Fabrics from India
A few months ago I had the pleasure of visiting a friend in India and in addition to the expected fabric buying frenzy, this trip was a feast for the eyes. If you’re like me, one of the clichés that...
View ArticleSacôtin : bag patterns
Sacôtin is my new adventure, and as the title very subtly hints at, Sacôtin will be about bag patterns. I haven’t talked about this project on my English blog yet, but I did talk about it a bit more on...
View ArticleEasy sling bag tutorial
Here is an easy tutorial for making a sling bag like the one pictured below. This bag is worn across the body or as a regular shoulder bag. You can see other pictures of the bag here. This is an easy...
View ArticleVintage toy sewing machine
Each time I’ve been passing by my Kay-ee Sew Master (toy sewing machine from the 40′s), for the last 9 months, I’ve been thinking : “I really need to take photos of it for the blog, it’s just too...
View ArticleWin 4 bag patterns
A short message to update you on my progress in the Sacôtin adventure, to announce the launch date and perhaps give you a chance to win bag patterns… Sacôtin bag patterns of course For those who do not...
View Article1950 free sewing book : how to make gloves
Many knew the wonderful website that was VintageSewing.info. Unfortunately the website has been down since 2011. Nobody seems to really know what happened to vintagesewing.info and I thought it would...
View ArticleGhastly Family zippered pouch
I finally took some time to sew this zippered pouch that I wanted to offer to my friend Isabelle… For Christmas … Hum no, not the next Christmas, the one that went by 5 months ago! I took advantage of...
View ArticleNew French bag sewing patterns
This is a big day for me! Today I’m officially launching Sacôtin, my line of bag sewing patterns. You can now discover the 4 patterns I’ve created for the spring-summer 2013 collection. These pdf...
View ArticleRound summer bag… with mustache
I treated myself to his round summer bag, sewn from the Sacôtin “Candy radiating bag pattern”. A pattern I created. I already sew a few of these but I want to preserve them as “archives” for my little...
View ArticleRetired Blog
This is not a big surprise considering the lack of updates last year. I’m too busy with Sacôtin, Pop Couture, my “office” job and the rest of life to have time to properly take care of Couture Stuff....
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