Summer is almost over and, not to forget the blue sea and the golden sand beaches, here is the bikini I sewed up in July and I wore this summer on holiday. It's made up of a bandeau top and a string bikini bottom, both lined. The main fabric is a pistachio Lycra with a vintage texture ...
I've just flown down back to Milan from London. I've been in this city for about two weeks to attend a course at London College of Fashion/UAL and for a brief holiday, just few days. I'm never tired of London! It's my fourth time in this city and I've come across new places that I love even ...
I've got to admit first of all that I have never loved maxi dress. I have got only one summer maxi dress in my wardrobe, that I bought on impulse some years ago and I only started wearing and appreciating lately. I don't know for what weird reason I've always thought that I would feel ...
I sewed this dress up for Antonella's wedding, a friend of mine who got married last Saturday. This final version came out after a long series of indecisions and mistakes, hence it's not exactly perfect. Anyway I like it very much and I'm sure I'll wear it a lot over this summer. I wanted to ...
I've been thinking of sewing this blouse for about a year. Paola, an ex-colleague and friend of my mom, gave me some fabrics her mother had hoarded over years, mainly over 70's-80's-90's (I already sewed a dress with one of these vintage fabrics, see my Leini Dress). It was love at first sight with this silk ...
My last sewing project is a red and white polka-dot blouse. I use to wear blouses with skirts and jeans very often over spring and summer. I find them practical and perfect both during day and evening. I got the idea for this model by some garments with flounces I have in my wardrobe (and ...
Spring has just started and this is my last outfit in winter colours and textures. It's made up of a semi-fitted skirt and a jersey sweater with three quarters sleeves, that I both designed and sewed up. I'm currently at an experimental stage...in October I signed up for a professional pattern making course and I'm starting ...
Here is another handmade gift! I sewed this hoodie out for Daniele, my brother. The pattern is Finlayson Sweater by Thread Theory and I made it with a beautiful cotton jersey, double face grey and blue, bought on Supercut.it. My brother measurements are between S and M, but I went for a S because the finished garment ...
This Christmas I made two handmade presents. The first one is this men's shirt for Filippo. I sewed it up with a Etro's cotton tartan remnant and bronze snap buttons. The base model is Negroni Shirt by Colette Patterns that I altered with a series of stylistic and fit modifications to get the final model. At first ...
My grandmother’s name was Martina and she was a good seamstress…my name is Martina and I took 32 years before starting to use a sewing machine! But I have no longer stopped since I started. Welcome to my sewing blog!
