There we go, guys. The tutorial about making this "Toile de Jouy" vintage skirt is finally here! You can't even imagine how long it took us to shot every picture, and also draw the diagrams so everything was clear and super understandable for you to successfully sew it and get along with the instructions. So, enjoy and remember to share with me via social network (Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter) the results by using the tag #somethingfashion!

Supplies you'll need:

Step 1:

You're going to fold your huuuuge fabric in half, allowing a seam allowance following the next scheme:

The seam is about 2 or 3 cm on each side on the inside of the fabric (or the side you're not going to see once it's finished). You're going to pin it before folding in half the fabric. Then, sew it with your sewing machine.

Step 2:

Once you're done with the seam allowance, pin almost all of the fabric down to up, and leave about a 20cm (high) space on the part that will be your waistline. You'll need that for the zipper on coming steps, but don't worry too much about that! You'll get something similar to this:

Measure carefully the bottom, and pin following an imaginary line. Depending on how long you want your skirt to be, you're going to cut more or less fabric once marked and pinned. I recommend not to cut all the fabric excess at once, just in case. Remember to leave a seam allowance so you can sew it on final steps and obtain a neat final result. Set aside the leftover fabric, don't throw it because you'll need it soon!

I recommend you to measure directly from your waist to the point you want your final skirt to be (usually midi skirts end at your knee) and then add 2 cm for the seam allowance.

Step 3:

Start pleating. This might be the most labored step and the one which is going to take almost all your time. Start on the center of the fabric you sewed together pinching the fabric and folding it to one side as seen below. Do a large stitch and keep pinching to one side doing the pleats as regular as possible. The bigger the pleats, the more volume you'll get on your skirt. And the smaller the pleats, the less volume. Once you're done with one half of the skirt, do it on the other side.

I marked down the center of the skirt with two pins as seen on the pictures so it would be easy to find the two halves of the skirt.

Step 5:

Remember the piece of fabric you cut some steps before and you kept? Now you're going to use it. Once sewn the zipper properly, you're going to take that piece of fabric and pin it on the waist of the skirt. This way you'll start finishing your piece on the neatest way possible.

Fold the piece once pinned on the waist.

Do long stitches to secure the waistband you've just done and close the sides near the zipper as well. Sew by hand or machine.

Iron the pleats and waistband carefully. I adjusted and finished the waist by adding two buttons or clips near the zipper.

Step 7:

YOU'RE DONE! CONGRATULATIONS! Enjoy your new handmade midi skirt, and remember to share it through the social network by using the tag #somethingfashion

Found this pictures today around the laptop, and couldn't believe I didn't share them before. Maybe they've been around since before last summer holidays, but I don't really know why I didn't post them before. I think we took this pictures about a year ago in the beach of Oropesa. I can't see the moment of coming back there for summer holidays to chill and feel the sun and the sand on my skin! It's close but, not closer enough as it's only a month away for exams and college stuff to finish. Duh.

Being honest, I'm not able to remember where those Nine West brocade slippers I'm wearing on the pictures ended. I remember they hurt my feet like hell (my fault. I bought them the wrong size) so maybe they're deep, deep inside my closet on a box with huge, red "CAUTION" letters on it. I don't usually lose pieces of clothing. I lose sight of them sometimes, but they always return to me when I don't need them or I'm not searching like a crazy thing. I can say I'm a real mess with things, specially class things as I'm always working around with tons of plans, papers, markers and drawing stuff. But I do organize really well my closet so I can see in every moment what's there. So, I'll let you know what happened to this pair of shoes when I find them.

The outfit it's not a big deal as it's a total black outfit filled with this golden trousers found seasons ago at Zara, and which have become a real basic I wear a lot. I even bought them in silver because they're comfortable and really cool.

Haven't you ever got two or three times the same clothing piece, or the same pair of shoes because you feel really good wearing it?

Back to my Easter trip to Mérida and around all Extremadura and part of Spain. You can't really imagine how fooled I felt by the weather man there! As it was cloudy but not cold here in Valencia, we were surprised to deal with this terrible rainy, freezing and disturbing weather the whole week. Have you ever done sightseeing on this conditions? If you have, you must know what it feels like to carry the whole day an umbrella with your camera, with your raincoat or sweater "in case of". Plus, there's that moment when you realize you didn't carry with you enough cozy clothing to face the temperature, and the only thing you can do is mix and put all together on the strangest way the warmest things you packed. In my case, this COS black sweatshirt which is kind of sporty, but somehow I ended pairing it with this square dressy trousers and heels. And of course this super classy and sparkly earrings I bought on a typical jeweler downtown, because the zone is not only know for its ancient roman culture and ruins, but also because of their gold and silver craftsmanship pieces. 

Despite the weather and conditions, we could manage to do some visits and take really cool architecture and detail pictures as this ones taken at the Mérida Auditorium and Convention Centre built by Nieto and Sobejano, whose works I really like! I find amazing the façade detail of this building, but then you look at some of their projects and they're as nice as this one is.

Then we stopped at Salamanca and Madrid on the quickest way possible and then return home to get ready for this two-craziness-months coming with all the exams and homework stuff, which includes my final project for this curse (you can see some of the things going on at my Instagram account).

By the way! Some of you noticed my quite recent haircut (quite visible, isn't it? Haha) and asked why now as I've always worn my hair quite long. I'd just say that recently I started being bored of some things that happened around me, and realized that those things only happened because I needed a brand-new point of view. A new perspective to start being me again and don't look back! So, I thought a new hairstyle would help, and let's say, it just hasn't only helped, but it's also easier to style so, I'm very happy with the change! Sometimes we need a little thing to turn upside down our perspective and start from zero, don't you think?