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17 May, 2013

• 02:25 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the project the new york dress

  absolutely love the dress and the styling is perfect – you are a print genius, always said that :)

  

• 02:24 PM

  Marina von Koenig favorited the project the new york dress

  

14 November, 2012

• 10:11 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the project Spring Alexander in autumn

  What a lovely top! And yay to all the hand stitching- welcome to the club :)

  

• 10:09 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article Behind the Seams with Marina von Koenig: The Making of a Couture Top

  Thank you, as always!

  

• 10:09 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article Behind the Seams with Marina von Koenig: The Making of a Couture Top

  That’s great! I hope you will enjoy it :)

  

• 10:08 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article Behind the Seams with Marina von Koenig: The Making of a Couture Top

  Thank you, I know it took me a while, but I am already working on the next one – catching up!

  

12 November, 2012

• 04:35 PM

  MvK added the blog entry Behind the Seams with Marina von Koenig: The Making of a Couture Top

  How many attempts does it take to give up on a project? A couple of weeks ago I had to make a dec…

  

10 September, 2012

• 06:58 PM

  MvK added the blog entry Behind the Seams with Marina von Koenig: The Making of the Couture Godet Skirt

  Soaring temperatures and humidity in New York these past days are not particularly stimulating to…

  

12 July, 2012

• 07:31 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article Behind the Seams: The Making of a Couture Flapper Dress

  Thanks a lot! Yes, bias facings are fun and so easy to install.

  

• 07:30 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article Behind the Seams: The Making of a Couture Flapper Dress

  Thanks )

  To your question:

  if you look at the technical drawing and at the last picture in th…

  

10 July, 2012

• 02:19 PM

  MvK added the blog entry Behind the Seams: The Making of a Couture Flapper Dress

  This is it – the perfect theater or evening dress I was lacking in my wardrobe. Breezy and luxuri…

  

5 March, 2012

• 02:22 PM

  Marina von Koenig added MusterSchnittchen as a friend

  

• 02:12 PM

  Marina von Koenig added lequaintrelle as a friend

  

30 November, 2011

• 04:33 PM

  MvK added the blog entry Couture Sewing: Darts

  With the cold weather setting in the Northern hemisphere, what’s better than to wrap yourself in …

  

• 07:19 PM

  Marina von Koenig ’s status has been updated to:
  check out my balanced dart tutorial here on Burdastyle

  

• 07:19 PM

  Marina von Koenig ’s status has been updated to:
  check out my balanced dart tutorial here

  

• 07:16 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the project 1944 Pink Wool Coat

  Yay, Peter! I am Cathy’s biggest fan! You nailed the look!

  Marina

  

• 04:53 PM

  Marina von Koenig ’s status has been updated to:
  a.k.a. Marina v.K. (Frabjous Couture)

  

• 04:44 PM

  Marina von Koenig added the technique called Balanced dart

  

  A balanced dart helps distribute fabric evenly on both sides of the dart stitching line making the dart less conspicuous. This is a great technique for many medium- to heavyweight fabrics, especial…

  Read on

  

• 08:33 AM

  Marina von Koenig ’s status has been updated to:
  yay, my Chanel-style cape is finished

  

• 08:33 AM

  Marina von Koenig ’s status has been updated to:
  yay, the cape is finished

  

29 November, 2011

• 10:38 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article What to Wear (and make) Right Now

  I am making the short version of the first v-neck dress. But it took me some time to decipher ins…

  

• 10:35 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article What to Wear (and make) Right Now

  August was very cute too! I personally find much more original styles, not the frumpy clothes fri…

  

28 November, 2011

• 07:26 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the project Back to the Seventies Coat

  great done – love the red! and the cropped sleeve!

  

18 November, 2011

• 07:37 PM

  Marina von Koenig ’s status has been updated to:
  working on a self-imposed hand-worked buttonholes challenge

  

• 01:50 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article The Unsung Notion: Beeswax

  Do you use Thread Heaven? It would be great to compare it with beeswax!

  

• 01:48 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article The Unsung Notion: Beeswax

  Let me know whether you could find it! I got another one for a friend from an organic store in Mi…

  

• 10:29 AM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article Behind the Scenes: Visiting a Textile Archive

  Thanks, Lindsey, for sharing this! I have never heard of it. I have only visited Antonio Ratti Te…

  

17 November, 2011

• 07:21 PM

  Marina von Koenig commented on the article The Unsung Notion: Beeswax

  You are welcome! I’d love to hear how you’ll use it in your hand-sewing!

  

16 November, 2011

• 07:04 PM

  MvK added the blog entry The Unsung Notion: Beeswax

  Hundreds of sewing patterns, sewing books, magazines and instructions and hardly any mention of t…

  

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