About TortillaGirl
Name is Becky. Also goes by "whack dance knitter", "rabbit" and "tortilla girl". Recovering corporate lawyer. Designer. Illustrator. Patternmaker. Knitter. Is known to host seaming parties and work picot edge while sipping a kir royal. Tends to dance while wearing hand-knits.
I design and create clothing and accessories full-time, and TortillaGirl is my one-woman show. I run it all by lonesome in my current hometown of Lyon, with lots of help from my husband who often bikes my parcels to the post office for me. I am formally-trained in the field of fashion design and pattern drafting: I studied a double degree in both fashion design/illustration and tailoring/draping at l'Ecole Superieure des Arts et techniques de la Mode in France. My designs are original, handmade exclusively by me, and with every piece I make I strive for impeccable execution (because my perfectionist side makes me).
I officially opened my online shop on April 4, 2007, but I've had websites online since 1998:
www.skinnyrabbit.com
www.prettyposies.com
www.mybluehouse.com
www.whatiscopyright.org
I have a design published in Debbie Stoller's Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook by Debbie Stoller. Look for the "Peppermint Twist" sweater. That's mine, designed in 2002 as shown on my knitting website and first published in print as a pattern in 2003.
I am an Etsy Featured Seller:
www.etsy.com/featured_seller.php?featured_user_id=5091375
I did an interview with Emira @ The Boss of You:
Entrepreneur Profile: TortillaGirl
A selection of press and book mentions for my websites and my work: Blogger Blog of Note 2002, Time Magazine February 2002, The New York Times February 2002, Bloggie Award Nomination for Best European Weblog 2003, Debbie Stoller's Stitch n Bitch 2003, Holiday Vogue Knitting 2003, Interweave Knits, Mason Dixon Knitting 2006, Editor's Pick in the premiere issue (May 2010) of Delish Magazine, among others.
Terms of use for the content at my sites
Images published at this site are protected by copyright, whether my own or another author's.
My personal designs and photographs (including images of my work) are protected by copyrights owned by me. If you would like to use any of my photos please do so with a credit (i.e., photo source: tortillagirl.com) and a link. If you'd like to use my photos on your site or blog for something other than promotion or features of my work contact me to obtain authorization before you use them.
If you would like to use any of the images or derivated works that I personally scan or reproduce via my camera (i.e., snapshots I take of books, magazines, etc.) and publish on my site for educational or commentary purposes, you can do so if you link the photo itself back to the entry where I published it. You can use the "permalink" at the foot of the blog entry. Crediting my blog as a source this way is a requirement if you'd like to use any images that I've scanned or reproduced via my camera.
Please note: In no event do I allow any of my photos to be uploaded to photo sharing sites, such as flickr or photobucket.
Thank you.
