Burda Style For people who sew

11 February, 2012

• 05:03 PM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Snuggly Hoodie

  

  Hooded zipped sweatshirt made in fleecy sweatshirt fabric. More details on my blog one rainy afternoon

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• 04:59 PM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Spring meringue

  

  crisp cotton in black with a very small white flower motif. This skirt is the first pattern in The Colette Sewing Handbook. More details can be seen on my blog – one rainy afternoon…

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23 January, 2012

• 12:16 PM

  onerainyafternoon commented on the project jacket for a scarf

  thank you Jenny! Yes – the skirt you can see if actually a dress – the next project on Burdastyle…

  

• 08:53 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called button it dress

  

  based on the crepe dress pattern from colette patterns i modified the pattern so that the dress wraps at the front and omitted the belt tie and instead added a button fastening. more details on "my…

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• 08:50 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called jacket for a scarf

  

  ok, so most people buy (or make) scarfs to go with their jackets but i thought i would shake things up a bit and make a jacket to go with a scarf. more details can be seen on my blog…

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5 January, 2012

• 09:12 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Yellow flowers and denim

  

  Yellow floral cotton blouse from the Jasmine pattern by Colette Patterns. And a denim Beignet, also by Colette Patterns.

  More details on my blog “one rainy afternoon”/http://www.onerainyafternoo…

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• 09:09 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Grey shirt dress

  

  Grey cotton blend shirt dress based on a japanese pattern from the book “les couleurs francaises”.

  More details can be seen on my blog: one rainy afternoon

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• 09:04 AM

  onerainyafternoon commented on the project Linen Opera Dress

  it was a fairly heavy linen so it draped well.

  Thank you for your lovely comments

  

• 09:02 AM

  onerainyafternoon ’s status has been updated to:
  is sewing the hem on a new dress!

  

4 January, 2012

• 07:48 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Linen Opera Dress

  

  Linen dress based on a Lisette for Simplicity pattern but adapted for a baby bump. Further details and other projects (maternity and others) can be seen on my blog www.onerainyafternoon.com (search…

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• 07:42 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Crepe for a bump?

  

  An adaptation of the lovely Crepe pattern from Colette Patterns to cover a baby bump.
  More details can be found on my blog www.onerainyafternoon.com (search for ‘crepe’ to see details of this proj…

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15 June, 2011

• 10:00 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Selection of summer dresses

  

  One pattern, some fabric, a little variation = three dresses.

  See all details on my blog

  http://onerainyafternoonbyzoe.blogspot.com

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• 09:56 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Popover sundresses

  

  From the free downloadable pattern on the Oliver & S blog – these sundresses are easy to make and look so cute!

  All details for the dresses and the matching bloomers on my blog

  http://onerain…

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• 09:53 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called White eyelet Rae shirt

  

  Using the free pattern – the Rae shirt – I made this white eyelet cover up for my niece – with matching bloomers.
  All details on my blog

  http://onerainyafternoonbyzoe.blogspot.com

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• 08:53 AM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Liberty shirt blouse

  

  Blouse made in Liberty fabric. Pattern is an adaptation of a shirt dress pattern from the japanese pattern book ‘Les Couleurs francaises’.

  All details and more (on the shirt and the trousers) on…

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8 June, 2011

• 08:37 PM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Maternit Dress Take One

  

  Cotton maternity dress based (very loosely) on a pattern from a Japanese Pattern Book but with the bodice shortened – a jersey band inserted with same fabric belt and the skirt cut much wider and p…

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• 08:33 PM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called White eyelet Sobretto

  

  Can you tell I’ve had a little production line of this pattern? For this version though (again using the Sobretto free pattern from Colette Patterns) I omitted the front pleat and serged the edges …

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• 08:29 PM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Blue Liberty print Sobretto

  

  As for the yellow gingham top – using the Sobretto free pattern from Colette Patterns which is a dream pattern.

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• 08:26 PM

  onerainyafternoon added the project called Yellow gingham Sobretto

  

  First (of many) Sobretto tops using the free pattern from Colette Patterns. An easy two piece pattern to make a slip on vest top with a central pleat. Pattern goes together like a dream and there a…

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