Gosh it’s been a long time since I finished anything wearable. And even longer since everyone else made their Gingers! What can I say, I have a streak of the anti-fashionista, a refusal to wear a trend while it’s still trendy. Can we make that a new trend? Anyway, converting my 0-ease Pants Wrap Block […]
I first read about the cling film method of creating Fitting Shell Blocks/Slopers on Fashion Incubator’s website. Fashion Incubator’s original instruction: Saran Warp Pattern Making Method: overview + supply list Saran Warp Pattern Making Method: wrapping + usage instruction By that point I had already made my latest Blocks the long-winded way with lots of […]
It seems like pants / trousers-making is on my secret 2016 SWAP / New Year Resolution list. Maybe I’ll even get around to making a pair of Ginger jean and/or Birkin jean this year WooHoo! But let’s not talk too much of plans lest the rebel in me finds out. The Pattern Burda 2015-11-107 Actually, […]
Let’s start with the one that actually sort of went according to plan shall we? Style Shots & Mug Shots WORN WITH: 1 Self-drafted raglan T-shirt; 2 Self-drafted ruched-bust T-shirt; WORN WITH: 3 Zara blouse, Self-drafted detachable-sleeve jacket; 4 Burda 2015-10-109 sweater, Burda 2013-11-117 jacket, Self-drafted hat, Self-drafted mittens; 5 Self-drafted ruched-bust T-shirt, Burda 2013-11-117 […]
After the high comes the low. This week was a bit of a slug. Not least because trying to sort out missed US tax returns after emigrating to the UK is sucking all the life force (and mulla) out of me. Did you know that if you’re foreign, but happened to have been born while […]
