11 April 2018

Recollecting last summer

Winter was really well behaved and treated us well. Scarcely did we have any cold days. Spring is here already and Summer is approaching. You can just feel it in your bones. Right now I can also feel the cold that I caught up for the 20th time this year, even though the weather was so nice. 
Nice, but sneaky. 
Ok, I may be over exaggerating about the number of times, 
but it was more than what I am used to.

Anyway, to cut it short, while waiting impatiently for the warm, light-clothes-wearing days, I recollect last year’s summertime...
I spent most of my summer days in the city. Mostly due to laziness and here you have the song that was humming in my head most of the time, while strolling through the city... 


 I had a perfect time actually, since we all Athenians know, that the best time to be in Athens is August!




This is a favorite one, TOP GUN!! (no need to guess what it sells..)


And to cut it more short, here's something that kept me 
busy between walking, exploring and swimming around...

I had this beautiful fabric for just too long a time unused. It is a favorite one as it is a birthday gift from my madrid-ean friends, so having free time I decided I had to do something with it... at last...!



And you know me, never leaving anything wasted...
Using the selvage instead of a bias trim, ha!


I just love and collect all the selvages from all the fabrics that come to my hands, first time of actually using it.


Hope to be back soon!
(Before we pass to the next decade that is!!)





13 January 2018

Inspirations of all kinds

While reading about the French Revolution for this essay that I have to write and I keep postponing, I came up to this..

Marie Antoinette's execution on 16 October 1793
(wikipedia commons)

Emotional as I am I just feel so sad to see her die in this elegant outfit... 
don't know about your feelings, macabre or not, isn't it really a perfect wedding dress??

31 December 2017

Blue 2018

Sewing Box is back again and getting ready for the (nearly here) New Year!


This year I decided to go velvet, and I simple love the texture...
so rich..so velvet-y soft..


It is a deux-pièces. The blouse is ready made and it was another of the super bargains that I usually happen to come across. 


The inside story is that I bought the blouse something like 3 years ago and no more than 5 euros. The time had come to do something with it, so making my life easy I just made the blue velvet skirt. 
And now that I say blue velvet, this favorite one comes in mind...


I dedicate it to you all wishing a Happy New Year
full of health, love and many many blessings!

And as it is accustomed to make New Year's resolutions, 
I optimistically will try to be more productive!
Here's the preview...


For the coming winter... blue wool it is!