Balenciaga sleeve photographed by Iving Penn via I'm Obsessed With This
I have to confess, I get a little excited when I see a good sleeve. I don't care what kind of it is: raglan, dolman, kimono, puffy, bishop, circle, long, short ... I love them all! They have the potenial to raise the wow factor of a garment by miles. Here's a few that are pretty stunning. Do you have a favorite kind of sleeve?
::: ANOUK DRESS :::
Katarina from She Sells Sea Shells is a little genius. After gathering together scraps of leftover fabric, she managed to make herself an Anouk Dress. My favorite part of her version is how she improvised the chevron stripes on the front placket. She's come up with a brilliant solution for times when you just can't find the right stripes fabric. I also love how it flows with the pin-tuck detail in the dress. Way to go Katrina!
If you’ve ever had to hem a curved edge, you’ll know how tricky it is to turn, press and stitch it so that it looks neat and tidy. Curved edges are tricky for a few reasons. They involve a bias grainline, which causes the fabric to stretch out. Also, depending on the kind of curve you are working with, whether it be concave or convex, the fabric edge will be longer or shorter in length compared to the area it is being folded to, indicated by the red dashed line in the following diagram...
:: ROXANNE BLOUSE ::
I've been really looking forward to sharing some of your versions of the new patterns. Wanett from Sown Brooklyn sports Roxanne all over her favorite city. I love her spicy contrasting here with her version of this blouse...
I’m so happy, excited, no, ECSTATIC to present to you the four newest Victory Patterns: Satsuki, Roxanne, Simone and Nicola.
Let me introduce these ladies…
:: Magali's Reinterpretation of Anouk ::
If you're feeling lazy, Magali has a pretty good solution for Anouk. Her reinterpretation of this blouse is pretty adorable! Read on and she'll tell you how she did it.
And just to show that she is anything but lazy, she has also created a second version with all the details intact. She's a sewing MACHINE!
Follow Magali on her adorable French blog, Les Petites Envies De Mag
Clothing can hold a meaning deeper than its original intended purpose of style or protection; it can tell stores of our past. "The Memory Project" is a wonderful piece created by Anna Zygowski, who is a fashion and textile designer currently working on her masters in fashion design (awesome!!!). In this project, Anna shares intimate moments in the lives of her family through garments that they once wore. This story telling takes place through incredible and nostalgic textile exploration.
::: Chloe Dress :::
If you haven't already seen Anna's version of Chloe from Paunnet Blog, then prepare to be converted to purple.
My amazing intern, Annabrings fascinating things to show me each time she arrives to the studio. The other day she brought along the most beautiful collection of vintage pattern drafting workbooks that she acquired online. They are exercise books created by a woman who attended a drafting school in Italy in the 1950's. The pages are as delicate as brittle leaves and the care that went into making them is just admirable.I wanted to share a few pages, because they are just gorgeous.
