This is not my latest dress. I did it 2 years ago. But I love it because it's very simple. Simple dresses need always special fabrics - nice pattern, good quality... It was very fast process - I did it one morning, before the wedding which I was invited for. I finished it just before ceremony, put it on quickly and went partying....
Recycling rules! First there was a textile. Then came a dress. Every time I visit my mother I go through her closet with fabrics and old clothes. There is almost always something new - she dosen't have time to sew at all but accidentally finds some boring clothes made of cool fabrics (dog cheap as well). I found there one day a long...
I bought this stripy cotton few years ago in Finland. I didn't know what to do with it but I liked it a lot. Dark blue-red stripes look really cool but this is also such kind of pattern which from distance makes your eyes tired. Anyway the textile was used finally. I made a dress with kimono sleeves (found in Burda). The sleeves...
The story goes that my mother-in-law got a jacket from her daughter. The jacket was too small for her so I was the next one to be a donee. I told her honestly that the jacket was totally not my thing but I could take it and remade. A deal was done. After maybe half a year I felt like making my first...