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I grew up near Beaumont, TX with a Mom and Grandmother who both sewed and, while I was in high school, they worked for a local fashion designer. That and several other life events, made me realize designing beautiful clothing was my calling. I took pattern making as an elective while in college at Sam Houston University majoring in Fashion Merchandising. Those skills can into play in 2003, when a client at Jo-Ann's Fabrics asked me to make the sample garments for her children's clothing collection and I've been chasing the dream in some form or fashion ever sense. I'm a very versatile designer mostly designing new classics in boutique, cocktail, and evening wear, a MLW (MLWear.com) piece will still be in style several years after it's created. I love to challenge myself and anything that gives my mind a workout inspires me to create. Some designers that inspire me are Erdem, Oscar de la Renta, Betsy Johnson, and Vivian Westwood. I use fiber art as a medium to practice my techniques and am a founding member of the Austin Fiber Artist. I’ve been known to make dresses out of ties, jackets out of bottle caps, and recycle aluminum cans into embellishments for my pieces. All of my fabrics are recycled or sustainable; I’m an eco-conscious designer. I love creating my work as well as helping other local designers by patterning, sampling, and even producing their collections.
 
  
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=Contact Info=
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Email: malissa@makeict.org
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<br>Phone: areacode 512 #712-3495
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<br>website: [//www.mlwear.com MLWear.com]
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=Bio=
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I grew up near Beaumont, TX with a Mom and Grandmother who both sewed and, while I was in high school, they worked for a local fashion designer. That and several other life events, made me realize designing beautiful clothing was my calling. I took pattern making as an elective while in college at Sam Houston University majoring in Fashion Merchandising. Those skills can into play in 2003, when a client at Jo-Ann's Fabrics asked me to make the sample garments for her children's clothing collection and I've been chasing the dream in some form or fashion ever sense. I'm a very versatile designer mostly designing new classics in boutique, cocktail, and evening wear, a MLW [//www.mlwear.com MLWear.com] piece will still be in style several years after it's created. I love to challenge myself and anything that gives my mind a workout inspires me to create. I love creating my work as well as helping others by teaching, pattern-making, dyeing, fiber art and even producing items for them. I have worked as a sewn product developer making safety gear for military, consumer good, and the aerospace industry.
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Malissa served as the Textiles area lead from December 2016-December of 2022. On the board of Directors of MakeICT from June of 2017-July 2020. She had severed on several committees including Outreach, Communications, Fundraising, and Events. She is currently the President of The Arts Council and Wichita Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers Guild committee chair for the Fiber Arts Center.
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=Classes=
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*Textiles
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**[[BWAM Bags We All Make]]
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**[[Boomerang Bags Wichita Chapter]]
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**[[Intro to Pattern Making]]
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**[[Know Your Sewing Machine]]
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**[[Learn to Sew]]
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**[[Make a Travel Reading Pillow]]
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**[[Making Pillows]]
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**[[Making a Scarf Dress]]
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**[[Marbling on Fabric]]
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**[[Printing on Fabric with Found Objects]]
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**[[Read a Pattern envelope]]
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**[[Scarf Dyeing Workshop]]
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**[[Serger Threading Basics]]
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**[[Sewing Fabric and Metal]]
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**[[Techsew and Sailrite Authorization]]
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**[[Textile Tribe]]
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*Art
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**[[Reading the Artist Way]]
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**[[Drawing using Grids]]
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[[Category: Area Lead]]
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[[Category:2017 Area Lead]]
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[[Category:2018 Area Lead]]
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[[Category:2019 Area Lead]]

Latest revision as of 12:42, 10 January 2023

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Contact Info

Email: malissa@makeict.org
Phone: areacode 512 #712-3495
website: MLWear.com

Bio

I grew up near Beaumont, TX with a Mom and Grandmother who both sewed and, while I was in high school, they worked for a local fashion designer. That and several other life events, made me realize designing beautiful clothing was my calling. I took pattern making as an elective while in college at Sam Houston University majoring in Fashion Merchandising. Those skills can into play in 2003, when a client at Jo-Ann's Fabrics asked me to make the sample garments for her children's clothing collection and I've been chasing the dream in some form or fashion ever sense. I'm a very versatile designer mostly designing new classics in boutique, cocktail, and evening wear, a MLW MLWear.com piece will still be in style several years after it's created. I love to challenge myself and anything that gives my mind a workout inspires me to create. I love creating my work as well as helping others by teaching, pattern-making, dyeing, fiber art and even producing items for them. I have worked as a sewn product developer making safety gear for military, consumer good, and the aerospace industry.


Malissa served as the Textiles area lead from December 2016-December of 2022. On the board of Directors of MakeICT from June of 2017-July 2020. She had severed on several committees including Outreach, Communications, Fundraising, and Events. She is currently the President of The Arts Council and Wichita Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers Guild committee chair for the Fiber Arts Center.

Classes

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