Presenting "My Notebook"

        Learning, for me means taking lots of notes, making lots of sketches. This generates lots of messy notebook pages. I thought about sharing some of them with you... of course after having eliminated the "messiness" :). I hope at least some of you might find them useful. There will be tips or techniques that I found useful and worth remembering. I will be collecting them under the "My Notebook" section of this blog.         I chose to style them as...

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Jacques Pants - RDC

        These are my first me made slacks. The pattern - Jacques by République du Chiffon - is actually rated 4/4, and so this must be the most complex piece of apparel I’ve ever made. Yet it did not fell like it was.         The pattern is beautifully drafted. The booklet (only in french - and my french is high school level) is a bit essential for a beginner like me but the photographic tutorial on their site “Sewing the Jacques Pants from A to...

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Make It Work Michelle!

        Since seeing Sara’s take on the Burda Michelle Skirt I’ve wanted one… in linen.         Because I have only 30-40cm strips of linen cut grainwise (the same I used for the Linen Knee Pants and the Linen Top) I had to find a solution to the width problem …to “make it work” - as would Tim Gunn say (…my latest entertainment during sewing being watching Project Runway DVDs).         Another problem I had...

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The "Gelato" Socks

        Because it’s summer my hiking boots socks got upgraded to the “gelato” socks. I love a little bit of colour with the dull brown of my comfortable, technical yet not exactly stylish boots.         Pattern: Latvian Socks by Lizbeth Upitis published in Vogue Knitting Ultimate Sock Book         Yarn: Mafil Daniela 100% preshrunk pure wool         Colours: 425 Pistachio & 442 Coral (I...

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