21 May 2013 1 Comment
Hey there! How’s it going? It’s full spring here, which means it rains for 2 hours, then the sky turns blue, the sun is up for one hour, you do all your laundry, put your clothes to air dry in the beautiful sun and the second you clipped the last item on the clothesline, it [...]
15 May 2013 7 Comments
The Meringue was the first Colette pattern I worked with. Despite being a very straightforward pattern and project, and modifying the pattern before sewing I still had to shorten it and fumble with the scallops. I wasn’t sure if I would wear this – it’s somewhere in between sweet and too sweet for me. And the cheap Ikea [...]
08 May 2013 5 Comments
Now that I should be drawing the pattern for my denim dress, what better way to procrastinate than thinking about the next item on the spring list, the yellow trousers! First thing on the list: yellow trousers and a blazer. Don’t they look happy together? Then a pair of oversized, cord, yellow trousers for colder days (maybe [...]
05 May 2013 11 Comments
Finished at last. After bragging about how I organized my time to sew this and before that about fitting the muslin, the tails spring jacket is finally here. Its been more than a month ago that i started planning my new self-made spring wardrobe and even though I’m a bit behind schedule, I’m happy I’ve [...]
14 Apr 2013 3 Comments
A muslin! And an almost ready jacket pattern! It’s been a good day. Pattern modifications: The only thing I modified on the Patrones pattern was the front-back shape. What you see here is a second, shortened version, as the longer version looked too boxy. Maybe I’ll play with this more for my next jacket. Pattern [...]
06 Apr 2013 8 Comments
Hello, hello! Hope you had a lovely Spring break. It’s not quite Spring here yet; which for some might be sad news, but for me it means that I still have time to sew the jacket in my spring self made wardrobe before it’s too hot to wear jackets at all. I have finally decided [...]
24 Mar 2013 21 Comments
Oh Yay! That time again. Let’s fold those sweaters out of sight and hide those coats and boots and start planning for… This spring I am going to limit myself to only 4 items. This means I have 3 weeks to plan, find or draft a pattern, find the fabric and sew each item. Seems [...]
17 Mar 2013 3 Comments
Have you ever spotted a dress, a coat, a jacket, what have you, loved it, had to have it, made it (or bought it), only to realize there is something terribly wrong with it, that will never allow you to wear it happily? Maybe it’s too transparent, or maybe it clings too much, maybe it [...]
03 Mar 2013 4 Comments
Oh, man, March is already here. I wish Spring was a bit more obvious around these parts, but I know there are many places in the world where it’s still snowing so Barcelona’s blue skies and toothy wind will have to do for now. I haven’t done much sewing lately and part of it is [...]
23 Feb 2013 No Comments
Even though I had doubts in the beginning and waited for a long time before getting a copy, I am quite happy with my purchase of the Colette Sewing Handbook. It is a book for beginners, but the patterns themselves and the step by step descriptions make it a great book to have even for more advanced [...]
Hi, my name is Ina, I live in Barcelona and I write about sewing, garment design and pattern making
Sewing a Negroni Shirt – Collar Issues 
A Green Meringue Skirt 
On Sewing with a Time Limit and the Beautiful Sewers of the British Bee 
Thinking About: Yellow Trousers 
The Tails Spring Jacket: Finished 
