Hello! Happy New Year!
Eventually back to blogging after all this time! In November I decided to participate in a Handcraft Tailoring competition, ( Tailoring was one of my specialisation at College) and it took me so much more time than what I expected...! Every seam (or almost) had to be handstitched, even the buttonholes!...It was a bit of a nightmare! I felt like one of these "petites mains" (literally little hands) who sew all day long in the Parisian Couture ateliers... It was a bit of a challenge for me as I had never done it that way...I learnt production Tailoring at College, which means everything is sewn with a sewing machine, and that's a completely different approach to garment construction. But as I had always been fascinated by the Tailors of Savile Row or the art of Haute Couture, it was a good occasion for me to learn more about it.
The world stopped for me all that time, but now it is over, I finished it, just have to wait for the results. I'll post pictures of my work as soon as I can.
Even if I didn't have a minute for bag making, blogging or anything else really, I still found a few hours for some cute little make-up pochettes that I gave as Christmas presents.
Here are some pictures. I am sorry for the picture quality, my camera is definitely not the best and I didn't manage to capture the colours properly. One of my next investment will have to be a good camera...
4 comments:
heyyy!! une make-up pouch, je vais te trouver une place dans ma boîte!! ;) Sinon, tu n'en dis pas plus sur ton histoire de tailoring : j'aimerais bcp voir ce que tu as fais..
hello! comme le concours est anonyme, je dois attendre les resutats pour publier les photos... Cela dit, j'aimerais faire un joli photoshoot, genre pro, de ma tenue, au lieu des photos prises dans mon atelier, qui sont pas hyper claires...
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Hi! I would just love to be able to sew and to make my own dresses and skirts, you have no idea!!! I'd love to get started but I have no sewing machine and um... no one to help me! I should look out for sewing classes, they'd be a treat...
Nice to see that you have started blogging again!
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Thank you Madeleinemiranda!
I didn't know how to sew at all only 3 years ago, and just the idea of patterncutting and sewing panicked me, but now, that I've learned the basics, I feel much more confident...
And I still use my simple Singer sewing machine which I've had for over 10 years... No need for a complicated one!
I know some good courses in london, but not in Durham... However, both London College of Fashion and Saint Martins propose one week sewing classes every term...
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