At the end of 2019 I had a wonderful order from Nora, a German bride, who got married to her boyfriend from Senegal. See her beautiful dress here.
Category: Melanie’s Projects
This is the selection of my personal projects.
A New Design Idea
I’ve worked on this skirt for the past days and found a new way to make the high waist/ hip area really precious, gorgeous and interesting. I really like the way, how the pleats and the piping technique worked together. The high waist band has a stiff interface ironed on the inside to secure the…
We are in Vogue UK!!
We are in Vogue UK!!My client Bunny&Hare from LA has just been selected to show her collection in Vogue UK!! I did the pattern creation and the tailoring for all pieces. It’s huge success for Bunny&Hare to be exposed in Vogue and it’s a huge success for me as a pattern maker and tailor to…
The Wedding in Australia
I just got this picture form my previous client. She came with her wedding dress for adjustments. When she bought it first, it had no shape, a ridiculous heavy and long train and was too long. With only one fitting we made it just perfect for her. She wrote that she had a wonderful day…
Little Witch and her Assistant!
Once year is Halloween, a little to less for a mum, who likes to make costumes… This year my daughter turned into a little witch and her brother was her assistant. Not bad to be a magician with 1,5 years 🙂
Simply Amazing
Recently I made some adjustments for this dress. It was ordered by my client from an Online Store in New Zealand and unfortuately it was too long and not shaped enough around the waist and hip line. I shortened the length without loosing the wonderful flowing shape and the diagonally added skirt and lace at the…
Long Time No See – Worth Reading!!!
Dear All…. you might have wondered, why there was no update on this blog for such a long time…. Well… things have happened!! There were more new sewing students than ever and from the start of this year I have been happily working on some great projects of Wedding Dresses. In example for a german,…
Skirt & Shirt
A new order from a client that we know already. Please see her beautiful Pixie shots. I made this outfit about a year ago among other custom made ideas and these are the newest  pieces that we just finished last week. A green jersey shirt and a denim skirt with extra many loops… to have…
Tink’s Uniform – A Minimal Wardrobe
If you will travel to Miyanmar, Thailand, India etc to do Hoolahoop Workshops and Circus, if you move to a much smaller appartment and get rid of many things that aren’t really neccessary for your daily surviving, you might think about a minimal wardrobe. So does Mediatinker Kristen and came to my atelier. What she…
My New Winter Collection!!
Recently I got lots of new Winter textiles and made two dresses, a “to-be-loved-coat” for the next decade, an awesome jacket and an overall for the upcoming bonenkais 🙂 See them all here Woolen coat with wide high collar The lining Woolen Dress with a swing A-line, brown Woolen Dress with a swing A-line, grey…
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