Finally! Pictures of my new coat.  In retrospect, it's silly I hesitated for so long to re-make my favorite coat. Really, it should h...

Way back in January , I already mentioned it: My favorite coat is at the end of its existence. I have other coats, a prettier one even bu...

I've been doing useful stuff... This weekend, my relatives who live in London will be visiting my parents and we will meet them there. ...

Although a lot of my sewing is rather selfish, I have been making shirts, thinner trousers (for jeans, he's a Levi's 501 kind of guy...

In earlier posts this week, I already mentioned a finished garment which hadn't made it to the blog yet... Well, here it is: A light su...

There is no point in denying it anymore: My favorite coat is dying. I made it way back in November 2009, in the first year I had this blog....

Little J's winter suit is finished! I explained a lot of its details in the previous post : modified  Knippie patterns, wool coating ...

Last week, I've been studying my Gracieuse magazines from 1930 (I thought I should work my way through the pile chronologically, but the...

This morning, I finished E's new coat (I guess I could have done it last night, but Downton Abbey was on). I had sort of planned to do...

Unexpectedly, I had quite a bit of time yesterday and today to work on E's coat. As a result, significant progress has been made: Th...

Hi everyone! I hope you've all had a good time over the Holidays. I've been putting off this post for a couple of days now. Basical...

Once more, I have coats on my mind... Not for me this time though. For the man in life. I made this coat for him in September 2010 and h...

Here it is! We managed to make use a short sunny moment on an otherwise very rainy day to try and show off my new coat, my redingote . For...