le mani d'oro

I spent sometime today on Ze Sartorialist blog as dinner was being cooked in the oven... I candidly listen to this video and really flipped over two affirmations:1. Paying 8 000$ for a coat !!!2. Having over 300 pair of shoes and about the same amount of purses !!!Hello futile and over consuming world, the other half is starving! Sorry, I am far...

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On the street sartorial denim ... Florence August 2010Bien que j'ai à mon actif quelques patrons pour hommes, je suis rarement habitée par un projet de couture pour MON homme. Aujourd'hui, c'est une autre histoire, j'ai eu un coup de foudre. Bang ! J'ai eu envie de coudre une veste et un pantalon en voyant cette photo sur le Sartorialist. Je ne sais...

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I bought about 5 meters of black wool knit to sew two projects. The first one is a knock off this Marie St-Pierre dress (previously presented on the blog). The pattern is ready, I drew and I just need to cut the wool. The second one is this very interesting OOP Burda pattern that my generous friend Annette sent me. (She made 2...

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Resolutions are not at common for me. I tend to think that my life is conducted on a rather disciplined tempo. Therefore, I never felt I had to take resolutions... except, may be for this year......Resolution Z1A19: Finish sewing projects that have been standing there for too long, sometimes for years.My motivation: 1) have enough clothes to go to work, 2) finish outfits...

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On my Facebook page, I mentioned that my empire waist knit dress was almost done. I just had to choose a proper hemming technique. Initially, I had plan to fold in the lila/grey line inside and hem this way. When I finished the dress, I thought that this pale line at the bottom finished the dress perfectly.Finally I made a rolled hem using...

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