Making Life more Beautiful
If you can, do go and see this exhibition. It is startling, shocking and visceral. Featuring a vast selection of clothes and accessories designed by the late British designer Alexander McQueen, arranged artfully in themed rooms, soundtracked and lit to … Continued
I have always been interested in the impact of the Russian Revolution on art, music, textiles and clothes. It was such a radical break with Tsarism that for a while culture really flowered. Some of these designs remain strikingly modern … Continued
I go to the Mary Ward Centre once a week to print textiles. The centre, teaching staff, and courses are wonderful. What I find difficult to stomach is the wide variety of notices telling you what to do. And more … Continued
Here are the before pictures. And here are the after photographs. The Christmas tree (it’s a living tree) is about to have its lights taken away as it is 12th Night. Finally I am ready to start my 2015 sewing challenge!
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
This blog is about seven months old (just a baby really) and I have finally discovered the wonderful world of stats. The amazingly powerful software that is WordPress allows us to discover which of our posts are most popular. What … Continued
I have been making a few items to test the patterns and silhouettes I have chosen for my SWAP and this is one of the jackets. View 1, with buttons and button holes. This is a wearable toile – not … Continued
While I am sewing my husband can get a bit bored. So he has started a long term craft project of his own. Nick loves Victorian “toys” and fancied making a butcher’s shop diorama. You can see many of these … Continued
Whereas men in business think nothing of discussion the football/rugby/cricket results, it would be a brave woman who started a discussion on Milan Fashion week, Sarah Burton’s design aesthetic or the Orla Kiely for Clarks collection. The topic of fashion is … Continued
If you like a pattern, and have altered it to fit you well, and it looks nice on you, and you wear it a lot, why not make it again? This is Vogue 1749, a Diane Von Furstenberg dress. I … Continued