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!

Pinks Wool Shorts & Black Wool Short-Sleeved jacket

This pink wool (not sure if it's not a blend) was the last remnant my friend Ann'a mum gave to me. There was less than 1 metre, so shorts were the best option. I've become to love wool shorts in winter. I have the perfect pattern, and this the nth version of it. 

I thought they'd look good with this beautiful pattern from BurdaStyle. It's a double-chested blazer with sculptured short sleeves, which are a curved extension of the fron piece. I did not make the asimetrical version, though. I simply made the more classical lapel side twice and doubled also the same matching back side. 

I bought some cheap thin wool online and I was decieved that it was too thin, but then I interfaced it all with fusible and lined it with a pink satin cupro lining. The result is perfect! I can wear it in the summer, since it is short sleeved, and also in winter layered with a tight jersey top.

As I write this in June, I've worn the jacket in full summer with my slim smart pants and the outfit is impressive, formal, cool and comfortable, I really love it. 

I plan to make the jacket again in a thicker wool I bought in London with matching shorts and I know it is gonna be awesome. 

Maroon Cardigan

I wanted to make something else with this wonderful merino-alpaca from Wool and the Gang, after knitting my hat. 

And the pattern inspiration came from Sezane's winter 25 website. It was a 1x1 rib knitted cardigan with the buttonband and the cuffs knitted in a finer yarn, half thicker that the general one. I tought that I could split the two main threads that make up this yarn, untwisting them. Not an easy job, specially because it was really soft and week, when I used half of it, very prone to breaking. 

I used Ann Budd's book again, but in this project I my gauge between measures and I had to make a compromise, knitting a bigger size in everything horizontal, and a samller one in the vertical parts. As an unintended consequence, the raglan sleeves attachment is too long and the badice too wide. Not enough to undo it, but still, not perfect.

 

Other than that, it is quite nice and becoming. I like the cardigan option as an excuse for a deep neck cut. 

We'll see if it gets wear next winter, I finished in april and could only wear it twice, warm weather starting sooner and sooner. 

See it in Ravelry.

Pink Wool Jacket

 

I bought this fabric online, in Merchant & Mills' website, because I had to buy some oilskin ther and When I saw this gorgeous Suri alpaca hairy fabric and I had to buy it to make a jacket I did not need. I am an adict. 

Then I found this gorgeous pattern in BurdaStyle. It was just right for it. I made no modifications, although I made some mistakes with the undercollar strip, which at the end I could solve. 

It is simply gorgeous and I am going to wear it a lot, I hope.

 

Here I am wearing it with the tshirt a I made with the merino wool remnant left from my stripped dress project. 
 

Green Wool Hooded Coat

 

This gorgeous deep green fabric was another give by my friend's mother, Ana. There was 3 m of pure wool, so I decided to make a big, long, hooded coat to use it all. 

I used an old pattern of mine, a hackering of a hacker of a trench coat from Aldrich's book. 

I wanted to add a hood to the double breasted bodice, so I bought a 5 € add on to a comercial coat pattern, and I adapted it to my bodice. 

I had to make some major modification in the back base of the hood, but when finished and lined, it was all great. 

I used a gorgeous green cupro lining, some brass button and a long beld of the same fabric. 

Black & White Stripped Midi Woollen Dress

 Very proud about this one! 

I got the inspiration from Saint & Sophia website. There was a short sleeved jersey dress in a stripped knit. 

Then I saw this fabric in MeterMeter, I though it would be perfect. As usual, the fabric was lighter than expected. My tiny brain cannot help to project from the enlarged pictures rather than from the weight information, which I KNOW IS THE REAL THING!

I decided to use my modified Coco pattern, which was inspired many years ago by Tilly and the Buttons' Coco pattern, and drawn by by folloing Aldrich's book. And it is still perfect. I have several versions of it, and I chose the set-in sleeve, lengthen to midi, with round neck and fake buttons on the right shoulder. 

I was positively surprised byt the fabric. It is lovely. Soft, thin and warm, not itchy at all and with great drape. It is just perfect. 

Here with my new boots, looking great!