Posts Tagged ‘Cotton Time’
Mastering Slit Buttonholes
Slit buttonholes are simply openings in a seam that are part of the garment’s design. Sometimes they’re called in-seam buttonholes. They’re a solution if you dislike making regular buttonholes, but more often are used as a design feature. I recently used slit buttonholes for the jacket for Cotton Time magazine. The front band has five…
Read MoreNew Pattern: Cotton Time Coatigan
Hello All, I have a new zero waste pattern, published in Japan’s Cotton Time magazine. It’s a coatigan – a kind of relaxed coat, combining the structure a coat with the softness of a cardigan. This opportunity arose via Mirai Pattern, who license and translate my zero waste patterns into Japanese. Cotton Time has featured…
Read More5 Ways to Wear a Cropped Jacket
During the week, my copy of Cotton Time magazine arrived featuring the zero waste short sleeved jacket (see last week’s post). It’s a beautiful magazine, full of craft, crochet, sewing and bags, and those famous easy-to-follow instructions the Japanese are so good at. Here it is in the magazine: I’ve put together a couple of…
Read MoreNew Pattern: Cotton Time Jacket
Hello All, I have a new zero waste pattern to introduce. It’s a short sleeved jacket, published in the Japanese magazine Cotton Time. Here’s a preview of this lovely magazine, and a little flip through: This opportunity fell into my lap via Mirai Pattern, who license and translate my zero waste patterns into Japanese. Last…
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