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
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Around the corner
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Summer dresses
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
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
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
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
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