My dress is featured on one of my favorite websites, Tasias Sewaholic!Unfortunately I didnt do much sewing lately, because a huge house-painting project. All the fabrics were folded up and patiently ...
Size 8 muslin (left) and size 6 dress (right)As I mentioned I was a pattern tester for this dress. The Cambie dress has a sweetheart neckline with gathered cap sleeves and a full of A-line skirt. I l...
When I made my first pictures it has been summer - at least for a few weeks in march. Ever since weve barely got to see the sun and it is raining almost every day. But I decided to wear my pretty sum...
Fabric: Cotton eyelet Lining: Cupro
Have you seen the new Sewaholic pattern?Remember my eyelet fabric? Well, I was a pattern tester for this dress and the results are great!
Marc Jacobs Palmetto eyelet dress worn by Helena Christensen
Left: Love Ur Look Cherry spot dress - right: Colette patterns Lily dressWith a different type of skirt a great knock off!
Read more about this brand new Colette pattern Lily here!
Evie from Pendle Stitches has kindly nominated Just skirts and dresses for the the Liebster Blog Award.This is a fun award for smaller blogs with no more than 200 followers. I must admit I love blog-...
How pretty is this fabric?... Ready for a summer dress with a matching (slightly darker color) cupro lining.
I made a start with my Marfy dress. The thin cotton fabric I have is pretty but tears easily along the outlines of the flowers. I needed some kind of reinforcement for this.I figured that the dark bl...
I started to cut the Marfy 2440 dress pieces. I quickly realized this is not the fabric that can be marked really well, due to the polka dot plus the stitched flower motives.The skirt had front pleat...
I made a start with refashioning a Cavalli mans shirt. Due to a problem with my old sewing machine I had to stop but now finished it with my new sewing machine! The Renfrew top pattern is a quick and...
I dont have much experience with stretch stitches other than the simple zigzag stitch. Since I want to finish my Renfrew top I wanted to try a few other stitches on my new sewing machine.These are th...
New look 60931940s inspired dressTry to think the busy fabric away and just look at the lines! (the polka dot dress looks pretty too!)My sewing machine should arrive today and I already started plann...
Click on the picture to view PDF brochure Finally decided to buy a new sewing machine!Actually I will get one for my birthday (which is still 2 months away) from Mr.X.He saw my frustration ...
Even if I cant work on this project right now Id like to show how far I am in the process of refashioning an original Cavalli shirt!My boyfriend had about 7-8 years ago a period of buying really expe...
Made an enthusiastic start with a Renfrew top but my sewing machine thought it was time to quit again.Worked hard all week long, long days at work and waited, waited for the weekend and dreamed ...
Well, all the plans for the weekend has changed. Instead continuing working on my Marfy dress I made anther muslin. I ordered the new Sewaholic pattern, the Renfrew top a couple of d...
Finally Ive bought fabric for the Marfy dress! It is very dark blue with white polka dots and flowers.It took some time to lay out the pieces on the fabric in the shop, because this fabric is slightl...
A vintage Butterick pattern 6081 envelop and Marfy 2440.How similar! Actually, it looks like only the collar and the back are different...
Today I decided to describe for another online sewing course on Craftsy, The starlet suit jacket course by Gertie Hirsch.I dont know if Im going to make a suit, but I think it is like the Bombshell d...
Above is the 1950s keyhole blouse, of my first vintage patterns (reissued by EvaDress) to work with.I thought the design looked so good that I ordered the pattern knowing it would be a s...
The longer I looked at the pictures the more I thought there is something wrong... Guess what, it turned out it was the sleeve. Somehow, there is just too much of volume there, it draws all attention...
Calvin Klein pre-fall 2012 show. Love the colors and the silhouettes!
Part two of my cloche pattern design-cahallenge. My own 1920s cloche is ready!Scroll down for more pics (side view)I consider this fleece hat as a wearable muslin. Im going to wear tomorrow when I bi...
Just skirts and dresses is mentioned in a selections of European sewing blogs on the French Thread and Needles site! Bienvenue lecteurs Français!
Lets start with a statement:It is pure for my own pleasure that I attempt to make my own patterns. I dont use any existing pattern to do this, gather only visual inspiration from the inte...
Recently Ive got this EvaDress pattern and I must admit I love the 20s style! Probably my second favorite fashion era after to the 40s! Look at the elegant, pretty dress and coat below: Lo...
Here are the pictures of my perfected muslin. Looks very 1940s, doesnt it? And it looks exactly like the model drawing! The bodice is not super fitted, although this is not really clear when lo...
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