Catherine Daze @catherinedaze

Vintage Vogue 1253 coat toile Vintage Vogue 1253 envelope art This pattern is the top contender for my winter coat, vintage Vogue 1253 by State of Claude Montana from 1993. The envelope photo is very appealing while managing to obscure almost all the important details at the same time: top fashion photography there, Vogue. But as the line art below shows, it’s a very simple A line style with raglan sleeves.

Vintage Vogue 1253 coat toile

Vintage Vogue 1253 envelope art This pattern is the top contender for my winter coat, vintage Vogue 1253 by State of Claude Montana from 1993. The envelope photo is very appealing while managing to obscure almost all the important details at the same time: top fashion…

11.10.2025 08:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Winter coat planning Summer is over in the UK and my silver quilted winter coat from 2020 is showing definite signs of age. There’s a tear near one of the side seams (curse those brambles in the park) and the batting is losing its loft. If I start now I should be able to make a replacement before the really cold weather starts. So, what sort of coat to make?

Winter coat planning

Summer is over in the UK and my silver quilted winter coat from 2020 is showing definite signs of age. There’s a tear near one of the side seams (curse those brambles in the park) and the batting is losing its loft. If I start now I should be able to make a replacement before…

27.09.2025 08:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Silver mac: Burda 121-01-2025 I never thought I’d find myself sewing waterproofs. But I really struggle to find ones I like in the shops. Last year I tried to solve the problem by making The Assembly Line’s Hoodie Poncho in grey rip-stop nylon and looks-wise it was perfect, but I got fed up of showering everything around me with water when I take it off after coming indoors.

Silver mac: Burda 121-01-2025

I never thought I’d find myself sewing waterproofs. But I really struggle to find ones I like in the shops. Last year I tried to solve the problem by making The Assembly Line’s Hoodie Poncho in grey rip-stop nylon and looks-wise it was perfect, but I got fed up of…

20.09.2025 08:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Phen shirt in silk print This is my second version of the Phen shirt from Pattern Fantastique, and this fabric is the reason I bought the pattern in the first place. It’s a silk/cotton blend with an amazing print that reminds me of the work of Paolozzi - better picture below. I bought it on a (rather expensive) impulse from Croft Mill last year and had been looking for a suitable pattern ever since.

Phen shirt in silk print

This is my second version of the Phen shirt from Pattern Fantastique, and this fabric is the reason I bought the pattern in the first place. It’s a silk/cotton blend with an amazing print that reminds me of the work of Paolozzi - better picture below. I bought it on a…

13.09.2025 08:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Phen shirt in grey viscose This grey viscose shirt has become a very surprising wardrobe staple. The fabric was a bad Internet purchase that I thought I’d never find a use for, and the pattern has more than one issue. And yet it works, so much so that I’ve lost count of the times I wore it before we got around to taking photos. How did this come about?

Phen shirt in grey viscose

This grey viscose shirt has become a very surprising wardrobe staple. The fabric was a bad Internet purchase that I thought I’d never find a use for, and the pattern has more than one issue. And yet it works, so much so that I’ve lost count of the times I wore it before…

06.09.2025 08:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

80s jacket: vintage Vogue 1382 Sharp angles and shoulder pads - it doesn’t get much more 80s than this jacket. The pattern is vintage Vogue 1382 by Claude Montana, published in 1984. The original version was made in a bright yellow fabric. Vogue’s envelope art usually shows a photo of the original garment, rather than a version made from their pattern, but the image is styled and shot by Vogue rather than the designer so the final effect can be very different from the runway styling.

80s jacket: vintage Vogue 1382

Sharp angles and shoulder pads - it doesn’t get much more 80s than this jacket. The pattern is vintage Vogue 1382 by Claude Montana, published in 1984. The original version was made in a bright yellow fabric. Vogue’s envelope art usually shows a photo of the original…

26.07.2025 08:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

80s trousers: vintage Vogue 1382 It’s taken an age to get photos of these trousers; I normally do a blog post soon after finishing a garment but it’s been over a month since these were completed. And they’ve been worn four or five times already so they must be a success. The pattern is vintage Vogue 1382 from 1984 by Claude Montana. There are two different versions of the pattern envelope.

80s trousers: vintage Vogue 1382

It’s taken an age to get photos of these trousers; I normally do a blog post soon after finishing a garment but it’s been over a month since these were completed. And they’ve been worn four or five times already so they must be a success. The pattern is vintage…

05.07.2025 08:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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