Sewing & life

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…

Before I started sewing I never realized how many fabric shops there were in my city. I’ve come across some of them by chance walking along the street, others have…

When I talk with friends or people I know about the fact I make my own dresses, I realise that sewing is frequently considered as a weird, fascinating and a…

Today my blog turns one year! It’s incredible how many things I’ve learned and made in one year only. From time to time I read the post of my first…

Since I started to sew, many people have asked me if I found out this passion recently or I had been thought about it for a while. Actually I could…

I made it! I kept my pledge wearing at least a me-made garment a week over may. And I liked it so much that I outdid! 😉 In the end…

In January I decided to take part in the Wardrobe Architect Challenge 2015 in order to find out my own style, to understand what I like and what I don’t…

Colette Patterns launched the Wardrobe Architect 2015 Challenge last week. The venture’s aim, for the second year, is to help those who take it up to create a personal spring/summer…

With the coming of a new year, and above all with the arrival of my new overlocking machine, I decided it was no longer the case to carry around the…

In two days a new year will start and I feel like this last year has flown by. Probably because the 2014 has been full of news, discoveries and new…