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This week, I sewed myself a new FUT! Initially there was this crazy fabric I stumbled across in Bali... (I can't find Liberty here - I know, it's awful - but I find some really pretty ones printed viscose or rayon...) This time, I unearthed a navy blue viscose with pretty birds on it. As I wasn't sure what to make of it, I asked the question on Instagram and Facebook (join me there, we're having fun!) And so, I made pants out of them (with the LE FUT pattern)! Of course I put on shiny piping (we don't get...

Dear passionate seamstresses, A little post today to show you my look of the day, totally homemade!! Initially, there was an immediate crush on this bright yellow fabric; a kind of embossed jacquard, really pretty... I found this fabric in Bali, at Alta Moda: a real Ali Baba's cave with thousands of fabrics on 5 floors! If you come on vacation to Bali one day, check out this store, it's definitely worth it... Back home, it was obvious: this beautiful fabric would become a jacket! A jacket "On my 31" of course ;-) (it's not like I didn't already have...

The little story... When I posted the design of my new jacket/coat on Instagram, I asked you what name to give it: And there, against all odds, many of you talked to me about Kate Middleton (and also Jacky Kennedy)! You thought it had a bit of an English chic side to it... And it's thanks to you that the MISS KATE & LADY KATE patterns were born:! Sewing patterns to sew chic jackets & coats, in women's and children's versions! Available in different fabrics to wear during the intermediate seasons or in the middle of winter: wool, velvet, gabardine......

SCHOOLS CLOSED from Monday: how to survive? I know, I know, normally I talk about COUTURE in my posts. No news. And even less Coronavirus. But there, I sensed a certain distress among all the parents of school children... On Monday, the schools will be closed. And our hysterical toddlers confined to the house...(In Bali too, that's what awaits us!) As I am neither a doctor nor a journalist specializing in pandemics, I am not going to tell you to wash your hands or stay cloistered at home. I'm just going to give you a silly piece of advice, but...