Paris / Bombay 2021
And it starts. The first six designs are sketched and fabricated. Next step will be making the patterns and start making the fashion. I...
Stuck.
At times I get stuck and have no idea what to do next. The After Dior was fun but it's time to move on. To where? I spent time watching...
Citron. Rhapsody in green.
Its almost done. I finished the under dress for the outfit and worked on the top dress. The top is done from embroidered silk dupioni in...
Bridgette progress.
Those of us who sews, know those days when making a straight seam takes fore times the length it should take. I am having one of those...
Bridget
A new outfit in the making. I have seen variations of this design and I made some myself but this time having the fan pleater I chose to...
Annabelle
In previous blog I covered the making of the skirt. The jacket seemed at first to be a lot easier. Well it wasn't. I put the jacket...
Skirt is all done.
It looks just like I wanted so I am pleased and ready to make the rest of the outfit. I am also very excited to gain the new knowledge on...
Success
It's always great when something works out. It did take few trials but at the end I achieved the results I was after. So this is how it...
First pleating test
Well, it did not go as well as I planned, but it was not bad. I opened the paper mold and it looks great. Next I lay the red fabric I...
Making the pleater
So as I told you I set up to make my own fan pleater. I used a heavy paper that I use for patterns, semicircle the paper, marked the...
