Paris Plaid is… resting
suelow Yesterday I spent several hours unpinning and repinning the pieces of the Paris Plaid jacket. I realized that I had cut out the side front pieces on an incorrect grain
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Attempting a Chanel jacket. Part 1
I bought 2.5m of wool blend plaid in Paris in 2016, and have been saving it to make a Chanel-style cardigan jacket with couture construction methods. It has been laid
Welcome back, me
Here we are in 2019 and I still have this blog! I’ve renewed the domain name three times, pledging that one day I would return to blogging, and here I
Project: Colette Sorbetto
This is my second time attempting a PDF pattern garment. The first was a Burda dress and let’s just say it didn’t go too well. Just looking at pictures online
Seeking inspiration
Well, the trip to Europe is done, and I am home. Thanks to international travel and jet lag, I snagged myself a nasty cold on the day of my return
My amazing Chanel adventure
Excerpt from my Paris journal for March 22: Paris Journal Day 2 – Tuesday, March 22 Getting up this morning was quite arduous. Actually, the problem was that I couldn’t
Spring Joy: Wardrobe Contest
What do you do when your hair is BLUE? You wear BRIGHT orange and blue clothes, of course. In this case, it was all part of my Pattern Review Wardrobe
Project Review: Orange Fuzzy Dress (self-drafted)
This is another rendition of my simple top block with a drapey collar added in to it. In this project, I re-traced the pattern pieces because they were starting to…
Project Review – McCalls 6711 View A Jacket
My orange and blue wardrobe project continues and I may be on track to finish all ten pieces on time! This project is part of the McCalls 6711 coordinates wardrobe
Project Review – Self-Drafted Outfit!
My past two projects have been self-drafted garments – a pencil skirt and a knit top with a draped collar. I don’t know quite how to describe it, so I’ll