This dress pattern is made after I received a request from a reader on Tiana’s Closet. She asked me (a few times) for an empire waist dress, with V neckline and short sleeves. After a long time of procrastination, I finally finished designing this Yvonne empire waist dress. At first I was quite reluctant to…
I am having a style crush on this beauty – a Ruffled Paneled Mini Dress by Minju Kim, a Korean fashion designer. It is a dress in her Spring-Summer 2020 collection. Look how playful it is with contrast yoke and a ruffled flounce back! I am sharing this newly made pattern inspired by Kim’s design…
The pattern for today (a really sunny day – summer is here!) is the Bianca ruffled back hi-lo blouse. This is a pattern I made for myself to prepare for the hot days coming. I have played around with this pattern and made a 3D simulation of it. Let’s check out the look! This is…
Summer is finally coming in Toronto! It is expected to be warm from next week, and my family is planning to bring our plants to the garden – no more bringing them out and in every day! I am in the creative mood, and today I am sharing my new pattern for summer: the Marissa…
As I am taking a break from all the bad news about COVID-19, I realize that I become more effective – creating lots of new patterns with the hope that it will soon get better so that I can wear my new dresses outside. The Tanya ruffled sleeve tunic dress is the result of a…
Dear friends, I just decided that I will share all of the patterns on my blog for FREE from now on. I am on the way to edit all blog posts and present all download links directly in the post so that any sewing enthusiast can have access to the patterns made by me. Making…
Hi there, Seems like I have overthrown the claim of the easiest face mask ever, because I have found a totally new way of making a fabric face mask which is even easier than that. You can make it – even without a sewing machine. All you have to do is sewing straight lines and…
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen day by day, I have been staying at home and making as many masks as possible to donate to hospitals. It is also a good chance for me to make new friends who are also sewers, and they are cutting all the fabric they have in hand –…
It has been on my mind for some time that I seem to be more efficient when working at home. The number of patterns I made during this two weeks are almost as many as I did during the last few months. I must also admit that your visits and comments encourage me to make…
It’s been quite a long time since I stayed at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and I start to lose track of time. Sometimes I don’t even know that day it is – spending the whole day inside is not easy, even for a serious introvert like me. I know many of you are…
