exhibition – Buttons and Bobbins

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Outfit planning

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Outfit planning and sustainability

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Femmes Fatales

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A must see fashion exhibition

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Viktor & Rolf 25 years

13 juli 2018 Nicole

Viktor & Rolf 25 years

Drama dress 15 juli 2019
How this drama dress finally turned out ok.
Sunny yellow 5 juli 2019
Lovely yellow, now in fashion but can you wear all tones? I certainly can’t. But the tone I can, you see right here in my new blogpost.
Summer tops 28 juni 2019
Which seams are perfect for tailored shirts? I tested three.
Wearable muslin 26 juni 2019
Wearable muslin, the testing is worthwhile.
Learn from mistakes 22 juni 2019
Learning of mistakes and don’t give up... to be continued!
Hermosa Shorts 18 juni 2019
Who doesn’t need a good pair of shorts now summer is coming and vacation time is near there. I surely do! So I was very excited when Kennis Wong, my favourite pattern designer, announced the testing call for shorts. Especially when there were to chose three lengths. Now I just turned 50, I really liked… […]
One pattern – two styles 14 juni 2019
When I made the first summer dress recently I had some leftover fabric. Just enough to make a loose fit top with short sleeves. The zebra rayon is so lovely to wear. I used my own drafted pattern without bust dart and some extra width for the loose fit. The top is sewn with the… […]
The party outfit 8 juni 2019
Finally I can show my me made party outfit I wore on my 50th birthday party. In March I joined a workshop at Lotte Martens and made the fabric for my skirt. In the earlier post about the party outfit part 1, I discussed the design of the top. The final version of that is… […]
Birthday outfit 5 juni 2019
Cross dress favourite!
Summer is here! 2 juni 2019
This weekend temperatures are rising sky high, summer is here. Time to sew a sunny summer dress. I have the most soft and thin rayon knit in my stash that’s perfect. Last year I won the Aleria pattern by Schnittquelle and I love that dress. The only thing I changed is the top band. I… […]