Author: sysadmin yuta

  • Gingham in autumn

    Gingham in autumn

    Hello guys, Autumn is well advanced and I have finished to sew my 3 skirts, so I must admit I’m proud of my productivity. You’ll pardon me but it’s freezing outside, and I’m giving some rest to my personal photographer (:)), so the pictures of this skirt are taken inside! Let me present you my…

  • Yellow leaf-skirt

    Yellow leaf-skirt

    Hi everyone! A yellow leaf has fallen from the tree and this is one of my autumn skirts! It was such an easy make, and very quick to sew. I used a denim from A-One-Fabric, in Goldhawk Road (£6.5 per meter), buttons from my Grandmother stash and…a liberty fabric left from my summer vintage shirt for…

  • Autumn fabric haul

    Autumn fabric haul

    Hi everyone, I’ve only started my autumnal sewing projects and I’d like to share everything that I plan to do with you!   I love autumn for skirts…and I’m going to make 3 of them. I wear a lot more skirts with tights than without so I get to wear a lot more skirts in…

  • Summer shirt dress

    Summer shirt dress

    Hi everyone! We had a beautiful autumnal Sunday in London so I took my recently finished shirt dress outside before it has to hibernate in my wardrobe. 🙂 I started this dress at the end of August and I am so relieved that it’s now finished. It actually took me a while to make the…

  • Best shops to buy fabric in London

    Best shops to buy fabric in London

    aHi everyone, When I moved to London two years ago, I looked for the shops to buy fabric. It’s only recently that I’m feeling comfortable saying that I have found my favourite shops. So here is a list of them! Fabric shops of Goldhawk road My first favourite place is Goldhawk Road in Sheperd’s Bush…

  • Goodbye summer!

    Goodbye summer!

    Hi folks! The first signs of autumn are there: it is my opportunity to say officially goodbye to the 2017 summer, with a recap post of my summer makes. My trousers jumsuit: Fabric: stretch cotton bought in Montmartre Pattern: no pattern 🙂 but I copied existing trousers for the bottom I just love this jumpsuit. The…

  • Culottes & top

    Culottes & top

    Hi everyone, Here are my latest creations, specially made for summer. The purpose is to be in relaxed and comfortable clothes and I found the perfect patterns for that! I’ve used the New Look 6483 version C and the Simplicity 8092 version B for my top and culottes.   I had already made these culottes before…

  • Jersey t-shirts

    Jersey t-shirts

    Hi guys, This week I’ve tried to sew jersey for the first time with these two lovely fabrics I bought on the FC Fabric Studio website. I drafted a pattern based on a t-shirt I bought on the high street. To learn how to copycat your clothes there are many tutorial videos online and I found…

  • Spring outfit

    Spring outfit

    Hi everyone, After having sewn a few gifts for my friends, I wanted to make myself some gifts with my recently acquired skills in terms of French seams and also, in order to fight this desire for shopping that comes with the warm weather perspective! However this past week weather hasn’t been that great in…

  • Handmade gifts

    Handmade gifts

    Hi everyone, Since February, I’ve had some birthdays to celebrate and my objective was to make all the gifts myself rather than buy them already made. I love sewing and I’m pretty quick at it now so it makes a first good reason for it, but also I think it’s always nice to receive home-made…