This is exactly what I have been looking for. Square shouldered, unfitted, lined, below hip level with long lapels and a single button.

blouse, Jacket, TopCharlotte Wensley9 March 2021Friday Pattern Company, jacke, blazer, mood fabrics, The Fabric Store, linen, silk, top, statement sleeves, winter sewing, indie pattern designers, pdf pattern Comments

Can home garment sewing be a lucrative business?

I’ve started doing something I aways swore I’d never do. I’ve been making clothes for other people.

Bottoms, blouse, Self-drafted, separates, Skirt, TopCharlotte Wensley10 July 2019Separates, dress, Top, occasion wear, lace, silk, sewing for others, sewing for money, sewing for friends, self-drafted, mood fabrics Comments

Random pocket Catarina

It seems my cousin would disagree, but I don't have a huge stash of fabric.

DressCharlotte Wensley26 June 2018mood fabrics, Seamwork, catarina dress, linen, pattern alteration, dress, summer dress Comments

Sewing with butterflies' wings

This dress is one giant step out of my comfort zone. Huge that step, huge.

Dress, Modified patternCharlotte Wensley4 June 2018the fabric store, chiffon, silk, stoff + stil, mood fabrics, sadie slip dress, tessuti Comments

Learning to draft

Over the past 18 months I've been taking patternmaking courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan.

Dress, Copycat, Self-draftedCharlotte Wensley28 May 2018dress, Self-drafted, FIT, mood fabrics, twill, cotton Comments

Salmon Pink Baggy Pants. On the Roof!

There's this tension when writing a blog post after you've been MIA for a while;

Bottoms, Trousers, TopCharlotte Wensley25 February 2018trousers, pants, baggy pants, corduroy, vogue patterns, new york elegant fabrics, mood fabrics, bodysuit, Nettie bodysuit, blogging Comments

How good fit nearly broke me and other stories

Oh woe, oh woe. The last few months have been an unutterable fetid quagmire of sewing angst.

Wedding Season

I claim here and in other conversations that I only really got back into sewing three years ago.

Copycat, Skirt, Top, Sewing Saga, separates, BottomsCharlotte Wensley7 November 2016sewaholic, gabriola skirt, simplicity patterns, wedding wear, occasion wear, mood fabrics, pattern hack, Copycat Comments

Oh hello there, LTNS*. And Mara's dress

And now it's nearly autumn and I have all these summery things I want to share,

Alteration, Copycat, Dress, Modified patternCharlotte Wensley17 September 2016dress, Mara Hoffman, Copycat, linen, stripes, mood fabrics, midi Comments

Copycat: Rosarí + Flutter = Damsel in Dior

Pinterest; presenting street style as if she really does totter around the cobbles of SoHo or indeed Soho

Evolution of style

I had this lovely, incredibly stylish, incredibly modern great aunt, my Auntie Bennie.

DressCharlotte Wensley9 May 2016named clothing, dress, beatrix skater dress, ponte, mood fabrics Comments

Another coat! The Raw-Edged Coat by The Maker's Atelier

This jacket is vying for place as one of the most favourite things I have made.

Jacket, Outerwear, Coat, CritiqueCharlotte Wensley8 April 2016jacket, coat, cocoon, The Makers Atelier, mood fabrics, wool Comments

Leggings. Discuss.

That thing on social media of the lady declaring her hatred for leggings being worn as trousers. Yes. Yes and Yes.

Bottoms, Dress, Trousers, TopCharlotte Wensley25 February 2016leggings, espresso leggings, cake patterns, mood fabrics, silk, Inari Dress, named clothing Comments

The (Minoru) Jacket of Much Irritation

I need a coat. I have many many many coats but not the right coat.

Jacket, Outerwear, Modified pattern, CoatCharlotte Wensley10 December 2015jacket, minoru jacket, mood fabrics, coat, sewaholic Comments

Waistband Woes or Are A-Line Skirts Frumpy?

I think the last time I wore an A-line skirt I was 11. It was my school uniform and even then I hated the shape of it.

Bottoms, Skirt, denimCharlotte Wensley2 December 2015Skirt, mood fabrics, vintage pattern, Vintage, denim, a-line Comments

Kim the Bridesmaid (Dress)

So, this dress is a saga.

Dress, Sewing SagaCharlotte Wensley6 October 2015sewing saga, mood fabrics, By Hand London, Kim Dress, silk, lace, wedding wear, occasion wear Comments

Snap!

Self-drafted, DressCharlotte Wensley20 August 2015dress, Self-drafted, chambray, mood fabrics, patternmaking, indie pattern designers, cotton, summer dress, summer Comments

Copycat: Dressing for ice cream. But not maths.

So, I think approximately 15 years ago, I wrote this post about my next planned copycat,

Bottoms, Copycat, Skirt, Top, Self-drafted, Sweater, MuseCharlotte Wensley3 August 2015the fabric store, mood fabrics, Self-drafted, pleats, florals, Seamwork, Skirt, sweater, cotton sateen, Knit Comments

An International Anna

Alteration, Dress, Sewing CommunityCharlotte Wensley26 July 2015Anna dress, international anna party, By Hand London, mood fabrics, Pattern, sewing community, pattern hack Comments

Feathers and ease issues

DressCharlotte Wensley11 July 2015dress, basic dress, Cali Faye Collection, Girl Charlee, Crepe de Chine, polyester, mood fabrics, pacific trimming, size, sizing issues, summer dress, summer Comments