Hi! I’m finally back on the blog with a new sewing project after about six months off. I’ve sewed in these months but for work and for Matilde mainly. You have seen two nice summer dresses for my baby girl…
I’ve sewed very very slowly lately, but I’ve manage to make something new from time to time. How can you manage to sew with a little baby? I choose very easy projects and in jersey, like this black woollen top…
I was looking for an easy sewing pattern of a jersey dress exactly like this one (thanks Eleonora – io_e_carlotta for having suggested this pattern!) I’d already had the perfect fabric to make it in my stash…this forest green wool…
Sewing an elastic waist skirt is super quick and easy! It’s a garment I like to sew because I can use scraps of fabric from my stash (for a standard one-layer elastic waist skirt I only need about 50 cm…
As you have noticed, I haven’t managed to sew and post almost anything in the last months. There’s been something new that has kept me away from my sewing room and blog. Besides some new jobs, including teaching in evening…
After some months off, I’ve finally managed to post a new finished garment! Black is not exactly the right colour for spring (I guess you expected something brightly coloured), but you have to consider that I started to trace the…
This is an experiment I’ve wanted to do for a while! My starting idea was to make a jersey mini-dress using a “twisting” technique which I came across on Pattern Magic by Tomoko Nakamichi books. However, before sewing the dress,…
Filippo and I went for a walk around Lake Como last Sunday and we finally managed to take some pictures of my new trench coat. I finished sewing it in September and, despite having worn it a lot over this…
Two weeks ago I went to Abilmente in Vicenza (an Italian fair for makers) and Atelier Vicolo n.6 was one of the new entries at the exhibition. Francesca, aka Atelier Vicolo n.6, is a new Italian indie sewing pattern designer…
