Making Life more Beautiful
I used to shop in charity shops all the time, especially when I was in my late teens and twenties. Then you could pick up a flapper dress, heavily embroidered and beaded; silk chiffon 1940s tea dresses and silk satin … Continued
Before my recent holiday I started a discussion about the casual/weekend/retirement wardrobe. And what interesting comments you made. Annie mentioned that she likes to “keep workwear and weekend wear separate as much as I can, a hangup from a ‘Sunday Best’ … Continued
I explained how to make a contour guide pattern. This post shows you how to use it! I set myself the challenge of making a pattern similar to this 1969 YSL evening halter neck from Vogue Paris Originals 2093. Analysing the … Continued
Introduction I already wrote a post about this but I got a few requests to explain it better. Today I will describe how to make one. Next week I will describe how to use it. Do I need one? This … Continued
I decided to have a go at Marianna’s “6Nap” dress challenge. I hope a few more join in as it is a fun project with lots of learning. Also opportunities for customisation. I am on holiday at the moment, thinking … Continued
Thank you for all your kind remarks about my first off the shoulder summer dress. I was going to make it up in colour block silk and then I had another thought. I remembered I had an off the shoulder … Continued
I explained how the Contour Guide pattern works. I have a few requests for a better explanation – I will put that right soon. But for now I am going to try it out. We were given the opportunity to … Continued
Well my pattern cutting class just got exciting! I know! A life with diagrams, brown card, a set square and a compass sounds as fun as basic maths for adults. But the possibilities are endless. Do you know what a … Continued
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
Our project this week was to make a pattern for a tent dress. Although our teacher showed us some fairly nice pictures of tent dresses I wasn’t keen. She picked out this Victoria Beckham number which was controversial. In the class … Continued