The Butterick 6285 skirt is a circle skirt with pleats. The pleats are double pleats, so you need a lot of fabric. But it has the twirl factor: Fabric: There is a fun little story how I came to the fabric for this skirt. I was looking for a jersey for the top and ordered […]
Tailoring
Marfy Jacket 1756 Part IV
I can still not believe that – finally–I finished the Marfy Jacket. The last post about it was in July last year. All I had to do was placing the pockets, hemming and inserting the lining. But after summer I was not motivated to work on the jacket and so it hang on my dress […]
Marfy Jacket 1756 Part III
It finally starts to look like a jacket. I have inserted both sleeves and added the facing: The sleeve cap is supported by a sleeve head. I used “Watteline” for this. I cut the sleeve head so that it goes from the middle of the front armhole to the middle of the back armhole to […]
Marfy Jacket 1756 Part II
This week I finished some of the more complicated steps. First, I had to finish the second corner of the front panel. And this happens when you try to sew after a long day at work: I had to unpick the corner three times until it was ok. This is how it looks at the […]
Marfy Jacket 1756 Part I
After finishing my contribution to the Sewing Indie Month, I now concentrate fully on the Marfy Jacket Sew Along. I am a bit behind, but that does not matter. Leisa reminded me that it is more important to take one’s time than to keep up with the sew along posts. This is sooo true. Thank you, Leisa! […]
My Fairy-Tale Coat
It has been already a while that I finished my second coat. It is Vogue 8346: I fall in love with this pattern the moment I saw it. I like the flared skirt and the silhouette: both feminine and elegant. It took me three months to finish my version, view D (the one featured in the middle […]