Since I was defeated by the Japanese version of Drape, Drape, luckily the English version just came out. I want to make 75% of everything in this book. Here are my favorites. + + + #1, Loose Drape To...
Closetgoth moment of the day: It may be raining, sticky and 70 degrees out there but you can’t make me take off my (black as my soul) leather. + + + My sewing has been dipped in black for the p...
+ + + My wardrobe has been lacking in a lightweight, drapey sweater in a neutral color (in my case, black, since it goes with everything). I had some free time Saturday and Sunday afternoon. I cut th...
Converse shoes inside the locker at Spa Castle. + + + Looking for trouble. + + + In search of Japanese pattern books. + + + Sometimes balancing sewing and real life is tricky and I know I’ve be...
+ + + I actually finished this last week but haven’t had a chance to photograph it yet.
Total knit convert.
In staunch rebellion of all the vintage projects I’ve ever worked on, I’m hand-studding a denim jacket. Hopefully I can finish it before Fall gets here.
I’d love to participate in Me Made May 2012, but since I’ve had my fashion about-face, I really don’t have enough homemade clothes that I can wear on a daily basis that fit this sty...
So I finally joined this century (or this decade). Dress: Simplicity 2178 Shoes: Steve Madden Belt: vintage (80s?) + + + Front view. + + + Front view, 2. + + + Side view, 1. + + + Pattern used: Simpl...
I also finished the Cynthia Rowley dress over the weekend, but it was cloudy that day and I need to wait for a sunny day to take decent photographs. Better photographs and pattern review coming soon.
Top view. (Everything actually doesn’t look so bad until we get to the hem.) + + + Neckline view. + + + Inside view of neckline. + + + Cuff view. + + + I did end up finishing the basic top afte...
Look! Smurfette (my dressform) is wearing a knit. And it looks flattering on her! Those are my serger threads that haven’t been snipped yet hanging from the sleeves. + + + I used View B. It loo...
Esteemed Sewing Assistant, “helping.” + + + I started buying modern patterns this week, and wanted to know if Club BMV is worthwhile. The nearest Joanne’s from my house is in New Je...
Making slow progress on Simplicity 2178. The front and the back have been pieced together. This is a fabric hungry pattern and I made some modifications to it already. More to follow soon.
I’ve been seeing a lot of gorgeous pastel-inspired Spring palettes out there, but you won’t see anything like that here. Spring palette, what Spring palette? The best thing about sewing e...
This is probably so last year, but I’m finally joining the masses and working on this Cynthia Rowley pattern I’ve had languishing in my closet for the past few months. I’m using a b...
+ + + Style inspiration: Lady Gaga, Madonna, Kat von D, leather, jersey, denim, lace. Fitted silhouettes, 40s blouses, 50s pencil skirts. Black, grey, white. Simple shapes, year-round pieces that wor...
Instagram from last week: En route to the Bronx. + + + I’ve been a bad blogger the past week or so, but rest assured I haven’t forgotten this site. I haven’t been sewing a lot latel...
+ + + Skirt: Burda 8155, faux leather Top: H&M
+ + + Skirt: cotton sateen T-shirt: old Joy Division t-shirt (?) This is one of my favorite (non-vintage) combinations: t-shirt + pencil skirt.
+ + + Skirt: Burda 8155, plum suiting Top: H&M It was another cloudy day when I took this photo and this was the best one I could get.
+ + + Skirt: Burda 8155, cotton sateen Top: Colete Sorbetto
+ + + Skirt: Burda 8155, cotton sateen Top: Colette Sorbetto It was a cloudy day this weekend when I decided to take photographs, so this is the best one of the batch.
Closeup view. + + + The new season of Mad Men starts today. I finished this purple/pink dress based on Joan’s dress last week and only had time to post it now. + + + Front view. + + + Side view...
Skirt: Burda 8155 Top: Colette Sorbetto Shoes: thrifted This is one of my favorite skirts. It’s perfect for spring/summer, is a versatile cotton sateen, and goes well with everything.
Day 1: Jersey top, Burda 8155 skirt in plum suiting. + + + Tilly is having a One Week, One Pattern challenge and I definitely am participating. The pattern I’ve made most often is Burda 8155. T...
Front view. + + + Side view. + + + Front view #2. + + + Closeup of brooch. + + + I finished this Sorbetto a few weeks ago and only had a chance to post about it now. I used some leftover swiss dot, l...
Instagram photo from over the weekend: In search of macarons at Ladurée. + + + My cousins were in town over the weekend so very little sewing or sewing photography was done. However I have one finish...
Smurfette (my dressform) modeling the muslin. Everything looks beautiful on Smurfette. Of course some fitting issues don’t show since she has no arms, and that might be how I missed this the fi...
Mad Men billboard on the subway at the 23rd St stop. Instragram photo from a few weeks ago. Ever since I heard about Julia Bobbin’s Man Men Challenge I knew I’d definitely be in. I’...
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