All about my sewing journey
Weirdly enough I only made one skirt until now, and it was for a friend. I don't wear skirts often and I think I only have two in my wardrobe (now three!). A couple of months ago, while I was planning my spring-summer makes, I stumble upon this fabric on Minerva. It's a royal blue…
What do you make when you have leftover fabric? As I mentioned I'm trying to reduce my fabric stash and while I figure out a way to avoid leftovers for new projects, I still have fabric that I'd like to use up leftover from older projects. This month I focused on using up a couple…
Continue reading ➞ Sewing with leftover fabric: sleeveless top
I'll start by saying that I love this dress. The fabric is gorgeous, lightweight not see-through and the shape is timeless (at least for me). If you read last week's post this was in my plans for this month, and I decided to start with the dress because the weather seemed perfect for it. Seemed...because…
This past week has been busier than usual for me so I decided to take some time to plan what to make next month, and reorganise my fabric stash. I finally received my order of fabric for my spring plans, but I also noticed that I have some leftover fabric that I'd like to use…
In my last blogpost on my Spring Summer Sewing plans you might have noticed that I'm planning to introduce some bright colors in my wardrobe. I don't remember having ever had a pair of red pants, but I decided to make a pair and see how wearable and "matchable" they'll be. My inspiration was this:…
I started planning for Spring around Christmas break, and now that the weather seems to get warmer and warmer I'm very excited to sew my homemade Spring wardrobe. Even if I already had some ideas, I decided to participate to the Design Your Wardrobe class available on Seamwork (I'm a Seamwork member). I really enjoyed…
At the end of last August, after three months of intense sewing and with 1000 ideas in mind, I decided to actually plan for fall and winter. I was trying to solve a couple of issues. The issues: buying more fabric that I could actually sewmy sewing shelf was getting overcrowded (we live in 550…
Continue reading ➞ Fall – winter plans and what I actually made
Last season I planned my sewing projects starting with Pinterest or with fabric that I already own. This picture is part of my fall-winter mood board and I pinned it when I inherited a tartan wool from my grandma's stash (I had 1 3/4 yards 55'' wide). So here is my version, and some details…
My handmade wardrobe ...or better yet, my first year of active sewing. I took my first sewing class (pillow construction) in 2019 and the same year I bought my sewing machine (a refurbished Singer Simple 3223 for $50 on Amazon). Definitely the best purchase of my life! From March 2020 I relied on sewing as…
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