Tag: Athens
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Cold Shoulder Hot Pattern Top
Hi! The month of September is coming to an end and what a month that has been! The latest high emotions come from the sunny holiday in Greece, which for me was extra special because it was the first time back there since returning to Estonia four years ago, after having spent five years in…
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Out Of The Closet: Taffeta Stripe Dress
When I saw this striped polyester tafetta fabric on a trip to Estonia back in 2010, the perfect pattern for it immediately popped up in my mind – Burda Easy Fashion spring/summer 2009 dress. This particular magazine is one of my absolute favourites since I would still like to make most of the models in…
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Out Of The Closet: Bow Tie Blouse
This blog was not started the day I made my first garment and therefore there are quite a few items in my closet that I have made some time ago already, but nevertheless love to wear and share with you. As I am in the middle of a huge change in my life (post about…
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Drape Drape Drop-Waist Gather Drape Dress
Try reading the title out loud, it reminds me of some articulation drills for children 🙂 Nearly a month after my birthday, I finally sat down to make the first dress from the Drape Drape 1 book I was gifted for my birthday. The teal knit fabric for the project was also a present, so…
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Burda Stretch Pants
I remember the moment when I saw Elaine’s terrific leather-ponte combo pants. My heart stopped a beat and I decided right there that I have to have something at least remotely similar. Well, deciding to want something is one thing, but it can be a long way to finally wear what you imagined. But I…
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The Sundress
As you may know already, this dress has been finished for about a month, but there was a problem with runaway buttons. The buttons finally arrived right on time, because the weather here has turned back to summer, giving me a chance to finally wear the dress. The temperature has been around 33 degrees the…
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Fabric Shops in Athens
Yesterday a funny coincidence occurred – at some point during the day I had the idea of helping travelling sewists, who would like to buy some fabric on their trip to Athens, by giving directions to the relevant shops. And as I checked the statistics of my blog later on, I saw that someone had…
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Burda Colourblock Dress
In winter and early spring we had a very rough time because of a serious health issue in the family and the general situation in crisis-hit Greece, so I didn´t have the time and energy even to look at Burda Style magazines for a couple of months, and of course when I finally came around,…
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The “Wedding Dress”
I cannot find a better name for this dress, because it was made for a wedding where I had the honour to be among the guests and because both, the bride and the groom, Tiina and Paap are my good friends and I was as excited as the bride, I guess. As always, everything starts…
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