I designed an organiser a while back based on my Filofax Metropol. My plan is to make this out of heavy-duty tarpaulin: I made some changes like removing the big pocket over the whole cover (as seen above) and adding in a ‘flap’ that will cover the long side of the open end of the… Continue reading Planning: Filofax (04)
Category: Original designs
Sewing course 2023 (03)
As part of my sewing course, I decided to make a blouse/top I designed earlier this year. The idea is that this will be a loose-fitting blouse with decorative seams to make it look like the garment has pockets and a placket (the strip that usually holds the buttons/button holes, this is not shown in… Continue reading Sewing course 2023 (03)
Sewing course 2023 (02)
In the second class we started drafting a pattern for a fitted bodice according to our own measurements. I started with the sleeve as well as I had some time left during class. Unfortunately, class was cancelled last week due to staff illness and this week it’s half term so no class either (but I… Continue reading Sewing course 2023 (02)
Mermaid costume
A young family member wants to be a “rainbow mermaid” for Halloween, so I offered to make her costume. I have never done children’s clothes before, so I was looking forward to give this a go. Another challenge was that she’s in another country and that I have only once before (20 years ago) worked… Continue reading Mermaid costume
Original designs: Active trousers
A couple of months ago I designed a pair of active wear/street wear trousers and decided to make them from scratch. I’ve worked on it for a couple of hours here and there over the past two months and they are finally done! This won’t be a tutorial as there’s too many steps to include,… Continue reading Original designs: Active trousers