Dressed in a Dress - The Sewing Journal

I am no stranger to online shopping, but I would always choose an offline purchase over an online one when it comes to fabrics. But when the times change, we should adapt to survive. Having decided that my summer wardrobe needed an update, I spent an evening browsing through European online fabric stores. Somehow, I landed on a French fabric store page, and it did change my opinion about online fabric shopping.

Peau d’ange, Chantilly, Alençon lace and many-many other lace types exist there. Unfortunately, there are no certain rules for every exact lace because everything depends on the tread type, the background and overall quality, but there are some common guides for pattern choice, fabric preparation and sewing techniques for all laces.

I bought the pansies-strewn fabric impulsively without a clear idea, just because I liked it. It puzzled me because I hadn't worked with lace before. But I knew I would deal with questions with time – I would flip through book pages or search on the Internet. The truth is that the articles I found were not so informative. Therefore, here I write my notes and reflections.

In the previous post I wrote about the difference between interfacing and interlining. There I described the fabrics and techniques I used to give this coat shape and support. And now my hands are burning, because it's time to draw a pattern for the inner structure, the Interfacing Packet.

As soon as snow covers the streets, I start to feel an uncontrollable desire to warm myself with at least one new sweater. And every time, as soon as it becomes cold and dark, I start ordering yarn. This year, the yarn did not help. A spontaneous trip to a fabric store for just to have a look ended up with me happily wrapped in a new shaggy piece of eco fur. After a month and a half, it will turn into a fur coat, which will make passers-by turn around.

“Stripes are always in fashion, but now especially aggressive ones. Horizontal and vertical at the same time, wide and narrow in super-bright colours. Wrote the Vogue magazine on top of the vivid photos from the shows of Fendi, Miu Miu, Proenza Schouler in an article about the fashion trends of the upcoming 2017 year.”