Black Interlock Jumpsuit

We were in London last May and this is my 1st project with the fabrics I bought there, in Ray Stitch to be exact. This is a soft and fluid black interlock. I've washed in the machine once with very good outcome. I love interlock and I am always imagining projects with it, specially in black. 

This was inspired, again, by Saint and Sophia website. They had the exact same thing. I decided to use an old Burda Style pattern for the trouser part, because it has an elasticated band at the waist, which the model had. I hackered the pockets, making them vertical instead of horizontal. 

For the bodice, I used antother Burda pattern, this one from a jumpsuit too, the Twill Mono 107, that I had used before. In this, I transported the bust dart to the underbust and made it gathering it in to the trousers elasticated waist, as I made the back vertical darts and the trousers back darts, everything gathered with the ellasticated band t the waist. I aslo drew a new neck closing and a new neck band. 

I installed a nice chunky zipper, taking good care to stitch it properly, specially at the bottom, and enclosing it inside the finished neck. 

It turned out perfect, comfortable, ellegant and cool. Eternal piece of clothing. 

Raincoat for My Love

My beloved husband never needs anything. But I know better, of course. Sometimes, an anrmy poncho or a plastic 1-use reincoat are not ideal.

So, I decided to make the perfect raincoat form him.

 

First, the perfect fabric: sustainable, comfortable, goodlooking and waterproof English oilcloth from Merchant&Mills: Black Organic Cotton Dry Oilskin. With 245 g/m is the perfect weight for a raincoat. 

Then, the perfect pattern. I used Burda Style's parca for women and removed the skirt A.shape, made the sleeves to fit him and placed the waist tie is his waist. 

I also changed the pockets, making diagonal flap covers with only one button. 

I encased carefully all the seams using thick poliester Gutermann thread and installed Prym snaps. 

I made it slowly and with most care, and it ended up perfect. 

I even made a small bag to put it inside, so that he can wear it as a small backpack. 

Very proud of this one, it's perfect.

Light Blue Wide-Legged Jeans

 

Jeans are the ultimate project for a seamstress, I think. It is difficult to get the perfect, authentic, comfortable pair, and honestly, I believe these are perfect. 

First, the denim fabric we can buy does not have the used, eroded feel of comercial jeans. The only shades that look fine are dark indigo or vey light blue like this. Then, the thickness, the hang, the softness to be perfect, specially if we are buying denim online, is almost impossible. Well, I found this fabric in MeterMeter by the name of Eta Washed Denim in september 2025, and although I was quite sceptic, it turned out just perfect in all those senses. 

For the pattern, I wanted my jeans to be high waisted and wide legged to copy the youngsters' preferences these days. So I decided to use the Ginger Jeans pattern and make some major hacks to it.

First, I drew a perpendicular line under the pockets, cut it and moved it 5 cm upwards, in both the front and back pattern pieces. 

Second, I drew a second perfendicular line from both crotch outward points and from there, I drew three perpendicular lines to the bottom of the jeans. Cutting these lines open, I pivoted the pieces so that I got the desired wideness. 

I followed the instructions for the Ginger Jeans for the pockets, the fly and the waist band. I finished all the seams self enclosing them and topstitching with golden Jeans Gutermann thread. 

And voilà, they are perfect!