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 ...
This is the Fashion Revolution's week! For three years, over this week, lots of people from all over the world have posted a selfie on social networks with their clothes turned inside out to show the labels and ask the brand “Who made my clothes?”. The aim is to gain a “cleaner, safer, fairer, more transparent ...
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 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 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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