#jumpingintojune here I come!

It's almost time to jump OUT of June, I'm so very late but I made it! Phew...   Inspired by Chris over at "Handmade by Chris" I decided to follow in everybody elses steps and make a jumpsuit in June, for the so called #jumpingintojune challenge. So here's my own little green suit! I have...

Let’s try some wave tucking!

Hello again, I can't understand how it can be so long since my last post? And can you believe I had a second, long and tiresome cold in May? Nope, it's unbelievable  😦   But I have been sewing, so.... whoopee, meet my new dress!!! ( I'm looking way too serious, as usual) It's a version of my...

Green spring dress, but not spring green!

I've started to work on a new pattern (and getting that pattern toghether was a crazy adventure in itself) and finally it's time to make a real test! I picked an army green linen from my stash, and this was mostly to please Miss Bossy over at "The monthly stitch" who had decided that a solid green was my...

The stripy dress is not striped any more!

So, after overdoing all things striped last week, look here and here, I decided to use the OTHER side of my knitted fabric. The non striped side, to be exact!   The reason? The images I collected made me realize that I DON'T LIKE dresses that have the stripes go up and down, and it was too...

Patternmaking, some crazy adventures

Earlier I made a wearable muslin in flannel, quite a success as I totally love wearing it. I decided to make it up in a second trial version, with a few tweaks (seriously stupid, leave good enough alone, right?) So, it didn't go well 😦  And I had to tweak the pattern back into it's...

Pretty little flannel dress success!

Here's an update on the flannel dress. Yay, I managed to make a dress out of it! Well, a bit too short, but you can't have everything 🙂 Here's the full story: You remember that I had way too little fabric? I had to piece the sleeves to manage, same with the pockets. Here you see the inside of the...

Wearable muslin/toile in flannel

As part of a plan for a new pattern, I decided to make a muslin, or toile, today. The pattern will be a shirt/tunic/dress with a high collar in the back, low V-neck in front, and deep pleats from the neck to the bust. At least, that's my plan. Plus some kind of pockets.  ...

From the American southwest to northern Japan, a coats journey….

This is the wool coat I completed back in November, but believe me, I didn't start it this year, or even the year before.  No, this is a true U.F.O from a deep dark place on my shelves.... I think the reason I abandoned it is the color! I really do love grey, but I think...

The Oriental Green Fans

For some years now I have been concentrating on surface design, creating patterns to be printed on fabric, wallpaper, wrapping paper and so on. As part of this i have opened my own shop at Spoonflower. Spoonflower is a POP company, Print on demand, where you can order any design you like, printed on one...

My Askim dress,  a pattern that is about to be launched soon. At the moment it's being tested, and as soon as all the sewing and reviewing is complete I will open my Etsy shop. I'm a men's tailor and fashion designer and have been working with clothes and patterns for years and years... Recently I have...