I did get some sewing done this weekend. I had to make changes to the stays for the anglaise dress for Kristine ( Read more... )

Just compleated my 4th box of Eterna Stranded Silk thread, just with blue, started number 5 and realise i need 4 more boxes to compleate my Eterna skeins. I have 130 skeins in each box ( Read more... )

Started early this morning, was expecting my clening help to come, he had promised to come between 11 and 13 hours. -rang me up at 11 and told me he would be late and first be able to come at 15 hours. So i cancelled him, because i had other things to do than waiting for him ( Read more... )

I am looking for the material you can get in endless and you can sew it together to make strawhats.
Does anybody know where i could buy this online? I know it sounds strange, but its because i dont know the right name for it.
Would be very happy if anybody could help.

Bjarne

I have finally settled with the anglaise. Its going to be a very typical early anglaise, with a hip vollume, center front fastening,trim in the neck and on the sides of the oveskirt, a ruffle at the skirt, and ruffled cuff endings at the sleaves. I use an ivory rococo rayon ribbon in the edge of the trimmings, handsewn on off cause and the collour ( Read more... )

I am, as i have mentioned earlyer, sick and tired of those silk taffeta collours, i cant get inspired to do anything with them, simple as that, and in stead of keeping on to loose time and inspiration, i have chosen some other collours. I have never made a dress with 2 different collours, well i have made jacket and skirt, but i want to see if i ( Read more... )

Today on my day off, i am just relaxing, had a hard week at work.It bothers me a little, that i dont feel inspired at all with the anglaise dress i am going to start, i think its the collour of the silk taffeta, it gives me little inspiration. I give myself this week to deside if i should go and look for other collours ( Read more... )

Have started my homepage again, its only very small but am getting bigger as time goes on. Here is my inspiration for the anglaise i am going to make for Kristine. White and tan colloured with turquise blue spots and ribbons ( Read more... )

Must admit that the only thing i have "done" with the anglaise i am starting is that i found a lovely fashion print i want to make it from. And i am going to make the petticoat of taffeta, but i am having a layer of cotton voillé on top of it in white. The frill also a voillé is going to have small painted spots on it, and the front pannels made in ( Read more... )

One of the issues i have with the court dress i am going to make is the problem with the tabs. I hate when the gap from the skirt to the bodice is seen, and the tabs are going to lye on top of the skirt ( Read more... )