Summer sewing: the border print dress
Hot on the heels of the D&G-inspired summer dress, here come her little sister: the border print dress. Having figured out pattern placement with my previous dress, I could not help sewing exactly the same dress in a different fabric… Typical! Pattern Used: for the bodice, view A of Simplicity 8645 (S8645), which is a […]
Read MoreSummer sewing: the D&G-inspired dress
Clearly my sewing has been more regular than my blogging lately. With the summer nearly over, I am well overdue a review of my latest makes. So let’s get started with a dress I am so proud of: my Dolce&Gabbana-inspired dress. This dress is directly inspired from a dress by Dolce&Gabbana, which I first spotted […]
Read MoreSewing silk shirts using a vintage pattern: B7396
The fact that it is not a dress invites a celebration in itself! Can you believe this? I have just sewn not one, not two but three shirts, all in silks of different colours. Using a true vintage pattern for the first time It is no secret that I adore the 1950’s style. I have […]
Read MoreSewing a Dior-like dress using the V9253/V1735 pattern
After many versions of the V9253 pattern where I made hardly any changes to the original, here is a very different one. With longer sleeves, a waistband and a full-circle ankle-length skirt, it is exactly what I had in mind! So many versions of this pattern in my wardobe V9253 has been an immensely successful […]
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