by mariadenmark | Apr 2, 2017 | Design, Sew for Your Wardrobe, style
3 things to consider before you sew Every one who sews, designs. Each time you sew a pattern and choose the fabric, you are making a design choice. And if you move on and add details on your own (like pockets, new necklines, collars etc), those are design choices as...
by mariadenmark | Mar 16, 2017 | Design, sewing with knits / jersey
Nanna, whom I share work-space and most waking hours with, and who’s behind the fantastic How To Do Fashion vintage style sewing patterns, does not do casual. Ever. (And by that, she is pretty far from me on the style-spectrum;-)) But she did feel like she...
by mariadenmark | Jan 30, 2017 | Design, MariaDenmark, Sew for Your Wardrobe, sewing with knits / jersey
Johanne, the MariaDenmark intern, also put together a guide to how to sew your pockets so that they are extra strong. And pretty… How to make pretty and strong pockets – A Step by step guide to strong pockets Written by Johanne, MariaDenmark intern ...
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 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 | 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...
