Hi Readers! I finally finished my Burda 08/2009 Swing Coat which I started more than a month ago. Last week I couldn’t do much sewing after work so I squeezed all the lining sewing to a Saturday late afternoon (until 3am!) and woke up at 9am on Sunday to finish slip stitching the lining in … Continue reading »
Hi Readers! This will be my last progress report post for the Burda 08/2009 swing coat which I’ve spent most of my November free time working on. After putting the main coat pieces together, it’s time to attach the collar and facing to the coat. I found that there are so many ways to attached … Continue reading »
Hello Readers, I’m hoping this would be the second last progress post on the Burda 08/2009 swing coat which I’m onto third week (mostly part-time) sewing. Since pad stitching the lapels, making the single welt pockets and bound buttonholes the week before, I moved onto putting the main coat pieces together. Catchstitching has been a … Continue reading »
Hi reader, I haven’t done any actual sewing in the past week but have done a bit of reading / self education on tailoring. Last year, I managed to get hold of Burda magazine’s 08/2009 issue which has this swing coat design. It was love at first sight but I was too busy making my … Continue reading »
I’ve been doing some bed time reading lately on a newly released book called ‘Vintage Couture Tailoring’ by Thomas von Nordheim. I saw this book on Amazon UK and found that the writer is German who moved to the UK in 1990s and worked for London couture house Lachasse. He also teaches at the London … Continue reading »
