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Showing posts with label summer wear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer wear. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Hawaiian Shirt

Like with summer dresses for ladies, men can never have too many shirts. Especially if it’s a light and bright short-sleeved shirt for summer.

I often keep the patterns that I used and was happy with hoping that I might remake the same model in a different fabric or in a different color. However, the experience shows that the most successful patterns that I keep coming back to are the patterns for men shirts that I have sewn for my husband.


Having tested a couple of models of summer men shirts before (one with a loose fit, another – with a slim fit), now it is the matter of a few hours to make a new shirt. And no fitting required! And this past incredibly rainy spring I set to make a Hawaiian shirt for our next vacation.



#hawaiian shirt at katyasgallery.blogspot.com

Я часто сохраняю удачные выкройки, надеясь вернуться к понравившейся модели в другой ткани или цвете, но ни одна из них не пользуется таким продолжающимся успехом как выкройки рубашек для мужа.

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Garden-Party Dress

The idea to recreate this set appeared immediately as I saw it in the fresh issue of BurdaStyle for July 2015. The whole collection in breezy light blue colour was just irresistable and it was difficult to decide which of the dresses to begin with. The lovely set in blue batiste with plumetis in the magazine seemed to be an absolute must-have for me, and it was just the matter of finding the fabric. I could see it in white in light emroidered batist, or in any other pastel shade.. It would make a lovely summery outfit for the vacation or garden parties.

Идея воссоздать этот костюм из июльского номера Бурды за 2015 возникла сразу. Вся небесно-голубая серия тогда просто заворожила меня своей легкостью, оставалось только найти ткань и определиться с какой модели из всего понравившегося я начну свою подготовку к лету 2016.


Thursday, July 30, 2015

Coup de Soleil

I came across this airy crepe de Chine and bought it by accident. It was not long before my summer vacation. Its luminous lemon color with grey polka dot print and a light breezy texture were hard to resist to. And it seemed to be ideal for an outfit for my coming beach vacation.

I decided to turn it into a flowing blouse with cool yet comfortable details - a cascading hood, loose roll-up sleeves, unusual hemline and a cinched drawstring waist.. The ideal pattern for this shirt was found in the fall issue of Burdastyle magazine for 2014.




Sunday, June 21, 2015

Flower Power

The creation of this dress was a special experience for me back in 2010 as the fabric that I used for it was the exact original of the dress shown in the February issue of Burdastyle magazine. How could I not fall in love with these dramatic poppies and with the little sheath dress with an open back?


Tuesday, June 16, 2015

PJ style


I made this overall a few years years ago. I was looking for something practical yet original to wear for my trip to the seaside with my 6 month-old son. This overall has a wrap top and very loose pants. Long ties wrap around the waist. The fabric, viscose crepe, is fluid and comfortable and I still love this busy and colorful print.