Prologue These past few months I rediscovered my love for miniskirts, and since then I've been yearning for sewing shorter and shorter iterations of them. While drafting my own was an option, after days of looking I came across the Sophia Pencil Skirt by Patterns for Pirates. This pattern seemed to offer something for everyone,… Continue reading The Sophia Pencil Skirt: a Tragedy in Three Acts
If you follow me in instagram, the fact that I started wearing clothing other than tailoring - a little corset there, a miniskirt here - must not have passed unnoticed. How did I get from sharp suits to skirts in such a rapid succession? How am I reconciling this dichotomy? I've alway professed there is… Continue reading Reject femininity, embrace…something else?
Over the next few months I'll share a few posts about my machines. Besides sharing the love for our indispensable sewing companions, I also intend to show models which are not known outside Japan. Hello there! How are you doing? As with many things, I am a bit fastidious when it comes to hardware. Since… Continue reading My machines: Janome 817 Excel
