Sorry for pulling a Don Draper on the sewing-blogosphere and just disappearing… A lot has happened in the past few months and I’ll do a little bit of explaining, and then hopefully I̵...
Woah, long time no post! I have to admit I haven’t been sewing a lot since before thanksgiving, but I did draft the collar for the Houndstooth Sheath Dress. There are still 2 dresses (and a col...
Pattern: Butterick 2952 Year: early 60s Fabric: ca. 1.6m blue cotton broadcloth Notions: zipper, petersham ribbon and hook and bar for waist-stay Time: ca 4-5h New Techniques: Lapped zipper Cost: abo...
Pattern: Butterick 2907 Year: early 60s Fabric: ca. 1.5 – 2 m purple double wool crepe Notions: zipper Time: pre-treating: 3-4 hours, sewing: 4-5 hours New Techniques: working with wool crepe, ...
Pattern: Butterick 2952 Year: early 60s Fabric: about 1.5 yards houndstooth wool Notions: zipper Time: ca. 11 hours Cost: about $20 (the shoes and tights arrived in the mail today! I got them from to...
Haha, shortening the “Houndstooth Poodle Sheath” to HTPS makes it sound like some new and hip disorder! I worked on the dress on the train to Zürich today, taking out the sleeve I had alr...
Worked on it this weekend! I might be able to finish it tonight. I shortened the bodice by 2 cm and added a 3 cm waistband. I also made the scoop neckline slightly lower, and lowered the back necklin...
(I hope this post shows up right, it’s the first time I’m using the wordpress iPad App!) I mentioned in my “sewing plans” post that I’m thinking about making removable c...
I took in the sleeves by 1″ and the sideseams of the dress by 2″ from underarm to waist, and by 1″ from waist to hem, that seemed to fix the problem! The muslin still has som...
I made the muslin today, and I was fast too! I didn’t do the collar (I don’t think I’ve ever made a complete muslin, I usually only do one sleeve, or even just one half of the piece...
It’s getting really cold here, which means I need to start making some of those fall/winter dresses I’ve been dreaming about since July! My plans (I love daydreaming about what I’m ...
I can’t believe it’s been over a month of not blogging about sewing. I’ve been busy (performing in a musical version of “the importance of being earnest” as Gwendolin &#...
Pattern: Butterick 2952 (same as for the red sheath dress) Year: early 60s Fabric: about 1.5 yards pink cotton broadcloth Notions: zipper Time: ca. 12 hours Cost: about $11 Compared to the last Butte...
Done! A nice quick and useful project :) I wore it last night and I was glad I had it, it got quite cold in the early hours of the morning… As I mentioned I lined it with red velvet … Con...
I finished it over a month ago! Finally got around to taking pictures. Here are all the posts about this dress. A couple more WIP/detail shots: It isn’t perfect, but after I finally wore it for...
I got started on the outer part of my shrug today. Tomorrow I will buy the red velvet lining fabric + ribbon so I can finish it :) And my package arrived today! So happy to finally have my new …...
Good news for me, my package isn’t lost! I haven’t felt so relieved in a long time, it was a “feel sick from the moment you wake up and remember what happened” day, but my aun...
Along with the sewing machine I also got a pair of plaid pants and a green sweater at the thrift store. The pants are a size 42, I’m a 34, so I took them in, to make them look like … Cont...
I went to a thrift store today with my friend, to look at the furniture (because we’re hoping to find apartments in the cities we’ll be studying in soon), and I found the most perfect pie...
I’m back home now, but alas, my fabric is not! No worries though, I just shipped it over so my suitcase wouldn’t be so heavy… I have to say though I’m excited for it to arrive...
Wow, I haven’t blogged about sewing for almost two weeks! I thought I’d be fine not sewing anything for three weeks, but I got a little antsy. I’ve been at my host-family’s ho...
I’ve spent 2 days in New Yorks Fashion District, and I don’t want to go back to Switzerlands small range of fabrics :( I now know what wool crepe feels like! And what gabardine is! And ch...
I ended up ordering the Brother 1034D from amazon, and shipped it to Switzerland (the $ is so cheap right now and it was still cheaper than getting a cheap one here..), and now I have a serger! Lucky...
I’ve been thinking about opening an etsy shop for a long time now (actually signed up and everything a year ago but didn’t really have time then…), and I want to sell a few things t...
Finally a picture of the Bustier top “in action”: That’s it for today! Just wanted to finally post this (I mean, I finished this over a month ago!)
Corrected the back bodice pattern (I decided I’m going to leave the front as I drafted, without the under bust dart, the straps keep the fabric from folding!) and started on the math for the 3/...
Well, it isn’t exactly muslin, just scrap fabric I had lying around: I added a “dart” on one side as you can see, and it makes the fit better, but it makes folds in the fabric. I th...
I feel like tie-backed dresses have been following me! First of all, I’ve been thinking of sewing another one of these: (another dress I made for my Maturaarbeit last year, it’s not exact...
I’m ready to jump into the next project! I think this will be the last one before I leave for the states in August. Last year I bought three meters of a pastel-mint colored cotton for 5 € (in t...
Pattern: Butterick 2952 Year: early 60s (my first time sewing a vintage pattern!) Fabric: 1.5 m Red Cotton-Lycra Notions: metal zipper, for belt: petersham ribbon, eyelets, vintage belt buckle Time: ...
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