12 Jun 2012 1 Comment
If summers are really hot and humid where you live, you already know there’s no better garment to spend a hot weekend in than a loose cotton batiste dress. Even though this Ikea Livet Hemma dress is designed for two years old, that’s no reason you can’t make a cute version of your own. You [...]
27 Sep 2011 3 Comments
Many people don’t like rain. Some are even afraid of it – they run from it like possessed the minute one single drop touches the tip of their nose. Others like it because it allows them to stay inside with a nice cup of tea and a duvet and not feel guilty about not being [...]
01 Sep 2011 11 Comments
Last year I’ve totally missed it, but this year I am on it. It’s been 3 years since the Sky Turtle blog was created and I am very pleased to be able to celebrate it with you :) Looking back, I first started writing this blog when I moved to Barcelona because I wanted to [...]
19 Aug 2011 3 Comments
Trula is the mother of two little girls living in Barcelona. She makes kids clothes and tries herself at all things crafty, all of which she blogs about on Trula Kids . I’m a big fan of her work and of her blog and I was hyped when she accepted to guest post on Sky [...]
16 Aug 2011 No Comments
Roy’s Jeans – Video by Self Edge from Self Edge on Vimeo. via nikkishell I
15 Aug 2011 No Comments
About The Sartorialist, by The Sartorialist: Founder/blogger/photographer Scott Schuman began The Sartorialist with the idea of creating a two-way dialogue about the world of fashion and its relationship to daily life. Oh, yet another street fashion blogger, you’ll say. Yeah, but this one’s curating skills are flawless. No, that’s not it. They’re… inspirational. He almost tells the [...]
13 Aug 2011 No Comments
image from “The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland” by Thomas Moore, 1857, from the New York Public Library via designsponge I love how delicate these are. I’d love to have a blouse printed with ferns. I might paint it with acrylics also. What kind of garment do you imagine these painted on?
12 Aug 2011 No Comments
Love the fabric choice and the linen drawstring of these! via Sweet Verbena
10 Aug 2011 No Comments
Some of you reading this might ask, what is the difference between sewing and couture sewing? (You mean apart form the fact that haute couture costs as much as a new car or a house?) “Literally translated, the French phrase haute couture means “sewing at a hight level”, but a better translation might be the [...]
05 Aug 2011 No Comments
If you’re like me, you probably already have a huge collections of sewing patterns and you still, from time to time buy new ones – because you “need” them for a new dress. The truth is, there are many commercial sewing patterns that can be minorly altered to make the piece of garment you have [...]
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 
