Hello Darlings! It has been sooo long since my last tutorial on Trapeze Circle Dress, seems like it was a forever ago! Feels like it's time for a new tutorial and this time it will be... a Bishop sleeve! The timing for this tutorial could not be better: in my honest opinion, a big statement sleeve like this one is perfect for holiday season, so you can make it just in time for Christmas dinner or New Years Eve party! I made two dresses using this sleeve pattern: an exaggerate

Hello Darlings! Not sure how about you, but I used to be afraid of making sportswear - sewing stretchy fabrics can be intimidating, and sewing performance sportswear can be very intimidating. I slowly worked past my fear of stretch fabrics through lots of trials and errors, and now I can proudly wear my own created clothes to the gym, knowing that they will perform flawlessly. Today I would like to share with you 4 simple tips that you can easily apply when sewing activewear

Hello Darlings! I am very excited about what I am going to share with you today - my very first pattern drafting tutorial! Pattern drafting is a skill I learned at sewing school and honestly, it was one of the key elements that took my sewing to the next level. Knowing how to make my own patterns not only allows me to create any design I want or recreate a look from a photo, but also I got much better at fitting commercial patterns - once I knew the basics of how the pattern

Hello Darlings! Today I would like to talk to you about main seamstress tool - sewing machine - and more accurately, I would like to talk to you about advanced (or so called upgrade) sewing machines. There are many options today on the market to choose from, but with variety often comes confusion, so today I would like to give your some tips on what to look for in a sewing machine if you are looking for an upgrade. At first, I want to disclose that I am not a salesperson, and

Hello Everyone! Today, in #SewTalk, I will be answering a question I got from a reader on Instagram: How to find time for sewing? For most of my career, I was juggling working full time and studying (first I was getting a bachelor’s degree in economics, later - a professional seamstress diploma). For me time management, motivation and goal setting were a necessity and throughout this period I learnt a lot on these subjects. I selected a few most effective techniques that I us

Hello Everyone! Today I would like to share a quick tutorial on how to make French seam. It is a beautiful way to finish your seams, by neatly hiding all raw edges inside of the seam. This technique creates a much more fancy looking finish, than say simply overlocking it, however, you can use this method only on lightweight fabrics. I like using it on blouses or even summery dresses - it gives a nice finishing touch and a luxury feeling. Also, the garment with this type of fi

Hello Evryone! Even though I finished my sewing school a while back, I don’t feel like I “know it all” - on contrary, it feels that the more I know, the less I know. Because of that, I constantly seek for ways to improve my skills and often look for information and inspiration online or in books. Today I would like to share a review on one particular book I read recently - “Tailoring: The Classic Guide to Sewing the Perfect Jacket”. I am quite a visual learner, so my preferen

HI Darlings! So excited to bring back #SewTalk, where I answer your questions about sewing. This time I'll answer questions I received on my Instagram stories. How do you do the bottom of an invisible zipper? I struggle with this. That is a great question - I used to have the same problem for years, ughhh! It wasn’t until very recently that I learned to master it (and yes, I will brag about this - I am so proud I now make invisible zippers invisible, lol :)) There are a few c

Hello Darlings! In the beginning of summer I graduated from two-year long evening sewing school with a diploma as a professional seamstress. However, this does not mean that now “I know it all” - on contrary, the golden rule of “the more you know, the more you know you don’t know” has proven to be right again, and I now see even more gaps of information that need to be learned, more skills that need to be gained. As a keen reader, I have turned to books for my continuous lear

Hello Darlings! While I don’t share much of personal details on this blog (we gathered here for sewing and nothing else, right?), but the event that took place on June 1st is just too significant not to share - after getting engaged on midnight of New Years, on the first day of Summer I got married! For this very special occasion, I decided I would make my own dress - though far from perfect, it was so true to my essence, that it made me feel even more special on the big day.

Hello Everyone! The long-awaited summer season is coming up and along with it – cute summer dresses! Strap dresses are probably the most staple summer wardrobe item I can think about – cute, feminine and highly appropriate in warm weather! I recently made this pink dress for my sweet sister-in-law and shared on my Instagram a quick “how-to” on making narrow straps, also known as “spaghetti straps”. Here is a quick guide on this technique – hope you will find it useful! HOW TO

Hello Everyone! If you follow me on Instagram, you know that a few weeks ago I purchased a new sewing machine and this time I went for the industrial one! I received quite a few questions on why I made such decision and what are the pluses of the industrial sewing machine, so I made a short video explaining all cons and pros – hope you will enjoy this video!

Hello Darlings! Before I started sewing school, one of the things I feared most was zippers, especially invisible ones: no matter how hard I tried, they were visible to me. I tried many techniques and tips that I found online, but none of them worked (okay, let’s be honest – I might not have been making them work, ha!). That changed when I started sewing school and my teacher showed this technique – while it takes time to master this method (I’ve seen classmates get grip of t

Hi Everyone! A week ago I was contacted by Alex from Sewrendipity, who is running a very interesting project to build a directory of fabric shops around the world, as written by sewing bloggers and sewing lovers. She has invited me to contribute with a guide about Vilnius’s (Lithuania) best fabric finds and I gladly agreed to do so, as I have a wonderful spot I love to shop at and would like to share with you as well! Though Vilnius is approximately a hour away from city wher

Hello Darlings! I don’t know what happened, but in the beginning of the year I started craving for a faux fur coat – never in my life have I thought of it before, and now I could not let this thought go away. On one hand, big fluffy fur coats are so not me, but on the other hand – it’s just a clothing piece, so why not have fun with it? After my trip to fabric store, I picked some gorgeous long hair faux fur – I was amazed by the variety and quality of faux fur they have nowa

Hello Everyone! In latest post about my first coat, I promised to share a quick step-by-step on how I made it. So, without further ado, here is how I made it! 1 STEP. The closure is installed to one side of the coat (I choose right side), onto the side which is folded to inside of the coat and the instalment starts before adding lining and collar to the coat (basically you only have to sew the coat sides together and pockets added before starting hidden button closure). 2 STE

Good Morning Everyone! Today I would like to share with you a short “how to” for a dress that I made this week – I had an eye for this dress on Pinterest for a very long time, but I didn’t have an appropriate fabric for it (this dress is allabout the right fabric, isn’t it?). I found an ideal fabric for it more than half a year ago, but still didn’t make the dress, because… it’s completely not my style and I was worried I would not wear it (trust me, this happened before – I

Hi Everyone! Good to be back to #SewTalk Mondays – I love sewing, but I love talking about it as well, so these little chats are always very refreshing! If you have any question about sewing – please let me know if the comments below, I will be glad to answer them on my next #SewTalk! Let’s move to today’s interesting topic: How long it takes to learn to sew? Very good question, though I do not have a definite answer to it: some people are naturally talented at it and catch u

Hi Everyone! Please excuse for late #SewTalk Monday coming on Tuesday – sometimes the world around you starts spinning even faster than usual, adding more things labelled “urgent and important” and forcing on some extra re-prioritisation. But enough about that and let’s talk about our favourite topic – sewing!  Boy oh boy, this week’s #SewTalk pickle is a good one: When people learn that I sew, they constantly start asking to fix their clothing – replace the zipper, take-in

Hi Everyone! In #SewTalk Monday I answer questions about sewing – if there is anything you want to know, please feel free to let me know in the comments below and I will answer them on next weeks #SewTalk Monday! This weeks question: Lately I have been feeling uninspired to sew and cannot find motivation to finish project I started. What to do if I lost my sewing mojo? I think it’s one of those things we all go through: one minute we are on a “wave” and tackle project after