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Apr 29, 2021

PRESS: SEAMS Millennial Corner – April 2021 Reflections

Pandemic has brought opportunities to grow, learn, teach

Feb 4, 2021

VIDEO: My Professional Journey - After School Matters "Fashion Design and You!" 2019

In the summer of 2019, I was a guest speaker for students at the Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts in partnership with After School Matters, Fashion Design and YOU!. This portion of the talk focuses on my professional journey to becoming "The Chicago Pattern Maker".

Jan 30, 2021

EVENT: Fashion In Flux - The Steps To Production with AIBI

This last year has been a ‘game changer’ for the fashion industry in a lot of ways. So we want to know… “What are the next steps when Fashion is in Flux?”

Oct 2, 2020

Virtual Fittings - Yes It's Possible!

We work with many of our clients remotely -- either because they live outside of the Chicago metro area, or these days so that we can avoid in-person meetings to prevent exposure and spread of COVID-19.

Jun 26, 2020

Garment Fitting Safely During Coronavirus

Jun 24, 2020

PODCAST: Successful Fashion Designer

Last fall I recorded this interview with Sew Heidi on the Successful Fashion Designer podcast, and talked about how to get your designs into production - all the steps involved in the product development process.

May 4, 2020

RECAP: Threaded Hosts “Shaping Fashion” Virtual Forum

We had the amazing opportunity to be a part of the Threaded Shaping Fashion Virtual Forum on April 18th, to kick off Fashion Revolution Week.

Apr 8, 2020

Interview with BHAV

Designer Bhavana Jain, owner and designer of contemporary clothing brand BHAV, interviews Xochil about her Mexican heritage and her personal fashion style.

Mar 27, 2020

Shelter + Shine

Mar 3, 2020

RECAP: Refushe Fashion Challenge

RefuSHE's Fashion Challenge: Reimagined, a virtual runway competition featuring fabric handmade by young refugee women in RefuSHE's programs in East Africa.

Nov 16, 2019

#ShopSmall Alternatives to Black Friday Holiday Shopping

Nov 1, 2019

The Product Development Process

Have you ever wondered what goes into starting a clothing line? Or have you been wanting to start and not know where to begin? This is the perfect place to start!

Sep 15, 2019

PRESS: BRAVA Magazine Feature: Meet These Entrepreneurial Businesswomen

Learn how Xochil helps the designers of LEV Apparel turn their ideas into finished garments.

May 11, 2019

Moms Behind the Scenes

May 6, 2019

RECAP: Telling Stories Through Fashion - Lakes Community High School Writer's Week 2018

Hopefully my message inspired someone in the audience -- and I'm pleased to share highlights from this talk (edited down from an hour) for you!

Apr 15, 2019

Benefits of a LIVE Collaborative Design Session

Designs that require draping, or functional items that need to be experimented with can benefit from having a LIVE Collaborative Design Session.

Apr 5, 2019

How To Have a Successful Design Meeting

Mar 6, 2019

Telling Stories Through Fashion

Sep 27, 2018

Your Technical Fashion Toolkit - ABC Seams

Aug 26, 2018

Make+Create Ep. 8: Meet The Chicago Pattern Maker

I was interviewed by Jen Veguilla-Lezan for an episode of Make+Create Podcast. We talk about the transition from design school to entrepreneurship in a bad economy, balancing work and motherhood, and the role technology plays in fashion design.

Aug 1, 2018

EVENT: DG Expo 2018 Seminar: Using Tech Packs for Successful Production

May 11, 2018

Moms Mean Business

Apr 10, 2018

PRESS: Voyage Chicago

I'm excited to share a recent feature in Voyage Chicago - which is a site dedicated to telling the stories of creatives, artists and entrepreneurs in the Chicago area.

Mar 23, 2018

VIDEO: The Full Color Life

Last month I met Hannah Lynn of The Full Color Life, and we sat down for a fun interview, where we discussed Chicago fashion, how I got my start in the industry and what it means to have a capsule wardrobe.

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