I felt that I didn’t have any excuses not to make the Naomi coat,Burda Stylepattern that was inspired by my idea and worn by Naomi Campbell. I really enjoy how it came out, although it wasn’t very easy! It makes a nice summer cover-up. Originaly I wanted to make it nautical; blue and some white accents, but while fabric shopping I saw this natural tone cotton with white and gold stripes, I Knew it was ment for my Naomi. Since I already spend some time searching for the shell and ship pictures for my nautical embroidery I decided to apply them as well. Overall I think this way is better than my original idea.
Download pattern here.
Read about my Naomi here.
4 responses so far ↓
christina // April 20, 2008 at 5:24 pm
That’s gorgeous! The embroidery is great, so delicate, perfect for summer.
Becky // April 20, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Great choice of fabric–I like how the simpler pattern really allows the construction of it to stand out. And LOVE the embroidery! I take it you have an embroidery machine, then?
kasia26 // April 20, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Thank you! I don’t have an embroidery machine, I did it on a regular sewing machine. I saw the technique on Martha Steward Show a while ago, it gives the embroidery very polished finish. Find the “freehand embroidery” instructions here
It is simple, but time consumming. I changed it a little; instead of tracing the image I pinned very thin pice of paper with a printed image to the right side of fabric and sew directly over it, I didn’t use stabilizer. To easily rip the paper hold it between your hands and rub it against itself to wrinkle the paper.
OutsaPop // May 3, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Wow. I love the ship-stitching.