A collection of pictures to update what I made in the past weeks. As I said in a previous post, I haven’t sewn as much in such a short time in months (over a year?) Work in progress now is a tan pair...
The absence of spring/summer weather in the past weeks must have had its effect on me. When I was in a shop for a few notions only, I came out with this fabric. Not my usual color scheme, not my usua...
I finished the summer dress, I took out the extra width in the side seams only and it was quite good that way. Though I’m not that crazy about the pattern, even if the size would have been good in th...
I apologize to those of you who would like to see the knock-off for the jacket. It’s not happening now. Thought the contest might be a good stimulus to make it in April. After the muslin wasn’t quite...
I did make the body of the jacket muslin this weekend, but it’s not what I wanted it to be. Not sure either whether its going to happen before the end of the month (end of contest date), too much goi...
I mentioned before that I entered the RTW contest at Pattern Review. I plan to make my version of this jacket. The neckline was what attracted me in the pattern, and Lauriana was right in her comment...
The last of the 4 tops is Vogue 7876, view B with sleeves. I made size 16 based on bust measurement and the indicated measurement on the pattern. I should have used the 14 (or even 12) in the shoulde...
In the latest Threads issue is an interview with Sandra Betzina. One of the questions is what sewing advice she can give the readers. The answer: “Transfer the pattern markings to your fabric. I see ...
Trena asked for pictures of the inside of the neckline of my t-shirts. Here they are. You can see the serged edge and the stitching line. And in the back the point where the seam of the neckband is. ...
A rant to start with: why cant some things stay basically the same when a system is updated. First my BlackBerry phone completely changed after an update with different layout, ringtones, menu items ...
I’ve done a little bit of easy sewing projects in the past weeks. I didn’t have energy to do anything complicated. Hope to show some finished pictures of 4 (!) spring tops this week, pictures still h...
Spring is coming! The sun is shining here, also yesterday was a very sunny day. It makes me feel so much better. Looking in my closet it also means that I want new clothes in lighter colors. Ive been...
Thanks to JillyBes post on the dreadful word verification Blogger has put up I did check and found out that the verification was still on, while I thought it was not. Appears that when you are logged...
A special neckline always gets my attention, either in a pattern or in a (web)shop. This week I made quite a few screenshots of the new Claudia Sträter collection. A Dutch brand I like, mostly good q...
Guess what my next project is? A blouse. This time I’m making the sleeve slit that is more common in womens blouses/shirts. Which made me think to write this little tutorial. It is way is a lit...
Pictures of the finished jacket. I love the style of this and might make another one. This time I made a jacket without making a muslin, because of starting it in a weekend with sewing friends and no...
Two buttons to attach, then the jacket is ready for making pictures. As it’s 11.30 pm now here, that will be for tomorrow. Below are pictures from the jacket as it was about a week ago, still unlined...
The final part of the posts showing how I made the BHS10 pattern. A small length of the shoulderstrap is attached tothe inner part of the band. I sew with the full length of the strap and cut off aft...
I’ve spent this weekend together with my friends Valerie and Sheila from Brussels. A great sewing weekend with of course a lot of chatting about sewing as well. I only just returned this evening. I t...
A post I haven’t done for a long time: showing how I make a bra. In this case, the pattern I’m using is the Merckwaerdigh BHS 10. It’s the one completely made of lace, as shown in the drawing at the ...
After constructing the band as in previous post, the next thing to do is making the cups. The cup-pattern consist of 3 parts. I’ve made 2-part cups in the past with good results, but the bra’s with 3...
A very picture-heavy post. Difficult to break it in two posts in a logical way, so I’ll make it one long post. First the cups are stitched in the band. I’ve used 1cm seam allowances. Be careful at th...
Not talking about my unfrequent blogging right now. Its been a while since I last showed you some lingerie I made. These were made in December 2011, as a break from other sewing. The first one is a M...
Pff, that took me an aweful long time to finish, though it’s not very difficult. I’m very happy with the result. Carolyn asked in an comment why I hadn’t used a fabric with print or flowers, as...
The skirt inspired by a Dries van Nooten skirt is still a work in progress. I did some sewing in the past weeks, made two muslins and a knit top and a cardigan. I’ll show them later, they’re not very...
Thank you for all your kind comments on my last posts on the lace twinset, the blouse en the fabric for the skirt. It’s good to have my mojo back and I had hoped to make the skirt this weekend, but I...
One of the goals of fabric shopping at the fabric market last week was to find fabric for the Dries van Nooten inspired skirt. I wanted something with either black or navy. Brown is not in my wardrob...
The Australian pattern company Style Arc gets a lot of (mostly positive) attention lately on blogs and reviews on Pattern review. Of course I couldn’t resist and ordered two patterns and got one free...
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