The Intended New Year’s Eve Dress

        Why intended? Because I never wore it :(. I was running a fever and went with a flannel shirt, sweater and jeans. Yay!         The story of this dress starts with me wanting to buy a piece of this 3D flowers print silk crêpe from Supercut, getting there too late and having to settle for just one meter.         What to do with one meter of silk crêpe?         I looked for patterns to use and when I couldn’t...

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Little Lotta

        In one of my very rare fits of selfless sewing I made a dress as a present for my little niece third birthday - a Lotta Dress. I got the pattern from Compagnie M at Abilmente this autumn and had lots of fun sewing it.         First of all I got to take a break from compulsive fitting - I only had her height to go by and I cut a straight 4yo size - yeah she is tall. Second, it's refreshing to look at a very small piece of fabric and be sure it's...

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Making the Perfect Button-up Shirt (1)

        I love it!         This is the Aime Comme Mythique shirt by Aime Comme Marie and I love it.         I cut a size S and the only thing I had to modify was the width of the shoulders because… well… I have scrawny shoulders. Maybe I fitted the shoulders a tad too much but the idea was to not have lots of fabric in the armpit area ... I prefer it when wearing the shirt under one of those skinny sweaters. Oh...

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