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 [...]
28 Apr 2013 17 Comments
I just finished my spring jacket last night (more about it in a separate post). It wasn’t exactly what I had in mind when I’ve done the first sketch but it wasn’t that far away from it either. I used fabric I had in my stash and I made a jacket I think I [...]
27 Mar 2013 7 Comments
One of the things I am obsessing thinking about lately is the denim shirt dress. I don’t even care if it’s old-fashioned to mention it. The darker and the thicker the denim the better. The key is to wear it belted and roll the sleeves. Here are some ideas: 1. The Long Shirt This is [...]
26 Mar 2013 10 Comments
“What constitues great personal style? This is one of the questions I get asked the most. We tend to think that to achieve great personal style someone must have perfect clarity about who they are and what they stand for. I politely disagree. I think conflict about who you are often leads o even greater [...]
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 [...]
23 Mar 2013 12 Comments
Google is retiring Google Reader. Oh, my, what are we all supposed to do? I might have shed a tear or ten but now the time has come to decide what I’ll move to my next RSS reader. I haven’t decided yet which one I’m going to choose, but I am thinking about Feedly, Netvibes, Bloglovin. [...]
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 [...]
17 Feb 2013 4 Comments
Do you own a big stack of patterns and never actually get to use more than 5% of those? Yeah, me too. I recently almost bought a pattern the second time because some genius sewist made a rad dress in an ever more fantastic fabric and changed just the length of the sleeve and nothing [...]
10 Feb 2013 6 Comments
How many of the things you do in your free time are (still) meaningful to you? If you could learn anything, what would it be? Why are you sewing? Why are you blogging? Before I get to the point and explain why I’m asking those questions, I will start with a short (super-short, I promise) [...]
06 Feb 2013 8 Comments
I’ve talked and praised blocks many times before. Blocks are the base of all garments and are normally made of 5 base pieces: a front bodice, a back bodice, a front skirt, a back skirt and a sleeve. Many dress patterns can be used as they are or modified into a basic block. Here I [...]
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 
