Sewing for Me Archives - Page 15 of 28 - Six Mignons
Three Elegante skirts for the winter
My ever-growing collection of hand-knitted cardigans has been calling for matching skirts since the beginning of the winter. What better excuse to make a few Elegante skirts, a pattern by Popeline Linon I had been eying for a while. So here is version 1, in an embroidered denim fabric from Selvedge and Bolts: … version […]
Read MoreTaking the V9253 dress from summer to winter
You will remember that the V9253 dress was one of my favourite patterns of summer 2020 (you can see my two versions here and here). So much so I promised myself to make it into a winter version. And here it is, warm and cosy! Using wool suiting… for a summer pattern! The V9352 pattern […]
Read MoreSewing with silk: a new M7974 dress
In my 2020 sewing review, I mentioned that one of the 2020 achievements I was proudest of was to have mastered sewing a silk dress. But the dress was actually never posted on this blog. So here it finally is, in all its silky beauty! I am all the happiest that I have recently managed […]
Read More2020 sewing in review
My 2020 sewing year was a bit strange. It started strong will my first-ever attempt at planning; got interrupted by a last-minute decision to spend the first lock-down in France, where I had a sewing machine but neither fabric nor patterns; got completely crazy in the summer when I managed to get my supplies back […]
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