Making Life more Beautiful
When I was in the Victoria & Albert museum I took this photograph of the 1960s cabinet. A nice range of clothes showing a variety of 1960s trends. Including some paper dresses – back row in turquoise/green and black and … Continued
I presented my pink two-tone 1967 shift dress, and explained it was unwearable due to my following the instructions and underlining it with silk organza. As Lynn Malley noted, it felt like a hair shirt. Well not quite that bad, but … Continued
I really enjoy wearing a layered look made of one or more transparent fabrics. And a post by Annieloveslinen made me realise that I wanted to do something on this theme. What does Transparent mean? It could mean this, from … Continued
Many of us who like to make vintage outfits will admit that we are often seduced by “envelope art” – the lovely pictures on the front of a pattern envelope that encourage us to make up something to wear, presented … Continued
Halter necked dresses, blouses and swimwear are such summertime staples, so I draped one, avoiding a side seam. I created the bodice from just two pieces relying on a princess seam line across the bust point. The two pieces of … Continued
This is the first time I have designed a dress through the modelling on the stand approach. In fact it is probably the first dress I ever “designed”. I have made patterns to my own design before but generally these … Continued
I went to a “pop-up” shop today, run by one of my Morley college tutors, Lynda Kinne and her husband Daniel. They are a very dapper New Yorker couple, dressed head to toe in their own designs. If you have … Continued
I covered the pattern last week, and it is big. I used a slightly heavier pattern paper than usual so it is somewhat unweildy. I bought 5 metres of navy and 2 metres in beige cotton lawn for a total … Continued
My project at my draping class was a yoked circle dress. I finally made up the pattern, and can’t believe how big it is. The two pattern pieces are laid on top of each other, in the picture below, the … Continued
Remember Rachel? She designed my Fabrickated logo. She is such a talented young woman who excels at making things. Last time I met her she was in a lovely linen blouse. She had bought the fabric from a warehouse near … Continued
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