This is the last outfit I designed and sewed, my first summer outfit of the year. It’s made up of a cognac brown leather jacket and an army green playsuit. I drafted and sewed this outfit as a year-end project at school, over the professional Pattern Making classes I’ve been attending at Afol Moda in Milan. And ...
After about three months off, I’ve finally managed to post a new sewing project! The outfit I’m wearing is made up of a blazer, a basic jersey top (that I both designed and sewed on my own) and an old pair of black trousers I restyled. I’m not a big fan of blazers, I basically never wear ...
Two Sundays ago I took advantage of the autumn weather still mild to show my new coat off for a stroll downtown in Monza and a visit to Vivian Maier's exhibition at Arengario (a beautiful exhibition among other things!). I'm very proud of this coat seen that it's been the first one I've sewed up! I ...
This skirt shouldn't have been a mini, but a long skirt. I only have mini or above the knee skirts and, as I did with maxidresses this summer, I wanted to give long skirts a try by sewing one of them. After thinking over it a lot, I decided to make a short skirt instead, that ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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!
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