While two-piece bathing suits had been worn on the beach before, the modern bikini was invented by French engineer Louis Réard in 1946. He named it after Bikini Atoll in the Pacific […] Read more on Wikipedia about it… really interesting! Did you know that there are mosaic artworks of “bikini girls” from the 4th century AD?? Well, I…
Category: Women’s
More Summer Tops
Here are two more Summer tops. Both are pretty easy to sew. For this simple long arm shirt I used a very fine mesh that is printed with this colorful djungle images. And the second top is made of a see through cotton with striped, flower and dot prints in a calm colour range. The…
Red Sirwal
These red pants have just two side lines and a center line from ancle to ancle. It’s a different cut than the traditional Turkish Salwar Pants.
Picked Up Again
I made these two T-shirts last September An easy pattern T-shirt for the blue one and A pink border T-shirt for the pink one. Very nice to pick them up from my closet again*
Jump!
Here the proof that handmade clothes can cope with hours of bouncing Blouse view link T-shirt view link
One more… a pink border T-shirt
The same pattern as the blue border T-shirt. This one has a start application!
An easy-pattern T-shirt
This is a T-shirt made of a very easy pattern. It is cut from the center front to the sleeves. The back is cut all in one piece, but I had to add some centimeters to reach the same sleeve-length of the front. The hem is added with as a simple square and the collar…
Short Pants with Diagonal Buttonline
I tried a new pattern for a short pants. The cut is very simple with A-line legs that makes them look like a short skirt. But the special point is the diagonal button line. From the center seam to the waistline I cut the fly diagonal and closed it with 5 buttons. To open the…
Remakes
I just finished three remake blouses. Two are made of vintage Kimono fabric and one is made of an old shirt of my daughters great-grandfather!!! This beautiful fabric was once a Kimono underwear. It is worn as the third of all seven layers of the Kimono. I was told that it’s not really allowed to…
Sightseeing Skirt
My friend Ann-Kathrin left Japan with her family after the earthquake but before that she asked me for an ordermade denim skirt. As she and her family suffer to have left Japan so sudden, I coloured up the denim wiht a lot of sightseeing embroidery. The geisha, fan, Mount Fuji and the names of her…
Melanie Uematsu 