This is the first time I used my Akiko Mano book: "Jolies tenues pour fillettes coquettes". It comes in French or in Japanese, I couldn't find it in English. This book is a treasure with so many lovely patterns!!! Here is the ballon sleeves blouse, size...

A looong time ago we were bathing, basking in the sun and happily cracking stones with my dear future husband on a lovely Island. But DFH decided he had enough of sun and wanted some fresh air. Totally in love with the jamaican concept of "push car" (proof...

After my first painful sewing attempt, I wanted something SIMPLE and EASY and FAST and... NICE of course. I found all this with the wonderful patterns from Ah Non Pas Elle . They come in PDF. They're also very CHEAP. Just GREAT. I tried the cute little...

First thing I learned: when you want to enter the Homemade world, it's good to choose a pattern that matches your skills. A year ago, I had absolutely none. And after spending hours drooling over nice blogs, I found a cute french pattern from Her Little...