{"id":1818,"date":"2011-01-12T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T09:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2018-05-26T21:55:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T19:55:28","slug":"a-sewing-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/2011\/01\/12\/a-sewing-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A sewing year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/gruau-ruban-noi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.carlottastermaria.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/gruau-ruban-noi.png?resize=427%2C483\" alt=\"gruau ruban noi\" width=\"427\" height=\"483\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As stated before, one of my hopes for 2011 is to become a better seamstress. More experienced, of course, more careful, more diligent, but also more sensible, with the ambition of filling the &#8216;holes&#8217; of my already pretty full, but not functional wardrobe. I don&#8217;t know if I will be able to tackle all this before the end of the year but it doesn&#8217;t really matter _ <a href=\"http:\/\/sewaholic.net\/top-10-sewing-projects-for-2010\/\">Tasia&#8217;s list<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/wardrobereimagined.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/how-to-get-dressed-in-five-minutes.html\">Ali&#8217;s capsule wardrobe<\/a> were inspirations for my project, and none of them has an absolute deadline. Let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;d be very happy and proud of myself if I had sewn:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Lingerie.<\/strong> Or more generally, loungewear. I&#8217;m currently sewing a pajama, but I&#8217;m envisionning satin slips and silk velvet robes&#8230; Techniques to try out : biais, french seams and other delicate finshings (maybe even lace!), delicate fabrics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Stretch projects.<\/strong> T-shirts to begin with, but the next step will obviously be dresses. What I will learn : how to use my serger!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>A dress made after one of my (many) vintage patterns.<\/strong> And, if possible, more than one. For someone who considers dresses as the most &#8216;magical&#8217; sort of garment (with coats), I really don&#8217;t wear enough of them. To try out: how to fit, and fancy finishings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>A new skirt.<\/strong> Or more : for summer, winter, full and flounced, pleated, mini, panelled&#8230; The main point is that I would like them to be as pretty from the inside as they might be in the outside. Techniques to try out : lining (how the hell would you line a pleated skirt?) and fancy finishings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>An accessory.<\/strong> I tend to neglect bags, purses and hats, whereas they can be really quick, fun projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Trousers.<\/strong> More elaborate than those I&#8217;ve already made, please, with darts, fitted waist, and weird stuff like adjusting the crotch length.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>A blouse.<\/strong> More feminine and simple to make than a shirt, yet more elaborate than a t-shirt. I will have to work on collars, cuffs, and watch the way I finish my garments (as they&#8217;ll be closer to the eye than pants or skirts)&#8230; The logical evolution would be a fitted shirt, with a stand collar and buttons. Wow!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>A jacket.<\/strong> Or even a coat. I know that tailoring is no picnic, full of creepy techniques I don&#8217;t fully understand, but I&#8217;d be happy to sew a little, say, corduroy jacket with a lining&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s only eight points for twelve big months, but I feel pretty ambitious as it is (not to mention the fact that I generally hope to make more than one garment of each category)&#8230; BUT instead of writing this post earlier, I progressed a lot on my pajamas, which is a pretty good sign, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As stated before, one of my hopes for 2011 is to become a better seamstress. More experienced, of course, more careful, more diligent, but also more sensible, with the ambition of filling the &#8216;holes&#8217; of my already pretty full, but not functional wardrobe. I don&#8217;t know if I will be able to tackle all this<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/2011\/01\/12\/a-sewing-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;A sewing year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[41],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2323,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions\/2323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carlotta.land\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}