Jacket with a zebra print

Hello,

Fashion and textile prints is without a doubt my favourite project to take up.

This orange jacket has some brave touches added to it- striped turn up cuffs and lapels and of course that zebra print on the back.

What do you think??

I hope you like it as much as I do!^_^

Malgosia

xx

Summer outfits

Hello and welcome to my very summery post!^_^

I would like to share with you here some of my latest summer projects.
My sister and I had a lot of fun during the photoshoot, despite the heat it was nice to do this together.

The dresses have been styled  as both sporty and elegant.
I think it is really great if you can wear one dress in different styles.
A very simple way to change its look is to add/ remove a belt, wear a tiny waistcoat or a jacket over it, try different pair of shoes etc. It's amazing what each accessory can achieve!

What do you think of the outfits? ^_^

Gosia

xxxx

My Red Dress

Hello,

I hope you've had a fantastic and relaxing weekend!

A while ago back in cold spring I made a pretty red dress for myself.. Recently we have been having a really nice weather over here in Edinburgh and so I managed to wear it outside. The sun was shining so brightly one day and I walked around town showing off my pretty red dress!^_^

Well I hope you guys like it too^_^

Gosia xxx

Jersey- my favourite fabric

Good evening!

I had been experimenting with jersey fabric for a while with mostly not too goo results. That's all in the past now, I seem to finally got it right and sewing knit fabrics is no longer a nightmare! Yupi!
I am so so happy!
The trick is to use a right needle, right foot and a right stitch.
What works for me is- STRETCH NEEDLE, WALKING FOOT (luckily my Bernina machine came with that one ^_^), GOOD QUALITY POLYESTER THREAD and NARROW ZIGZAG STITCH- that gives that extra strength so needed in knit/ stretch fabrics!
I've heard of a twin needle solution for the strength too but I have not tried it.
For a tight pencil skirt - which also doesn't have any zipper-  strong stitches definitely help and the zigzag stitch did a great job!

I also made a bustier top in a beautiful turquoise colour. These two garments seemed to go really nice together, don't you think?

You can check out my new pencil skirt and the bustier top below:

Jersey is most definitely my favourite fabric. It feels super soft on my skin and I love how the garment possibilities vary from close fitting (very often without even a need for a fastening as this is a stretchy fabric -which is so awesome!) to beautifully draped lose skirts/ dresses etc. I cant wait to sew more with it!^_^

I would very much appreciate any feedback from you.

In the meantime have a lovely evening!


Gosia

Fashion and Screen Printing

Hello everyone^_^

How have you been???
I don't seem to be able to stop printing! And recently I've decided to take my printing adventure to the next level- designing a fashion garment, printing on the cut out fabric panels before finally sewing them together. The outcome was very pleasing to my eyes! One more skirt to wear! ^_^

Below I am sharing the process and the final garment with you guys!




Drawing on the freezer paper and the cutting out the shapes out.

 I've treated myself to a new (and much bigger than the one I made myself a while ago) screen frame which is of a perfect size to print on fashion garments.

Applying textile paint..

First colour applied. I'm letting it dry a bit before peeling off the paper. And once the ink has dried completely I will fix it permanently with a hot iron. 

Once the black print dried I applied a second colour- which was metallic (or as they are called- opaque) silver.

And then finally the remaining step was to sew the skirt...

Here it is:

FRONT VIEW

BACK VIEW

And here I am enjoying the fruit of my hard work! ^_^

Thank you for stopping by!

Gosia

xxxxx