by mariadenmark | Jan 30, 2017 | Design, MariaDenmark, Sew for Your Wardrobe, sewing with knits / jersey
Johanne (or Jo, s she likes to be called in English) is interning at MariaDenmark at the moment. She has a very different core style from mine and loves to have a lot of details in her clothes. So I asked her to write a blog post on how to make your basic tops more...
by mariadenmark | Jan 23, 2017 | Sew for Your Wardrobe, sewing with knits / jersey
IG: #wardrobesewing2017 Now it’s time to start building our wardrobes. I’ll begin by sewing a bunch of basic jersey tops. Why? I’ll tell you. But first some theory on basics. Basics. The most boring garments. And the most important Basics has an...
by mariadenmark | Jan 16, 2017 | Design, Sew for Your Wardrobe
IG: #wardrobesewing2017 Sew for your own wardrobe! This is the year! In 2017 I want to build (well, sew) a wardrobe that works for me. I want to sew for me instead of sewing for dress forms. And I want to wear the clothes I sew. Do you feel the same way? If that is...
by mariadenmark | Nov 30, 2016 | fitting, MariaDenmark, Tutorial
It’s actually quite simple to lengthen or shorten a sewing pattern – I’ll show you how in a minute and it’s really easy. The hard part is figuring out WHERE on the pattern you want to shorten or lengthen. People sometimes ask me why there...
by mariadenmark | Oct 1, 2016 | Design, MariaDenmark, Tutorial
So. The story behind this top begins more than 14 years ago. On January 25th 2002, to be more exact. I was recently divorced, it was a Friday and my mom called and asked if she could borrow my 3 year old son for the night. So suddenly I had no plans. I called a...
