There are days when we love to fool our image by doing the opposite of our habits, you know those days when we die for eating hamburgers when usually we cook vegetables, days when we prefer watching a trashy TV show instead of reading a book, days when we deliberately choose couch potatoe-ing instead of gym. Laziness? Most likely, but also the freedom to try and to make mistakes. Read more
As promised, here is the tutorial that will make you sew coats and jackets all day and night: how to sew the lining within the coat. This is obviously not the only way to do it, but for me it is the simplest. Read more
Since we enter the season of coats and lined jackets, I thought it would be useful to do a tutorial on how to draft a made-to-measure pattern for a coat lining. Before thinking of how to bag your coat lining , it is important to cut the lining properly. Read more
When winter is knocking on your door, the best way to answer is to wear a made-to-measure coat. Choosing the right model, the proper fabric, the shape of the collar, the type of pockets and finally, the manner of attaching the lining, all these steps must be carefully prepared and patiently executed even if sometimes you can no longer see the end. Read more
If you liked the jacket I wore earlier this week, today I will show you how to do it. Read more
Having a Perfecto is not anymore a sign of rebellion today; this jacket once labelled as punk and rock became a basic to have in different colors and materials. Read more
I admit having been chilled by the trade show billboards. By reading “the Number 1 trade show for creative women fairies”, I wondered if the organizers (in this case Marie Claire Ideas) would suggest that men had no place here. That DIY and craft are and remain the prerogative of solely women. Read more
After having built your basic bodice shell with darts, you might want to change the position of darts or to create others. This post shows you how to move the main darts and still have a pattern that is perfectly fitted to your measurements. Read more
I was the kind of girl who enjoy making room in her closet by throwing away half of its content. I was giving everything that I didn’t like and I was buying something new instead. Until I find myself one day regretting a red sweater that I had in high school or a wool skirt in my 20 years. Read more
Here’s how to make your own made-to-measure pattern for a pussycat bow blouse like the one I showed you in the previous post. Read more