Fashion and more and more "easy to sew", the patchwork is back<

Vous souvenez-vous de la vieille couverture aux couleurs douteuses qui recouvrait le canapé de votre grand-tante ? Son heure de gloire est arrivée. Le patchwork, cette technique qui consiste à coudre ensemble des carrés ou des triangles de tissus divers et variés, revient sur le devant de la scène. Très prisé des marques de haute-couture ou des jeunes créateurs, comme ce surfer américain qui confectionne des chemises vendues à plusieurs centaines de dollars pièce, il serait même l’une des tendances de cet automne dans les magasins de prêt-à-porter.

"The patchwork shows a much fun new face," says Carol Veillon, publication director at Quiltmania Editions, a reference magazine for the 30.000 subscribers around the world.It is also thanks to the advent of the Do It Yourself and on the "Recover" side, which pleases a lot.»»

Longtemps vu comme une activité réservée aux mamies, le « patch»», comme on le surnomme, vivrait une nouvelle jeunesse.In the aisles of the living room for the love of the thread, which awaits more than 10.000 people until Saturday in Nantes, Marlène, 39, launched last year."It allowed me to keep morale during confinement," says the one who has since multiplied the cushion covers, until launching her micro-enterprise.I try to do the biggest in my hand, but I always have my sewing machine next to it to go a little faster.»» « Pendant longtemps, je regardais ma mère en faire, mais là, je crois que je vais lui en piquer un pour me faire une veste»», sourit Pauline, 24 ans, qui vient de se mettre à la couture.

Simple, easy and quick shapes to do

In 2021, exit the immense doubled fabrics (called quilt) with sometimes very complex patterns that women around the world sometimes took several months to achieve, to show their know-how and their social status, thanks to the tissues they used.“The thirties want simple, easy-to-sew projects, with beautiful liberty or very geometric style patterns, we observe at the Ecolaine store, located in Rennes.They have fewer bases but do this for fun, faster too, for them or to offer.»» « On a envie de créer, de retrouver ce que nos grands-mères faisaient, abonde Emmie, une infirmière de 27 ans, qui n’offre plus que des cadeaux de naissance faits main.I started with knitting but the patchwork interests me a lot, in the mixture of patterns, prints and even materials.»»

To get started, if fabric, thread and a little dexterity are therefore necessary, a smartphone will also be very useful to you.Because this fashion has also invaded social networks, with youtube tutorials in number and thousands of the thousands on Instagram under the hashtags #modernquilting or #modernpatchwork for example."We can also register for a real club," smiles Sylvie, 50, addicted to the patch for fifteen years.Mine meets on Friday evening, to be able to come after work. On est toutes des femmes actives, et de tous les âges, parfois dès 20 ans !»»