Category: Modern

A bit of a skirt

10. February 201620. November 2017 Maren Sofie1 Comment

I like skirts. I like dresses too, but skirts are so simple to sew, and can be used with everything. I wear them on top of dresses, with blouses, sweaters, T-shirts and a cardigal... So I thought I'd teach you the simplest way of making a skirt. This is the most useful skirt. It can… Continue reading A bit of a skirt

We’ve come full circle!

1950s · Modern · Tutorial

We’ve come full circle!

1. February 201620. November 2017 Maren Sofie3 Comments

I love the circle skirt. It should be on the curriculum of every school, it is the best combination of maths, arts and crafts and history ever! Did you know that the circle skirt, which was important to Christian Dior's "New Look" from 1947, was so provocative and problematic in the 1950s that Queen Elizabeth… Continue reading We’ve come full circle!