Article 22
Welcome everyone !Well, the title of this blog says all (or almost…) about its contents, doesn’t it ?Yeah, it’s all gonna be about Cuisine, Couture and Rock’n’Roll…but don’t let yourselves be...
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1st blogged sewing project! (and 2nd completed, but more on that later. Maybe)
Styling, from head to feet (and apart from the dress, which is detailed further in this post) :Hair flowers, one from Claire’s, the other (a tiger orchid) from www.paradirama.comNecklace and bamboo...
View ArticleGimme some Rock'n'roll - Introducing : Las Vargas
Hi everyone, let's share some music, shall we?I'd like to introduce to you a band I like very much, and on top of that they're from my city! Here is Las Vargas!This is one of my favorites...As far as I...
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On my to-sew list…
What I already have : Butterick’s4790 « Getaway Dress » - I read online that the pattern, « as-is », did not fit as well as suggested on the cover illustration, so I will use the instructions provided...
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Some Cuisine. And a fun pic.
Up to now, no "cuisine"-labelled post had been published on this blog. Consider it done, even if the cook involved here is not yours truly.Here is what I have now been seeing for a few weeks in the...
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Another one down, 12 to go!
Yes, I'm referring to my to-sew list.Introducing…my version of Gertie’s « layer cake crinoline ». Slightly modified. As I was in the process of making it, I actually decided I didn’t like the length of...
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Introducing...my faithful sewing sidekick.
...There you go. Apologies for the somewhat cluttered background - I never claimed to be a well-organized person (well, in some areas of my life, such as at work, I try to, but given that I work far...
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Happy birthday…and some sewing news !
Last weekend, I celebrated my birthday (I’m now 29, if you care to know). I was rather spoiled, as you can see.(Sorry for the blurry phone pic. You might have recognized Colette Pattern's Lily, Sencha,...
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The Lily Diaries – Part 1 : tracing and cutting the pattern
Last weekend was the kick-off of my Lily project (sorry, I promised news before Monday in the last post, but I lacked the time to…do it on time, actually). After fabric shopping (off-white cotton voile...
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The Lily Diaries Part 2 - A muslin...and a name for my sewing machine
Hi everyone!Well, this time I tried to keep to some sort of a schedule, so this post still relates recent event (more than in last week's post at least).I think we were talking about the Lily, weren't...
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The Lily Diaries Part 3 - Fitting the muslin
Hi everybody!Last week you were left with a picture of a strapless and zipperless Lily...but I worked at it during the week and here's how it looked on Saturday :Sorry for the mirror picture...on top...
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The Lily Diaries Part 4 - All is rather quiet...
...on the sewing front. Actually, I did try to work on my dress this week, but got stopped by an ironing mishap.On thursday evening, I had decided to cut my pocket and neckline flaps in advance so they...
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Looking for the right pattern...
A little parenthesis in my Lily-themed posts...(but don't worry, the 5th and final part of the Lily Diaries should be online pretty soon!)A while ago, I stumbled upon this picture while blog-reading (I...
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The Lily Diaries Part 5 - Aloha!
Well, actually it's been finished for more than one week now, the last of the catch-stitching having been done in the morning of Saturday July 21st, and it's been worn twice, but I could'nt get any...
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I'm back (from unproductive holidays)!
Hello everyone!So, after a month of absence - which includes 3 weeks of well-deserved holidays - I am back. This all gave me time to rest, see friends, stay at my parent's for a while...but not to sew...
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Spoonflower contest
I have recently discovered Spoonflower, this virtual place of temptation for us sewists who cannot often find our printhappiness at regular fabric stores...and, even more recently, have discovered that...
View ArticleA pledge to myself (and whoever cares to witness it)
Even though I started sewing a little more than one year ago now (more on that in a forecoming post), I still consider myself a beginner...but even so, when I find myself window-shopping in my spare...
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A birthday present in the making...
There you go :Yes, it is a Lonsdale bodice peeking out from under the shirt muslin. Yes, I'm not really any good at tidying and storing stuff away. But on the other hand, my muslin/fabric/scraps stash...
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A possible refashion...
I bought this skirt from H&M, maybe 2 years ago. It's kind of nautical and rather comfy...but there's not much more to say about it, because it's a rather "meh" piece of clothing, not very...
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Looking back on one year of sewing...Part 1
So, I can say now that I've been sewing for a year (a little bit more actually, since I actually started in August 2011). In order to - sort of - celebrate my "sewversary", I've decided to take a look...
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