Stories & Crafts
In these terrible days of war, I went back to the only thing that makes sense to me when nothing else does: sewing. I had this sorry pile of crumpled silk that was a (unfortunately) too small AND after the date of return preasent for my birthday last year. In defense of the person that…
Happy New year everyone!! Even though it was last month's project and I have actually already worn and washed the dress, I thought this post would be in theme with the end of year festivities...and I'm extremely proud of it too! So at the end of November I had a fancy charity dinner to attend...no…
Hey there! Soooo it's autumn and what better season to go and see the leaves, cook "pain d'epice" (ginger bread... it sounds so much better in french!) and go crazy over tartan and checked patterns? Monza park in the autumn is glorious! Back to the pattern: I used "Vestiaire Scandinave" (Ester pattern but shorter). As…
Hey there, ever asked yourself how to give that shabby lamp you keep in a corner a revamp? Well I hadn't until this ugly thing came along! So here are some key lessons that i learnt! Make a pattern. I was thinking of winging it but just draping material over it convinced me otherwise. It's…
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Long time no see! It’s been a whirlwind of a past 6… SIX months !! Incredible, time just sped up lately. I am now hurtling my way in an Italo train through the Italian countryside going to Naples and Rome! Time for holidays now that most of Italy is in “yellow zone” (meaning you can…
Yes, you’ve got it right, I am not going to wear my fancy red silk dress to lounge around eating chocolate and binge watch series on Christmas-lockdown-day! So I decided to make myself something nice and comfy for this train-wreak of a holiday season. In case you haven’t been following this is my New Year’s…
Sooo I didn’t quite keep the challenge for this week. For those that haven't followed I am doing a New Year countdown sewing challenge (only I counted the weeks wrong, lol) : Du fil à retordre sewing challenge. This past week I have been super busy and I spent the weekend mostly Xmas shopping. I…
Nothing better than flipping a Dracula-made-a-baby-with-a-circus-master dress into an overly fancy 50s vibe dress, to get over the fact that Christmas and New Year’s eve seem to have been cancelled this year. I brought this dress nearly two years ago when I discovered ChineMachine, if you ever manage to travel again and get to Montmartre,…
Back to basics! This week I decided to challenge myself to make a t-shirt. The challenge was more mental than technical since the last time I tackled this lavender colour thin jersey, was a disaster. This summer I had decided to make a play-suit from a tutorial… it didn’t work at all. It was a…
Big change, this week I decided to try another pattern book! I thought I could handle it easily but as a beginner, I really missed the pictures from Tilly and the Button’s patterns explanations. They are so much clearer! Don’t get me wrong, Vestiaire Scandinave does a big effort with drawings and instructions (much more…
Crafty Poulette 