28 Jan 2013 No Comments
There is a certain moment in mid-February when everybody starts thinking about date night clothes. There is a certain sugar rush and a soft avalanche of pink-hued and love-flavoured garments, presents and deserts. One might not be so much into Valentine’s Day, but the garments sewists all over the world create to celebrate it are [...]
13 Jan 2013 4 Comments
Can you believe it’s already the third week of January? It seems like only a few days I was napping next to the Christmas tree, eating gingerbread and enjoying the slowness of everything. But it’s the third week of January and there are things to be done, people to see, new projects to start. This [...]
17 Dec 2012 11 Comments
A few weeks ago Craftsy contacted me asking if I’d be interested to watch and review their new class: Sandra Betzina’s Pant Fitting Techniques. I was thrilled. I was fighting with pant patterns for some time now and I wanted to learn how to make a great fitting basic trouser. I’ve made lots of shorts [...]
16 Nov 2012 18 Comments
What would a sewist be without people who understand her? Who take fabric talk, dart fitting and pattern grading seriously. Who like to make things, ruin meters of fabric and pattern paper. Those people who inspire you to do better, learn more things, explore your own ideas and passions? Do you sew? You should read these [...]
13 Oct 2012 2 Comments
I’ve talked about pattern blocks and how they can make pattern making easier by offering a basic template to work on. Instead of buying pre-drafted pattern blocks I decided to make my own. It isn’t as difficult as it sounds, especially if you have a copy of Helen Joseph Armstrong’s Pattern Making for Fashion Design. [...]
19 Sep 2012 No Comments
This fall I want to learn how to sew and then draft my own shirts patterns. I’ve almost finished a shirt before and I’ve deconstructed several, so I consider myself ready for the job :) I’ve read good things about the Negroni shirt pattern from Colette, more in terms of the construction and sewing how [...]
03 Jul 2012 9 Comments
Today I am launching a new column dedicated to clothing refashions and hacks: Liberty Refashions. The column is sponsored by SewBox and features a series of three tutorials that show you how to turn a garment you’re not wearing anymore into something you love. I am going to use liberty fabrics in all three tutorials; because [...]
03 Jun 2012 3 Comments
This weekend I’ve experimented a bit with pattern making. Nothing fancy, just a fitted summer dress :) I already had a bodice made (trial and error, not fancy pattern making skills I am afraid) so I made a simple sketch, took a few measures and proceeded to making a draft paper pattern. It’s not [...]
29 May 2012 3 Comments
How many times has your machine started to make stubborn monster-like noises and proceeded to such your fabric towards the bobbin? Or gave you lazy, useless, loose stitches? Do you still think your sewing machine “doesn’t sew knit fabric”? In this post I am sharing what I know about thread tension. If you have your [...]
21 May 2012 12 Comments
Introduction Since two months ago when I first started talking about this experimental sewing course I’ve been reading and taking notes and thinking of a good way to organize it. How do you start teaching pattern making when you are learning yourself? From my own experience, and I am very curious to see if [...]
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 
