The Sewing Room Blog

While working on my bathingsuit collaboration with Celia, I ran into some difficulties especially with serging and hemming the elastic. I needed some tips and instructions to stitch everything right. So YouTube came to the resue! After a few searches about elastic a...

Collaboration time with Celia has come around again! But this time I get to be part of the action (Instead of makoing like a few weeks ago).

As I told you before Celia is a fashion  designer and blogs about clothes to fit your body type. Check out her blog: http:...

Meet Marina!

As I told you before, Marina and I collaborated for a class project. I make her the apron that she is modeling in these pictures and she made me the most delicious chocolate and pecan cookies presented in the cutest, decorated bowl and cloth! 

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This weekend my sister was working in The Sewing Room. She came over to start sewing cushions for her Bohemian styled birthday party. Here's whats she did so far

Today I went into town to find material for the apron. The fabric stores were filled with people buying material to decorate their house for Christmas with new curtains and cushions etc. It was the first time I felt Christmassy for the season :) ... I tri...

My sister is having a Bohemian style party for her 30th birthday. This means bright colours: pinks, oranges, purples, reds, blues, also means decorating with fringes, tassels, lanterns, draping fabrics, and CUSHIONS... lots and lots of CUSHIONS!!

She wanted to make th...

After my Social Networking class today, I tagged along with some classmates to an empty room where Celia and Ophelia were collaborating. Celia is a fashion designer and she showed us how to make a paper pattern for a dress that Ophelia is going to attempt to sew for h...

I've been dying to get this paint on the wall! I went to Sissions and got a paint called Blue Hyacinth but its really like a light purple colour. I painted all four walls in the purple and the walls by the built in desk were left white. 

Today we pay tribute to one of the biggest icons in the fashion industry, Oscar de la Renta. His influence in the fashion world shall live on in our hearts and in our closets. May he rest in peace.