Another post about an inventive design by Shingo Sato, but this one is not as long as the previous one. Trompe L’oeil which is French for Cheating the Eye (aka optical illusion). ...
The moment I saw the green dress on Shingo Sato’s website I felt the excitement to try to copy that dress using “Transformational Reconstruction” (aka design on 3D) See the previous post Shi...
A year ago I discovered on the Internet Shingo Sato a Japanese designer and instructor, and was immediately fascinated by his approach in designing a pattern, which he calls “Transformational R...
Last week while we were traveling Canada for vacation, my hb and I visited the fantastic exhibition “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier “From Sidewalk to the Catwalk” in the mu...
Sewing a leather garment does take some sewing techniques different from sewing with fabric. If you would like to learn more about leather made garments this book “Leather Fashion Design”...
Patternmakers’ Supply House No reason to keep it a secret. There is a specialists’ mercerie or notions store in the Sentier garment district in Paris. Yes, in France there is a separate place to shop...
cross posted at The Stitchery by Mary Beth I love strong color and I love to cook. My kitchen is full of primary colors: yellow, orange, red, green and blue. Yellow and orange are the main colors. Th...
Technical Drawing for Fashion (Portfolio Skills Fashion & Textiles) Author: Basia Szutnicka Technical Drawings: Ayako Koyama Publisher: LaurenceKing in association with Central Martins College of...
Thanks to Els invaluable tutorial on making your own rib! Another costume character, another design problem, for the upcoming Seussical production. The director chose this purple faux fur with lurex....
From this partly shirred polyester taffeta fabric I made a blouse. I drafted a princess line blouse with a large wide shawl collar to add some drama. When the blouse was done and I tried it on I was ...
There seems to be a boatload of glittery fabric, as always, at this time of year. I was at my local independant fabric store where this display confirmed my suspicions that heat transfer sequins are ...
Christmas is the only time of year that this sweater can be worn. Not exactly a candidate for the Ugly Christmas Sweater contest, it only comes out in December. It was a sample, made in China, for ...
For a lot of patterns you need a knit fabric, like a jersey or wool plus some ribbing to finish the sleeves or sew a neckband. I know it can be difficult to find a matching ribbing for the knit fabri...
(Crossposted at The Stitchery) I made this simple sheath in the early 2000’s. I call it my walk to church dress because it is so warm. It’s only been washed by hand, never dry cleaned. F...
Free Pattern HP's Slinky Shrug The Slinky Shrug is available through yet another collaboration between Hot Patterns and the folks at Fabric.com. The link to download the pattern is http://csi.fa...
Last month my HB and I were traveling in Kenya for 3 weeks and I was lucky to visit a dressmaker’s class in Mago, a small village in Western Kenya. The Dressmaking/Tailoring class is a department of...
I had two pieces of fabric I wanted to use this Fall. One was 3 yards of 36″ wide cloque from the now closed Textile Studio and the other was 3 yards of rayon ribbing, both in a mauve-y pink. ...
San Francisco California Oct 2, 2009 Silk charmeuse lined suede shell with pick stitch detail around armholes and hem over sequined skirt. Worn with a silk/wool angled circle wrap and stone disk pen...
Continuing my current obsession with sewn jewelry, I thought I would share some of the latest entrants to the field. This Lanvin bracelet, while it does have some hardware, is a nice combo of pearl...
Ribbon, crystal, and tulle, oh my! Leaping in This weekend I put together my own piece of sewn jewelry, since I had the good fortune to find ropes of pearl beads at Addison Endpapers quirky wareho...
I guess someone over at the Valentino movie PR firm read my review of The Last Emperor. We received a note about the DVD’s release, so my wish to own it is about to come true. The description o...
Wearing a linen blouse in summer is very weather friendly if you can stand the wrinkles, which of course are a characteristic of wearing linen fabric. I love to wear linen blouses but I do not like t...
A tricky, tricky pattern…. Did it attract your attention when you first saw it? I know many liked it: so urbane and stylish in Vogue’s envelope photo with it’s bias cut wide A-li...
Macramé back for Chado Ralph Rucci by Gail Gondek A note from The Center for Pattern Design landed in the inbox about the 2009 Pattern Design Conference in San Francisco Oct 2- 4. The goal is to brin...
The Pyramid dress pattern I ordered from center for pattern design because I was intrigued by the designs from the UK designer Julian Roberts.You can see him at work by watching 2 videos. The pattern...
Several high profile designers have some interesting jewelry in their collections right now. Both Albert Elbaz at Lanvin, and Oscar de la Renta have some statement pieces that rely on needle and thre...
I have been wanting to make up something from this indy pattern maker for a long time and decided to make up this pattern when my favorite summer lounging dress, a loose translation of KwikSew 2645 n...
The first fitting of the vintage Vogue sheath dress went as well as could be expected, I guess. I like to fit with both sleeves, so I asked for help. Thanks to Jennifer and Rose for giving me a hand ...
If you are interested to see how The House of Chanel made this gorgeous dress and fabric you should watch this video, The Making of Chanel Couture ( shared from NY video) You will see Madame Jacque...
Hemming can be done in a lot of ways, by machine or by hand. If a garment needs an invisible hem like in woven fabrics, I prefer to hem by hand and to prevent any ridges from the outside I fold the h...
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