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 [...]
07 Sep 2012 4 Comments
So. Autumn is here and what a better time to go through your closet, see what you like and what you’re not wearing anymore and more importantly – what you could give a new life to. And if your old clothes don’t inspire you anymore trade with a friend. They don’t have to be the [...]
10 Aug 2012 No Comments
Fresh hay, warm bread, soft butter and homemade jam. A small lake with ducklings, green grass and a checkered tablecloth to read and sip your fresh lemonade on. There’s something very charming and relaxing about the countryside, especially Sunday morning when everybody takes a bit of time off the farm and house work. The colours, [...]
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 Apr 2012 4 Comments
Maxi skirts scare me. Okay they don’t really scare me, just the idea of looking silly in a bedsheet-like skirt. I love how they look on other people, but a maxi skirt is just something I would have never thought making, if it weren’t for Lizz from A Good Wardobe. I’ve been wearing Lizz’s blog [...]
09 Dec 2011 2 Comments
This week Krrb is doing a very cool giveaway for people who’ve added new stuff to sell or give away on their Krrb corner by the 6th of December. They are offering gifts that are secondhand, handmade, or locally made, as well as $250 cash. And I won the Burdastyle Handbook that I’ve been dying [...]
05 Dec 2011 3 Comments
Monday already and I am still thinking about the cape! I found the most wonderful cape idea ever on Project Run and Play, a lovely cape that’s actually a circle skirt. Look at them! Aren’t they so cute?! I am afraid that it wouldn’t look as cool on an adult body. Or should I try [...]
01 Dec 2011 No Comments
Happy 1st of December everyone! Winter is finally here and what better way to celebrate it than brew some hot wine with spices and count the days left ’till the Holidays. I will try to make an advent-calendar type of everyday posting, which is new and sort of courageous of me to do (and promise), [...]
22 Nov 2011 3 Comments
A minimalist seamstress? Sounds a bit impossible to me. But maybe it isn’t? I have a feeling makers tend to be hoarders. “You never know what you can make with this”. “Oh that might be useful for a future project” or “I think I will just save these scraps, I might cover some buttons.” Sounds [...]
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 
