Debora Coelho

Hello sewing friends. Here’s my latest project. Just another simple wrap skirt that I just finished today. I had fun making the matching clutch bag. I used the left over zipper for a designer strip along the middle flab. I thought it would add a nice golden touch and add a richer texture to the bag. Overall, I used the same pattern from last week. The fabric is wool from Bedford Fabrics in Fall River. I love the color of the lining too. Bright and cheery for the long cold winter ahead. The turtle neck sweater is store bought. No big deal. Just something I picked up this week. Well, that’s it for now. I hope all of you have a great weekend. See you all soon! Debora    

Hello everyone! I hope your having a wonderful weekend. I have a couple of things I’d like to share with you today. First, I’m excited to share with you the “Southwestern style skirt.” I wore it today to a special brunch to support my friends from the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Inc. There’re such an amazing organization that provides a great service to our community. It was held at the Wamsutta Club, one of New Bedford’s many beautiful landmarks. And speaking of New Bedford, I’ve decided to add some lifestyle features of our city to my sewing blog. I figured you should have the opportunity to see the many events, fundraisers and beautiful places and wonderful people I share my life with. I’ve edited my introduction on the Google account to include my public service life and introduce you to the beautiful city of New Bedford that I so proudly serve. Here is my official introduction: Hello everyone! I’m Debora Coelho from New Bedford, Massachusetts. I serve in our loca

Southwestern style skirt Hello everyone! And…here it is. the Southwestern style skirt. I kept the style easy and the lines simple. The fabric itself has enough detail. I really like the way it came out. I made a matching scarf with the leftover material. I think it really ties in nicely. The skirt is fully lined and this time around I used buttons instead of placing a zipper. Reason being, that I didn’t want a back seam to break up the pattern.   I decided to add a fringe to it. It came apart easily and I like the texture it created. Fun!   One of my favorite features is pockets. I’m trying to inset them in just about everything I make now. They just add such comfort to any garment. I can’t help it, I feel secure with pockets. Silly, I know.   Here’s a close up look at the side seams with the pockets. It’s kind of tricky to line it up to the print. I really wanted it to match.     And finally, my beautiful mother fraying the scarf.  She was ju

#45 Dress - The Illumining Dress Good evening everyone! I had a wonderful time tonight at The Prince Henry Society of Massachusetts Annual Installation Banquet. I finally wore “The Illumining Dress,” I made several weeks ago. Some of you may remember this dress took two weeks to complete and several trips to the fabric store for more yardage. This dress is pleated and sewn down at every pleat. It created an incredible texture and illumining effect to the dress. It’s also extremely heavy and can stand pretty much all on it’s own. I’m not kidding! Even so, I wore it with great pride as any fine piece of art.   Wow, it’s late. I’m a little tired. I’ll try to write some more about it tomorrow. But for now, I hope you enjoy the pictures. Good night and happy sewing dreams.

#44 Dress - All Torn Up Good evening everyone! Here is the “All Torn Up” dress that I wore tonight for the first time. The dress is very exciting to wear. It moves and captures light. One thing about sewing your own clothe, is that it gives you the privilege to wear just about anything and it’s totally accepted. I had a great time tonight. I just made a quick appearance at the Whale event in New Bedford’s beautiful waterfront. I hope you enjoy this post. Have a great weekend everyone and as always, thank you for sharing in my sewing journey.                

Hello there! Half way into the week and I’ve finally picked out my next project. I’m making a Southwestern style skirt. It seems that you can’t get away from the look this season. It’s popping up all over the fashion magazines as well as in fabric stores.     I picked up this fabric at JoAnn’s. It was on sale and I couldn’t help myself. I thought it would be a perfect fabric to continue making my long wrap skirts.    I made some adjustments to the pattern again. This time, I completely relined the front panels. I made them straight instead of curved and allowed extra material so they overlap with front buttons.      I went digging through my pattern stash and found this Burda pattern from the late 90‘s. I thought I could use it measurements as well as the side pocket to add a different look to the skirt. I just added the idea to the pattern I already made. I’m still using this same Vogue pattern. I just incorporated the idea of pockets and belts.

I finally had a chance to wear this skirt I made several months ago. Spring is in full bloom and it feels great to wear pieces in harmony with  the season. For details of the skirt just scroll down as I attached the original sewing post. Have a great weekend everyone. Debora This week I made two skirts from the same pattern - Vogue V8928. On the first skirt you may recognize the material from my previous project. I had some left over and made the skirt with it. I used the pattern without any changes other than adding a couple of inches to the hemline. I also made a matching scarf, which I think wears well with the outfit. Unfortunately, this skirt opens way too much on the front. I like open front skirts but this pattern is just too revealing. I also felt that it needed some extra support on the seams. I will be applying some interfacing to keep it from being so flimsy. Even so, I like this skirt. I think I did a much better job at matching the plaid