Making Life more Beautiful
This is a big topic, and one that I am fairly new to. This week, accompanied by three interesting dressmakers, I went to a leather wholesaler – Storm in Hackney. Run by Charlie and George, originally from Cyprus, with Nigerian … Continued
I love vintage patterns that include a jacket, skirt, blouse and coat. Not only are they great value for money, these patterns ensure that everything you make from the pattern works with the other items. As they say on Pattern … Continued
Andre Courreges died last month at the ripe old age of 92. Although he kept designing throughout the 70s and 80s, he never again achieved the same sense of having spoken, in clothes, for the moment. This image, I think … Continued
I was determined to crack on with my Pucci pant suit. The pants I had already toiled the pants so making them up was a quick job. I decided to reduce the high waist by 2″, which means they nestle down … Continued
I read lots of fashion and dressmaking blogs and I have noticed that the styles that are worn in the UK, US and Australasia seem different. I am not sure what it is, but when you look at a photograph … Continued
Remember Secret Santa? Well Megan who gifted me the nice grey wool suggested we meet up as we live very close to each other. She explained that since she missed the McQueen exhibition she had decided to go to every … Continued
Can you get excited by concrete? Well Mrs Mole once wrote a whole post about it. We have a completed ground floor slab. The first picture was taken when we had completed on buying the land in June 2015. The … Continued
I have already done two terms of draping – firstly dresses and secondly skirts. In the first term I only made the one item – the marvellous circle dress. But skirts were a bit easier, and I already knew the basics … Continued
Finally I bought some very appropriate material from the Tutu lady in Scotland. Very reasonably priced, with super, personal service Suzanne sent me three metres of lovely deep pink “faux” dupion, with lycra. I won’t be able to use my … Continued
Metallics were big last year, and metallic clothes, shoes and bags still continue to appear in the shops. I really like metallics, partly because I love the original 1960s versions so much. The Paco Rabanne dress is made from different sized pieces … Continued