Regular readers of this blog will know that I'm Dutch and living in the country's residence, The Hague ( the Netherlands  being on...

This blouse has finally been sewn up! The pattern sheet of this particular issue of Gracieuse  magazine, which was published when my grandp...

  I haven't just been looking at those splendid designs from the 1930's. This week, I've started on my first Gracieuse  projec...

My sister's baby boy was born last Thursday. Mother and child are doing fine and are being well looked after, both by a nurse (here in t...

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

Here's the new dress! I originally drafted the pattern for the dark grey velvet . But, obviously, with velvet, you have to consi...

I swear I only went to the market to buy vegetables and some thread to finish my latest dress (which I'll show you soon).... But the co...