RenewFabrics

Presenting: the big clutch

When I was in Italy I bought a new beautiful coat. I don’t buy coats very often: as a matter of fact I went to the exact same store where I bought my previous coat almost six years ago. My old coat is falling apart but I love it and I am conscious of the investment I had made so… read more

Handmade bits #18: sew efficient. Part II

I am not sure about you but I really don’t like having all sorts of tiny threads scattered everywhere. Yes, I bundle them into small balls and collect them into jars to ultimately use them as filling for my brooches. However, considering the cost of good quality sewing thread, I try to limit the waste.
Most modern sewing machines come… read more

Announcing: the RenewFabrics screen-printing workshop

The RenewFabrics workshop is here!
UPDATE: You can also book on Etsy, if you prefer paying with bank transfer and/or are already registered there. For any questions about the booking, please contact me!
IMPORTANT: Booking deadline 10th February 2012

Here it goes:

It’s a two-day workshop: this means that during the first day we will be going over

Handmade bits #15: looking back

This week I will devote the Handmade bits episode to looking back at the year that is almost over. It’s somewhat of a more personal post and I hope you won’t mind. I am a proponent of calling things with their name and I often doubt before I put my thoughts down because, after all, what’s the difference? However, I… read more

In the studio: hand-stitched city blocks

Edited to add a section on the new pouches that I thought I had included already (:obviously I need some sleep).
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Inspired by my city block stamp (one of the very first I ever made) and these beautiful fabric scraps that result from lining of another pouch, I did some serious hand-sewing. And then I made myself a (not so