Ovaliy

About the Page:

Thank you for coming to my site. It’s a new (!) work in progress and not currently mobile friendly. I’m learning to code (as of 8/2025) specifically to build this site since modern website design options are not my personal favorite.

Tah daaaah - you've reached my page. Welcome. I'm Lily Ova.

I’m a patchworker that can’t stop moving my hands. I think that our textiles tell our histories. I use fashion as a tool to work through issues surrounding humanity. But like, this mainly means that all I do is work with fabric, talk to people about fabric and think about what I’ll learn about or try next with fabric.

Do you know what other fibers look like underneath a microscope? Have you sewn on a button before? Where do your clothes go when you donate or throw them away? How did your clothes get made? How does that affect you as a person?

I dunno, there’s just a lot of stories to tell, rabbitholes to go down. I’ll try to talk about a few things but I hope that my site gets you a little more interested in your second skin.

I sew clothing on two of my Great Grandmothers’ Mid-Century Singer machines. I also have a Studio knitting machine from the 70’s (The background image on this page is a swatch made on that). Their names are Hildegard, Artie and Mary. Named after their previous owners, of course.

Sewing “skipped a couple generations” in getting to me. I learned to sew from a local class and it was in the first session there that I felt a wave of “this is what you’ll do for the rest of your life” when sitting down at a machine. I haven’t looked back since that point about 10 years ago. After those local classes, I studied Apparel Design, Sustainability and Peace Studies to continue what I can feel in my body is a big part of whatever path I’m taking in life.

I’ll make updates on that path as we go along.

Recent Snippet

A small, unbalanced basket weave made from a coaster my dad got for me on a trip. The slogan is "More champagne, less complaints!" he saved it because it's unusual to see a fabric coaster. I agree but also wasn't so sure what to do with it. So here, another weaving for you~

The background is from my new journal! I've been using Leuchtturum notepads for almost a decade now.