Birthday Dress 2009

Here is the dress I made for my 28th birthday. I didn't come up with a proper name,which bugs me as I like to name all my projects - especially birthday dresses! Feel free to toss out a few ideas it if you feel so inspired. They would be much appreciated. This is New Look …

New Look 6660 – Rhapsody in Black

New Look 6660, view B - black cami underneath was not handmade This blouse was absolutely not planned. I was at Tissus Reine last June to look for trims or something, probably for the swimming suit; I happened to look at the New Look catalogue (browsing the catalogues there is always a treat, as the …

A Quickie

Here is a top I made a few months ago, after the Cyclamen Top. It is the same pattern - New Look 6470, this time with bell sleeves. This is the Canal Saint-Martin... One of my favourite spots in Paris.    

The Cyclamen Top / Le haut Cyclamen

New Look 6470... Making a top doesn't get any easier than this. Only two pattern pieces, and yet the top doesn't look basic, but subtly sophisticated... This would be an ideal pattern for a beginner wanting to learn how to sew with knits. For a change, I didn't have to take the pictures with my …

Falstaff, and the Nannetta Dress

  Yesterday, Seb and I were unexpectedly treated to a night at the Opéra! My brother's girlfriend, who's an outstanding flute player (and loves stitching! And Jane Austen! Yes, we do get on very well), was playing in the orchestra, and managed to get us tickets for the cost of a cinema seat. I am …