All posts by Sophie Frank

Before I embarked upon sewing my own clothes a year ago, I (re-)started knitting. But because I am 100% impatient, I was always looking for patterns with thick wool (the thicker – the better to be honest). Until I found Good Night, Day – my personal holy grail when it comes to modern, easy knitting…

Those of you that have already read my first entry ‘Diary of a novice Sewist’, will maybe remember, that PANTS were quite the challenge for me. For weeks… When I started making my own clothes in February, I predominantly found patterns through Instagram. It didn’t take long for my paths to cross with the Persephone…

When I think of Christmas, I think of the smell of oranges, freshly baked Vanillekipferl (Austrian cookies coated in vanilla sugar) and of blown out candles. I think of the city that seems to sparkle with the festivity of Christmas lights and you can just about see every single snowflake illuminated. Christmas markets, where you…

Just like I announced in my last entry, today I would like to replace fear and anxiety with some inspiration. Some of you might remember the keywords IRONING and ZIPPER. I will talk about both of these in some detail today. But I promise you, it’s not that horrible and it won’t hurt. You have…

Before I tell you what this ‘Diary Of A Novice Sewist’ is going to be about, I would like to take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Sophie and I live in Vienna together with my partner and our son. It just so happens that it is not very common or considered modern…