The finishing touches

This is a skirt I am making for Irma (girlfriend), this skirt combines only two colors. The end result became nice to look at, though I wish I had more seam functions on my sewing machine to close the end lines, instead of what I do know, fold them once and sew . There are some detail left that need, more time and attention.

Making this dress was burst of creativity, and though it looks nice it has to be made for day to day usage. And there is where the time consuming end details comes in place. I am happy with only using two colors, it's definitely what I think is "classic". In the future I will only make outfits in two, maximum three colors. That is my goal.

I will post the end result as soon as I'm done with it.

The T-Shirt, p2

Things are moving ahead with my "bespoke" t-shirt. My first one. The measurements was done by me as well. I managed to do it in a way, don't ask how.

The fabric seen in the pictures above is not the final fabric. This fabric is just the inexpensive prototype. Just o get the fitting right, and do some small adjustments.

As you probably can see from the pictures above, that the result is in the early stages. The whole t-shirt is held together only by pins.

That's it then. I will be keeping you updated about the further process. And I will post more pictures of ongoing projects as well.

The T-Shirt, p1

My lovely girlfriend bought me a beautiful blue color fabric, and said " here, make you're self something you like".

So I thought about it, and came to the conclusion that a t-shirt is what I'll make. That off two reasons. One, because I need a t-shirt. Two because I think that the t-shirts which is on the market today look like they have just been sprayed with something and been in the washing machine for 10 years. And the so called "cool print" on them I think is absolutely awful.

I like things to be simple and stylish.

You can achieve that through colors and cut. Using only two colors on a garment, you make it classic. Using three colors on a garment you make it stylish. Using four color, you make it cool. And from five colors on it's hippie. This is how I choose to look at it. And while the definition of "cool" comes and goes depending on trends, the classic and the stylish always survives.

I was In Italy a week ago and I was surprised to see on how beautiful and stylish people dress there. And the colors black and white was used a lot, I is pretty smart because black and white are the two immortal colors. They never go out of fashion, and they give you a lot of style.

About me

Born in Kosovo, in the middle eighties my family moved to Scandinavia with hopes for a better life.
We ended up in Norway. After living in several places in Norway I moved to Oslo, and I have been living in Oslo for a year now.

After finishing the school of further education, I started as an apprentice for a web developing company. I was their inhouse graphic designer. After working long hour's for the company I got mentally tired. After a while I had an "awaking". Sitting in front of a computer 8-10 hours a day with very little physical activity my body got in very bad shape. Working in front of a computer was not I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

So I started looking for other things to occupy my days with. But that was not easy. Having to go back to scratch again set me back. But knew I liked to work with clothes but did not know in which aspect. After surfing around I came over the blog of Thomas Mahon, a Savile Row Tailor. I sent him a mail telling him about my situation and asking him if he needed an apprentice. He said, maybe?

Then I got on the plane, and went to see him, I stayed there for five day's and had a wonderful time. Something happen to me while I saw him working, I got truly inspired and most important of all from that moment of I new what I wanted to do with my life. GREAT!

When I got back to Oslo, I bought myself sewing equipment , needles, scissors, tape measure ruler, sewing machine and so on. And a book about sewing. I found a nice shop in the center of Oslo who sold fabrics at a reasonable price.

Then I had an idea, a sketch pad, a pencil, tailors chalk, tape measure and my scissors.

About the blog

This blog will be a place where I will show off my humble creations. A place where I can communicate with the world and get in touch with people that share the same interest as I do.

What are my creations ? My creations are basically clothes that I sew my self. I make clothes as an interest or passion one might say. I believe in that you are what you wear and as persons change over time so will the clothes, reflecting our personality and style.

I have no formal education in fashion or the textile business. All I have is the passion to create something unique. That may affect the quality.

After my "awaking" I have used my time to just learn some basic sewing techniques and working on drawing patterns.

I will publish pictures of them and the finish result as I progress.

I hope that you comment and input on them.

Testing,