I put together a few detachable collar designs. Well, seven of them, to be exact. Detachable collars, faux shirts, and neckpieces. These are more like accessories you can add to your outfit. They are also great scrap-busting sewing projects!As it happens, I just gave away a large part of my fabric scraps, so I had to get creative with these. There are all kinds of interesting materials, such as a perma-wrinkled poplin I had originally bought to make a shirt but never ended up using due to the wrinkles I couldn’t get out after washing the fabric. And fake leather…
I have something a bit different this time. It’s an article on body shape dressing by Iris Baechtold, an image consultant and personal stylist. When we first had…
Let’s finish this year with sleeves: a power shoulder pattern tutorial! It kind of continues the coat theme from my previous post. A power shoulder, of course, means…
On the occasion of a new pattern guide, I ventured into making myself a cropped winter coat in bright green wool. A coat is not a particularly quick sewing project. I have done a few in the past. The latest was this trench. But I kind of enjoy making coats. As I already had quite a few long winter coats, I decided to make a short one this time. It’s a lined, double-breasted coat with a large collar.PreparationsWithout further ado, here are the two fabrics I used, a green wool, and a black lining fabric with stripes:I got the wool…
For this tutorial I wanted to show you a few quick and easy pattern alterations you can make with the basic bodice block for knit fabrics. I published…
It’s September, and I made myself a ruffle shirt. Not just any ruffle shirt, THE ruffle shirt! I know ruffles are usually a summer thing, but I’m going to be wearing the shirt now. After all, it’s still summer in Italy. Very pleased with the outcome. The shirt itself is quite simple: Dartless bodice block base, seam at the c-front with a little slit at the top for the head to pass through, long basic sleeves.. nothing particular about it. But then you add the ruffle, and Boom: the whole thing turns into something special!This was the pattern:It’s from my…