Well, that post about pattern making classes brought out a lot of people! I had no idea my blog had so many readers from this very country. ...

Can I interest you in a bit of rant? Or maybe a bit of a lecture? It's about something I learned while teaching at iFabrica: the teac...

… wins the race. Or so they say… Progress on the green crepe dress has been slow and steady. It seems like I have to agonize over every det...

These past two Sundays, I've been teaching Pattern Magic at iFabrica in Amsterdam. As I announced before, it was a two day course....

Are you still interested in the 1930's inspired dress I want to make from my green wool crepe? I know progress is slow. Nowhere near my...

I've just finished the pattern for my 1930's inspired wool crepe dress. And I suspect it will take too much fabric. I'm going to...

Warning! This is going to be a picture-heavy post. All the pictures are from the 1930's and they all come from the magazine La Femme El...