🌈 About Me

I'm a neurodivergent artist, a creative problem solver, and dedicated to sharing my craft with others. When I'm not at my machine, sewing like a hobgoblin, you can find me doodling in my sketch book, fawning over my cats, designing absurd novelty desserts, or handcrafting a cute cross stitch design.

🎓 Education

1 Year Towards Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design and Technology - West Virginia University | 2021

• Relevant coursework :
  • Costume Crafts : Fabric Dyeing, Costume Armor and Thermoplastics, Fabric Manipulation Techniques and Fabric Flower Techniques
  • Advanced Costume Construction : Corset Construction
• No Degree Obtained

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and Production - University of Michigan | 2010

• Concentration in Costume Design and Stage Management
• Relevant coursework: Hat Construction, Draping, Pattern Drafting, Rendering, Stage Management.

🔨 Skills

• Sewing

  • Garment and Costume Construction
    • Pattern Making through Draping and Drafting + Mock ups, Evaluations, and Pattern Adjustments
    • Corsetry with Steel Boning / Zip Tie Boning / Sew-in Boning
    • Understructure Garments (Petticoats, Panniers, Farthingales, etc)
    • Historical Costumes
    • Sewing Modern Clothing - Knits and Wovens
    • Sewing Ridiculous Designs; Want a blouse with Cubes? Or perhaps a dress sewn with Pennies?
  • Crafts:
    • Fabric Manipulation
      • North American Smocking + Texture Creation
      • Embroidery
      • Cross Stitch
    • Crochet
      • Amiguruimi
    • Fabric Dyeing
      • Acid Dye, Fiber Reactive Dye, Rit Dye
      • Resist Dyeing + Painting with Dye
    • Thermoplastics : Worbla
      • Patterning Armor and Building it
      • Painting + Light Weathering in Acrylic
  • Quilting
    • Techniques / Methods :
      • English Paper Piecing
      • Foundation Paper Piecing
      • Traditional Piecing
      • Quilt As You Go
      • Applique
        • Fusible Applique
        • Needle Turned Edge Applique
        • Appliques with turned Edges (backed with Interfacing)
    • Projects
      • Mug Rug
      • Ornaments
      • Kitty Quilts!
      • Throw Quilts, Wall Hanging Quilts, Larger Scale Quilts

• Baking and Decorating Novelty Cakes and Cookies, French Macarons

  • Diploma from International Culinary Center (formerly known as the French Culinary Institute) in Cake Techniques and Design with Distinction

• Papercrafting - Collage, Precision X-acto Knifework (By Hand), Lamination, etc

  • Handmade and Die-cut Labels

• Illustrations - Specialty in Costume Renderings (Both Original and Existing Characters in my Style)

  • Watercolor Paint on Watercolor Paper
  • Markers and Colored Pencils on Toned Paper
  • Digital - Procreate
  • Ink and Pencils on Paper - Sketches, Renderings, Hand Lettering, Bullet Journal Layouts

• Machinery and Equipment :

  • Industrial Sewing Machine
  • Industrial Overlock
  • Domestic Sewing and Computerized Quilting Machine
  • Domestic Serger
  • Ironing / Pressing / Steaming - with Industrial Irons and Domestic ones

📬 Contact