Sewing starts with...

 Sewing starts with the proper fabric.

I prefer natural fibre almost always, except some special occasions.
But for everyday wear and everyday comfort natural origin of your material is essential. 

 Everyday garment shouldn’t look plain and simple. Let's use print of the fabric, try some geometric and free forms, add lace of the same colour...

And don't hesitate to put your jacket into the washing machine - cotton lace is OK with washing, if it had passed pre-sewing preparations.

 No symmetry here.
Non-symmetrical hemline and neckline. And embellishments as well... Wait! At least sleeves are the same.

 Helen, who ordered this jacket planned to wear it with black leather skirt.

Tutu, American... and other tulle skirts. Part 1.

 I am going to make a series of posts about different types of tulle skirts for girls.

There is a tutu skirt, which came from American ballet performances, and American skirt with lots of frills, and other ways to apply tulle or netting creatively.

All of them are loved by girls and their mothers for their splendour, pomp and princess-like look.

As I made each of that glamorous skirts at least once, I collected some tips and thoughts about them to share. Which one is more comfortable to wear, what care do they need, which one is for one or two parties only, etc.

To be continued...

All skirts are my work. Tutu on the right, American above and modest everyday skirt on the left. Sorry, Mariana has commented that it is not modest at all.

Retro - mood... and thoughts

 One can say that retro and vintage are always in trend. What is the difference between them, after all?
There's one rule: vintage is 50 and more years old, so it covers 50th and 60th of the previous century. Then retro comes onstge.
Stylists advice: if you desire to look retro, its better to quote not your personal youth decade, but take one decade earlier. You won't look old-fashioned in that case.
On the left photo - Julia demonstrates my dress and small jacket with retro features -  it is double-breasted, with round buttoned lapels and puffy short sleeves.

Photo by Kseniya Sytina.

And two photos of my red satin dress for beautiful Tatiana on her Vintage party - reasonably bouffant skirt (just a couple of petticoats of soft tulle), white bow on the back, small button on the neck.
I think that the main facet of any Vintage look - is personal fitting of the dress, especially top. It covers the forms of your and only your figure, and it matches your individuality. A sign of custom-sewing.

Snow-white blouse

This is one of my favourite works for beautiful and elegant Alla. It is made of thin and soft linen and cotton lace. Parallel pleats, lace intersewn on the chest and along the sleeves. It is used for cuffs, hem and collar as well.

What makes this blouse snow-white - is small embellishment on the cuffs. Small white beads and larger ones made of natural crystal provide sparkling effect. I brought these crystal beads from Czech Republic.