Simplicity bloggers challenge finished!!

All began when some days ago I was searching new patterns because I wanted to create a new garment, I found the Simplicity site and then I realised a huge amount of patterns. But when I entered Simplicity home site I realised that there was a contest.

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the only thing I had to do was choosing a pattern  from 3 and finally I decided to take part with the vintage simplicity shirt

http://www.simplicitynewlook.com/simplicity-patterns/vintage/1364/

I live in Spain so I didn’t know if it was possible to take part in it but I asked to simplicity and they told me there was no problem, so here it is my finished vintage shirt. I wanted to sew and give my shirt a vintage look so I used vintage sewing techniques as handpicking the zipper or zig-zag and pinking sheers to finish the hems. I am very happy with the result and as a consequence I am sewing another vintage shirt. Thanks Simplicity I’ve enjoyed the experience so much!!

Handpicked zipper

The handpicked zipper gives an excellent vintage touch.I doubted but finally tried sewing it with this vintage technique because I wanted that my shirt had the authentic vintage look. I must say that sewing handndpicked zippers offers more control when sewing and gives a “haute couture” appearance.

Vintage techniques for hems

side view

Very clean fitting

My new experience

First of all I’d like to wellcome everybody who is interested in reading my blog. For me this is new and I expect that we all enjoy the experience.

I am Dolors and I’m a person with many interests in her life, between them: cooking, walking surrounded by nature, taking photographs of flowers and plants, sightseeings and everything that catches my attention. But lately I’ve discovered a new passion: Sewing. I must tell that is not new for me because my grandmother was a seemstress and I was used to see her sewing. I’ve been always interested in  fashion and design and sewing for me has opened a wide range of oportunities in order to create my own garments. Well thats a little bit of me and I will tell you more in new posts.