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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It’s been a while since I decided to try to sew knit fabric. I also asked Silvia of Sewing Princess some suggestions (thank you Silvia :) ). She suggested me not to start with a too light-weight knit fabric, just not to get discouraged at the very first try. Given that I needed a new ...
As I promised in the previous post, here is my outfit for my friend Cristina’s wedding also. For the occasion I sewed up a completely DIY outfit: top, skirt and pochette. Generally I always wear dresses for weddings, this is the first time I opt for an unmatched skirt and top. The idea came to mind ...
Last Saturday Cristina, one of my best friends, got married and for the occasion I sewed two dresses for the kids of two friends of mine, Carmen (the bride’s sister) and Marika (the chief bridesmaid). Both little girls, Sara and Sofia, are one year old. So we decided to make the same model in two different ...
The wedding season got started also this year with the arrival of spring. This is the dress I sewed and wore for a wedding at the end of May. It’s a Peony Dress by Colette Patterns made with a plumetis cotton fabric I bought at Tessuti e Scampoli in Milan. I like this kind of fabric ...
This post is part of the first Dress Up Party by Sara Lawson, the sewing blogger from Chicago behind sewsweetness.com. Every weekday from May 4th to May 29th you can find 2 guest bloggers sharing a garment sewing pattern review. Sara asked me to write a review and I went for the Marmalade Jacket by Waffle ...
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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