In winter, I was dreaming of summer outfits, easy and fast sewing projects, and I was imagining a lot of dresses in light and colorful fabrics. When summer came, I found myself sewing suits. Cotton or linen certainly, but with collar, sleeves and pockets, and all the work that goes with that. Read more
Although many of you are already on holidays, I find it quite appropriate to write about next year fashion trends. You might had already finished the sales by now and you think you have filled your wardrobe for this summer? Well, let’s see if you are hype enough for 2015 (sarcastic laugh). Read more
I like wearing suits in summer. With neat and clear shapes, to be taken seriously, but in cheerful fabrics to avoid a bossy look. Read more
Once you have finished the most difficult part which was shown in a previous post, you can proceed to the next step: add the waist darts and the ease values. Read more
After finishing my first sweatshirt, there was a lot of remaining fleece and lace. I could not imagine a project other than the sweat, so I decided to make a fake twin to the first. Read more
Finding pants that perfectly fits our shapes is not an easy task. There are many morphologies and women and this is why, among ready-to-wear collections, there are more and more stretchy jeans and pants and very few classic trousers because it is virtually impossible to create a model that goes to everyone. Read more
I have been looking for a summer coat for a long time, enough time to become desperate. I wanted a classy, long and light coat. Unfortunately, the lately summer collections include a lot of trench coats, light parkas, Saharan jackets and other casual outer layers. So finding a classy coat which is also my size, become a very difficult mission to accomplish. Once I identified my specific and still unfulfilled need, I could not avoid the obvious: one is never better served than by himself. Read more
After my last sewing project, which was long and complex, I wanted to obtain a more immediate gratification. Therefore, upcycling a man shirt was the perfect project. The idea of this refashion came from the shirt’s girly colour. You may wonder what a girly colour is… Read more
One of the biggest challenges for a seamstress is the man’s jacket. No false tone allowed, everything should just fall right. The hidden part or the interfacing is even more important than the exterior details, because it is precisely this internal structure that will determine the flattering and especially the durability of a jacket. Before starting this adventure, you should read technical sewing forums such as cutter and tailor to understand and admire the tailoring art. Read more