Making Life more Beautiful
I have been doing what Corecouture calls “forensic” work on trouser styles and patterns. It might be a bit of an overstatement, but my view is if you want to wear trousers you have to get the style, fit, proportions … Continued
Sewing with a Plan has kicked off. Ladies all over the world have started their four month stint to make 11 co-ordinating outfits (no men yet, although menswear is being made). I have not actually started as I am still … Continued
In the next three posts on politicians I will look at someone who is bigger than average, Eric Pickles, a particularly slim one, Jim Murphy, and then Nicolas Sarkozy, who is a smaller man. I will try to give some … Continued
New Year’s Resolution? Get my sewing space organised! I have been leading a double life – or treble if you factor in the amount of “active grannying” that has been going on lately. My job has been full on (and … Continued
A jumper is not just for Christmas Jumper giving is part of Christmas. If you received one this year, I hope it is the sort of thing that you can incorporate into your wardrobe and wear all year round. … Continued
Here is a quick and inexpensive way to make a highly personalised present for friends and family. Buy suitable note books or diaries at the Pound Shop Using a craft knife or the side of a pair of scissors score … Continued
Mohan is a member of the Board of Notting Hill Housing. He always looks beautiful and has a real flare with colour, with an instinctive understanding of the cool, deep palette that really suits his colouring. I told him about … Continued
The brief The sorry saga of the jacket I chose as the centre piece of my Sewing with a Plan (SWAP) challenge meant I was determined to fix on an alternative before the New Year. So for the last few … Continued
OK, Planning complete. Well, as complete as it is going to be. The Christmas festivities are over and I am ready to make a start. Garment 4 I had decided to start with Garment 4 – the grey, tailored jacket. … Continued
Introduction How would you describe modern Japanese fashion? Architectural, folded, structural, challenging, monochromatic, deconstructed? However you look at it, I think it is important to see its roots in the Kimono. A kimono, the quintessential traditional Japanese garment, is made from … Continued
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