Author: goodbyevalentino

05 Jan Meet the Fasters and Mood Fabrics Giveaway!

Posted at 14:53h in Ready to Wear Fast by goodbyevalentino 84 Comments

Happy 5th of January and meet the 2018 RTW Fasters! Dear Readers, What a thrill it is to be in the company of over 1,000 women (and two men) fasting from the Ready to Wear scene during 2018. From young singles, moms-to-be, new moms, professionals, newly retired, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, to petite, plus size and somewhere in between, I am accompanied from women around the world representing every continent except Antartica. With varying skills and styles, all of the Fasters have much to offer each other. Whether advising about technical and design issues, sharing great finds or simply conveying a fresh attitude towards...

01 Jan We’ve Only Just Begun…..

Posted at 08:25h in Ready to Wear Fast, Uncategorized by goodbyevalentino 42 Comments

Ready Set STOP! Buying clothes that is…. It’s time for me and nearly 1,000 other women (and two men) to stop shopping and start sewing for an entire year . Greetings on this cold winter day...

31 Dec It Was a Very Good Year……..

Posted at 09:53h in Coats & Clark, Fashion Sewing, Mood Sewing Network, The Tunic Bible by goodbyevalentino 25 Comments

Several years ago I asked a woman at a tradeshow about when her business started to become successful. “When I decided to get serious about it." she replied. I believe there is a lot of truth in that statement with intention and commitment playing primary roles in our successes and failures, no matter how large or small the undertaking. While all years seem to have their share of ups and downs some are certainly better than others. Fortunately, things seemed to click this year. After taking time off to promote The Tunic Bible, a return to sewing and blogging in January was refreshing and relaxing. I...

27 Dec McCall’s 6886 Kelly Green

Posted at 10:28h in Coats & Clark, McCall's Sewing Pattern, Mood Fabrics, Sewing Dresses, sewing with knits by goodbyevalentino 31 Comments

Dear Readers, I hope you are all enjoying this holiday season! Below is my Christmas dress and the last project of 2017. The pattern, McCall's 6886 is a classic that's been around for awhile, and has received nearly 200 reviews on the Pattern Review website. Believe it or not, this is the first time I've sewn the simple pattern. While sewing the dress was simple, taking photographs was not...

17 Dec Merry & Bright in Sequins!

Posted at 08:20h in Fashion Sewing, Mood Fabrics, Mood Sewing Network, New Look Sewing Patterns, Sewing Dresses by goodbyevalentino 96 Comments

I'd say the catch phrase this holiday season is Merry & Bright, and I fell right in line upon seeing Mood Fabrics' glittering silver baby sequined fabric! I've owned a few formal sequined dresses over the years, and while sequined ball gowns are still around, shifting trends in the fabric now feature more relaxed styles from cocktail dresses to t-shirts. I made the dress for an annual Christmas dinner party and chose a simple pattern to keep the dress from appearing too formal. My base pattern is New Look 6524, a shift pattern I purchased a while ago for the sleeve variations. My original...

08 Dec Style Arc – Coral Cardigan

Posted at 08:19h in Mood Fabrics, Sewing Tops, Style Arc Patterns by goodbyevalentino 45 Comments

What would you do if you received a scarf with which you had nothing to wear? 1 - "Thank you for the scarf but I never wear these colors. Please give it to someone who can enjoy it." 2 - Put it in the closet and forget about it. 3 - Sew a new garment to wear with the scarf. LOL - The scarf is gorgeous and while it looks good on black, it didn't look good on me on black. Decades ago when people 'had their colors done'...

02 Dec The Holiday Tunic

Posted at 07:27h in Fashion Sewing, silk, The Tunic Bible by goodbyevalentino 81 Comments

From the moment I resumed sewing garments in 2011, I was obsessed with learning to sew the cute $$$ RTW tops I could never justify buying for myself. My second blog post was about recreating Milly peasant tops, and thus began my journey leading to The Tunic Bible. My first top, a silk peasant top looked quite homemade, but I was blinded by enthusiasm and after my investment of time and effort, I wore it with great pride. My mother bought the silk in Asia and I wanted to please her as much as myself. Six years later I see the progress I've made...

23 Nov Invitation

Posted at 07:26h in Goodbye Valentino Giveaway, Ready to Wear Fast, Uncategorized by goodbyevalentino 297 Comments

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

18 Nov The McVoguerick Tunicbiblicity dress

Posted at 08:38h in Fashion Sewing by goodbyevalentino 117 Comments

I don't know what else to call it. It's done - it took forever - I like it...

08 Nov Giveaway Winner and a Pattern Hack

Posted at 07:06h in Goodbye Valentino Giveaway, Sewing Dresses by goodbyevalentino 42 Comments

Greetings! Many thanks for the comments and tips regarding machine embroidery. It's coming along very nicely and I'll get there eventually. Congratulations go to PAMELA GIANNETTO winner of the monogrammed towels giveaway! Please send me your contact information to goodbyevalentino@gmail.com by Friday, November 10 or a new winner will be selected. In the meantime I've begun a new dress. Below is the inspiration ~ another Oscar de la Renta from the current Ready to Wear Collection. Lovely isn't it? What I like about this dress is the way it skims the body. Upon first glance the construction looks quite simple ...