le mani d'oro

For many years I was a fanatic reader of Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar and so forth. I would spend lots of money of fashion magazine, on clothes as well as spending so much time thinking about my look. These days, I have less time for all that. These days, I am unfaithful to those paper magazines. I often prefer to surf on the...

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I was waiting for DH to take official pictures before posting the beauty. Christmas is coming and our weekends are very busy, no time during the day to take nice shots of me wearing the amazing piece of clothes. I may sound a little imbued of my self, but my enthusiasm comes with the love of this skirt so much !!!As I mentioned...

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Today, I paper fit my Burda winter coat (pattern number 8017 which I think is OOP) and started to cut the muslin. Since this is a long term project and I really need clothes, I also cut this Burda World of Fashion skirt (2010-11-113).My dear friend Annette sent my a balanced of her magnificent Italian wool. She initially bought it at Emma one...

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Even before cutting the pieces for a muslin, I am planning the lining of my Burda coat. My first idea was to quilt, in a creative way, Thinsulate to the kasha lining and give to my boiled wool jacket a little warm woompf.After reviewing The Sewing Laywer's blog on her Burda 7731 project (see picture on this article) and reading this exchange on...

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Oh la la, I did not think that any body would dare to wear such horror pieces. Oh My ! Digs who is the author of Strait Jacket Muse gave me the link to this article about Cate Blanchette fashion "faux pas".Humans will never stop amazing me... positively and negatively. !!Cate you are usually so nicely dressed. What happened to your stylist? Please...

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J'adore la laine orange brûlé. J'ai cette laine bouillie fantastique qui n'attend que d'être cousue. Voilà mon nouveau projet. Le patron de papier est taillé, les modifs et la toile arrivent bientôt.I love burned orange wool. I have this amazing boiled wool which is just begging to be sewned. The paper pattern is cut, the adjustments and muslin should be completed soon.What do...

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Though I have been unfaithful to my sewing machine and the sewing blogs I love to read; I took a little, little time every month to flip Burda World of Fashion. Tonight, the November number was in my mail box... It is always a moment of joy to sit at the table and read the magazine... A moment of deligh,t when I systematically...

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I'm reviewing Couture Elle in advance of the first PR Weekend in Canada, coming up in June, 2010. This is one of the stores in Montreal's concentrated fabric shopping district on St. Hubert Street, north of Jean Talon Metro stop. It's one of my favorites.Kay and the beautiful silk charmeuse...Have you bought anything from this store? If yes were the prices competitive? I...

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Kay wrote three great review on fabric stores in Montreal.The first one is on Sam Textiles on St-Hubert Street. This will of course be part of our fun shopping during the Montreal PR Weekend in June.Here are Kay's impression with lost of pictures.I'm reviewing this store in anticipation of the PR Weekend coming up in Montreal in June, 2010. We'll definitely be trekking...

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