Palmtrees Jumpsuit

Well, it's a funny story about how I got the fabric for this project, and with it, the inspiration. 

I saw this fabric in a Catalan website, labelled as Liberty Tana Lawn, at 15 €/m. I jumped at the bargain and bought 2 m to make this wonderful jumpsuit I'd seen in Burda Magazine. I have this thing with jumpsuits, the other day I recounted them and I have 8 jumpsuits in my wardrobe, sleeveless, short-sleeved, long sleeved, jersey and woven fabrics... it seems I have never enough jumpsuits. 

Well, when I received the fabric I realized it did not have the shine, the precision of print and the hand of liberty, although it is a good cotton in a very close weight. I contacted the shop and, after insisting a 2nd time, they conceded it was not a real Liberty fabric and they apologised. I accepted their excurses because the price was not Liberty either, but then they gave me some postordering discount of 25 % as if it had been a remnant. In fact, it was the last 2 m I'd bought. 

Well, what a pitty! Liberty cotton is unique and a pleassure to sew, but I had already washed the popelin and I had the pattern from Burda ready. So, of course I made it!

I made no modifications to the pattern, but at the end I decided to obliterate the elastic belt the pattern had. It felt good being wide and loose, and I do not like to have my waist cinched. 

The final result is lovely, and above all, very comfortable, also in hot weather, even having long pants. So, I guess this is going to be a staple in my wardrobe. 

Black Interlock Summer Travel Dress

 

I got my inspiration in Saint and Sophia again, and used the same interlock bought in Ray Stitch in the jumpsuit. This is a midi sleeveless dress with a wraped bodice and a high waist. 

I hacked the bodice from my Coco dress, which I drew using Aldrich's book. I used a sleeveless version and elongated the bodice by the neck cut line to the oposite side. 

For the skirt, I used my self-drafted pattern too, the A skirt this time in a jersey fabric, but it works fine since it does not have any dart, only the widening of the side seams. It is a great pattern that I've used dozens of times. 

Well, then everything is joined ate the high waist, and there you are, a comfortable dress to travel in summer. It is also smart and cool to wear it anywhere.

The interlock soft fabric is from the visit I made to Ray Stitch last month of May. 

Black Crepe Silk Lacy Dress

 

I bought this gorgeous silk crepe in The New Craft House, in Hackney, London. Originally, its purpose was lining, but it was at good price (22 pounds!), and I decided to buy 6 m. Finally, I only bought one wool jacket fabric, instead of the two I'd planned (at Ray Stitch), so some ideas started appearing in my dessigner mind, like a slip dress with some lace on the neck cut and around the bottom, and also the deep side cuts. 

I looked throughout all my magazines and finally I found this pattern in an old Patrones. It had a dessigner's name on it, so I decided to give it a go, despite my low level of trust in Patrones patterns.

 

It turned out to be just perfect, and I saw it at first fitting, which was like a glove, perfect, with the precise amount of give around my body. I just thought, sew well, not to spoil such a good piece. 

I decided to make a double top piece, all around, and skip the zip and the centre back, since I could slip it on quite effortlessly. 

Well, it is perfect. It looks lovely, and I can't wait to wear it with a smart jacket, for example. 

The heavy crepe is gorgeous, as we can see when the sun shines on it. 

Liberty Silk Outfit

 

Another of the fabrics I bought in London. In The New Craft House in Hackney, to be precise. 

I had clocked some not-very-expensive silks in the website, but when I arrived at the mortar shop, I saw that a bunch of Liberty silks was on sale at 34 quid (+VAT), so 50 €. It usually goes to 80 quid, so this was a bargain! I decided to buy 2 m to make some pillow cases! 

Of course, when I got home, the outline of an outfit had formed in my brain, and I decided to give it a go for the last day in school: a long shirt cut on the bias and a halter blouse I could barely scrape out off the corners left, if adding a triangle in the tucked in part. 

Big mistakes ahead! 

First, sewing silk on the bias is serius business. When you try to self-enclose the lateral seams and moreover, ading a lateral zip, your are probabbly going to get some nasty looking waves in the seams. I knew that! In this previous project of mine, I had simply left the seam allowances open, finished with an overlock stitch, to avoid precisely that. 

Second, and most important, the skirt hugs you and clings to you figure showing no mercy. 

I realized my big mistake before the first fitting, and I saw it was a gonner as soon as I put it on me. After blaming myself for my stupidity, I saw two possible solutions. First, I could make a silk lining (I had bought 6 m of glorius black crêpre de chine in the same shop). That would prevent the silk to hug my shape, and it improved quite a lot when I tested it. But the zip still looked uggly. The 2nd solution was expensive. I purchased 2 more metres of silk in England and got it on time to make a new skirt, this time cutting it on the grain. It was great, that one, but it cost me 105 €. Not cheap, this vice of mine. 

With the bias fiasco skirt, though, I made two gorgeous silk pillow cases, and still had some fabric left to make a sleeping mask for my dear husband. And it's become lovely and practical, too. 

Well, the skirt pattern is another version of my self drafted patten. I love this long, A shaped skirt pattern. 

As for the blouse, I used a pattern from an old Patrones magazine, with turned out to be perfect. 

I am sorry I lost all the pictures I made that day. I only saved one from the Instagram publication. I intend to wear the two pieces separatelly too. They are both great with denim. 

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!