A few weeks ago I made my first Winslows, which I hacked to accomodate a curved waistband. I like the way they turned out but some days, a rigid waistband is not what I like to wear. Although I know that an elasticated waist is much more comfortable, I tend to shy away from those … More Helen’s Closet Winslow Culottes with elasticated waist
My kid likes dresses, I like making them. Some things in life are so easy. I had great plans to use up some scrap fabric when making this Ottobre dress for the first time. I had some green musselin leftovers (after making a child’s skirt and a toddler pinafore) and with a bit of pattern … More Children’s dress Ottobre 3/2018
These are my beautiful new Winslow Culottes. I have been eyeing the pattern for a while especially after seeing this pair. Just like Jasika, I don’t think straight waistbands work for my body type (see this fail) I only use curved waistbands (apart from straight elasticated ones). Since I had already fallen in love with … More Winslow Culottes with curved waistband
I consider myself a skirt and dress person. But I might convert to pants. I need them to wear with my two new Libby shirts. So I guess the three pairs of pants I have will go into heavy rotation because of this beauty: This is my second Libby Shirt (I’ll post about the first … More Sew Over It Libby Shirt
Since the recent snowfall seems to have caught people off guard, life slowed down even more than in normal-weather-lockdown. Since I live off a main road (although it is really just 100 metres away) DHL acts like winter is such a surprise that package delivery is impossible. This means no fabric to sew with, which … More Bits and Bobs
The offical pattern name may be Rosalie Skirt ( it is impossible to find a functioning link to any official site), but for me, this will always be my Lexicon Valley skirt, since I binge-listened to numerous episodes of the podcast while making this skirt (and its muslin). Many months ago, I already muslined the … More Rosalie Skirt by la Maison Victor
I don’t do sports apart from cycling to work. Hence, I used to not own any sportswear. I now am the happy owner of this pair of joggers, although technically they don’t count as sportswear, do they? People never seem to wear bottoms like this when exercising anymore, its all yoga pants and specialist fabrics. … More Seamwork Mel Joggers
This top has been finished for months now. I made it in my first quarantine ( Since then I had a second- oh the joys of being a teacher) and have been waiting for an opportunity to take some pictures. Since this is my second iteration of this pattern (first version here), I didn’t really … More Another Seamwork Jo Top
My sister and I have been gifted several boxes of fabric by our grandma’s friend. Among those boxes were two very sizeable boxes of leather, huge and small pieces of smooth leather and suede in several colours. I had some time on my hands this week so I started to put that leather into good … More Leather Purses
How do they say? Never change a winning team? Well, meet my third Seamwork Gretta top! After my first wearable muslin I perfected the fit of the pattern with my second version. My second version which I made out of a mystery rayon crepe has become a summer wardrobe staple. Roughly a year ago I … More Seamwork Gretta III
