Buzz!

  Jana   1:42    0 Comments
Do you know that projects that took forever to finish them? I'm just working on one of kind. I was so frustrated about unfinishing anything for three months, that I've decided to make

Around the corner

  Jana   6:13    1 Comments
I have perfect method, how to prevent UFO(UnFinished Object). Work on one project untill it's finished. But I have little warning: this method has some disadvantages. First big problem is that you are

How to start with tailoring

  Jana   7:47    0 Comments
I love sewing. I love sewing because sometimes I need monotonous hand work and I love sewing because with every new project, there is some challenge, some technique I can try and it's

The bouclé box

  Jana   10:41    2 Comments
Today I've finally received package with two stunning boucles from Emma One Sock. They look just fabulous and I can't even described how I'm excited. The first one si wool blend(for a warm

The warmest coat ever

  Jana   9:42    1 Comments
My boyfriend needs a coat. The cheap ones in stores look....cheap and well made ones are expensive :) So I've decided to sew some duffle. In the moment of my desicion, I could

7 muslins, 0 garment

  Jana   10:19    1 Comments
Since I've finished Ikat dress, I'me made 7 muslins(!) and didn't touch fashion fabric. First was for my coat(then relize I don't have enough fabric for that project and the fabric is sold

The wrong side

  Jana   12:48    2 Comments
How I'm getting older, I enjoy the process of sewing more and more. At the beginning I was sewing quantitively. Lack of pressing, lack of precision, hating hand sewing and absolutely terrible inside

Ikat dress

  Jana   12:09    2 Comments
It's been a while since I fell in love with ikat, but I couldn't choose a fabric. I finally found the cute one in Burda 4/2011 and bought via Komolka stoffe. My vision

Ruffle maxi dress

  Jana   9:18    0 Comments
Now I'm working on Ikat "little" dress.

Summer dresses

  Jana   7:15    3 Comments
It's one of the coldest summer for many years. Even so cold, thet my boyfriend asked me, why I was sewing summer dress, when summer  already ended. Fortunately they are perfectly wearable also

Sewing tips: a perfect bias tape maker for free

  Jana   6:07    3 Comments
I'm just few steps from finishing my white embroidered dress, but in the meantime, I'm going to tell you about something, what really excited me. You know, I've work with fashion fabric and

White embroidered dress: the fabric thing

  Jana   0:30    0 Comments
Another issue I had with these, was the fabric. It's really, really beautiful, but it has strips with just embroidery and between them embroidery with elastic involved, so  after preshrink the elastic part

White embroidered dress

  Jana   9:46    0 Comments
I'm pretty sure, that I'm not the only one, who was impressed by both Dolce&Gabbana collections for spring 2011. Collection for main line was inspirated by Sicilian bride and I really fell in