Fashion Engineer

Hello Some minutes here and there everyday, I manage to sew. This time I decided to sew Roland Mouret Moon dress. I must say that compare to many famous dresses from Roland Mouret this dress looks like a piece of architecture. Sort of. As always we need to make the toile. A knock-off of this dress will not have the features that make this dress what it is: A Star !!! Pieces of the dress made in stretch cotton buttercup color. The most difficult of this dress was the sleeves. I keep the principle that  "Everything starts with a squared off piece of fabric that during the draping process is shape". (^.^) The top part of the dress.  I sew an invisible zipper The front part of the top is sew (inserted) to the back part that goes around the whole torso. Front  and back are not sew to the sides like in a standard dress. The front of skirt of this dress is one piece is not like the knock off dress I have seen where they just se

I decided to write our story because probably it can helps someone, give hopes or another perspective. My husband got Testicle cancer with spread in the peritoneal area (2013). He underwent two surgeries: Orchiectomy and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection (RPLND). Unfortunately one of the side effects of the RPLND is retrograde ejaculation. He was told by the surgeon that he will never be able to have antegrade ejaculation. The way to go for having family was IVF (In vitro fertilization). Two years after the diagnose of cancer, we started our first ICSI/TESE.  Long protocol, Puregon 75 IU, 14 eggs, 8 fertilized, 6 good enough. 4 Embryo transfers, all negative. No one really prepared us for such a difficult journey both physically and emotionally. We decided to try in Spain, Second ICSI/TESE. Short protocol 75 IU menopur 75 IU Puregon, 18 eggs, 13 mature, 6 fertilized, just 2 survived 3 days. One Transfer of  two  3 days embryo, 10 cells, 8 cells, less than 5% fragmentation. 6

Hello I am now 29+6 and my friends have decided to make a babyshower to celebrate my pregnant belly (^.^) I will write a post about my husband and I journey to become parents. I can just say that it took 4 years. Spring/Summer has started and I love neon colours. So, I have sewn a jersey neon yellow maxi shirring off shoulder dress.  Figure 1 In Fig 1 you have in the middle the arm and to the side front a back parts of the dress. Figure 2 In Fig 2, the first arm has been sewn.   Dress done! I will update this post with more pictures especially from the baby shower. Baby shower was AMAZING. So much love and happiness, thanks to all my friends!!! We are expecting a boy, so the theme was: POCOYO! My husband has a motorcycle, so my friend decided to make this beautiful motorcycle with Pocoyo. I LOVE IT...!