My Me Made May – week four
I will remember this particularly sad May for a long time. Thank you all of you have left a sweet comments about John. So I wore Me Made everyday in May, as pledged. It wasn’t a difficult challenge as I … Continued
Corseted dress challenge
Marianna of Sew2Pro has set a new challenge, which is to make up this dress, or perhaps a version inspired by it. It is by Six Napoleon, and involves 8m of silk organza for the skirt and a boned, corset … Continued
Pattern cutting 0.4 Hooped, dropped shoulder dress
This week’s project was more challenging. First we had to create a dropped shoulder, and then create style lines across the dart areas. Those 1980s models look demonic. I have to admit i got quite excited. These off the shoulder … Continued
Sweet Thames, Flow Softly
The River Thames starts in the Cotswolds, at Thames Head near Kemble in Gloucestershire, It seeps out of the earth near our new holiday home and thrillingly a small tributary of it flows past Rainshore. The green plastic boundary is … Continued
Making a basic dress block (part three)
Firstly – thank you everyone for your supportive and interesting feedback yesterday. It made me feel very connected and valued. And Nick made pulled pork with apple sauce on home made sourdough bread, hummus and Vietnamese salad. Which we enjoyed … Continued
Making a basic dress block (part two)
I am making a personal dress block. I covered my first experiment last week, and I was overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of the feedback. Thank you Jay, SJ KUrtz, Anne McC, Mary F, Cherry, Kim Hood, Linde and … Continued
How many types of dress do you know?
I wrote a post about how many different types of skirts there are, which is one of my most popular posts! As I am studying dresses this term I thought I might zip through the main types of dress. With a dizzying … Continued
Rainshore 0.7 Windows and Colours
Last week the windows and doors went in. In the sitting room the side which overlooks the lake is glass. The doors concertina inwards into the house giving unrestricted access to the entire balcony. This is certainly the wow factor … Continued
Are you a Hoarder?
I don’t know if it is the start of spring (well in the UK at least) but lots of bloggers are getting just a bit introspective. Why do we keep buying fabric and patterns when we already have enough? First up … Continued
Madelaine Vionnet 1876-1975
When you have spent two days draping a Vionnet bias evening dress the sheer ability of the designer impresses itself on you. This fabulous French designer made over 12,000 individual dresses and other garments(I can hardly believe this quantity of … Continued
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