Hard to believe, but the first glimpses of the 2012 Burda have been posted on the German Burda website today. Of course, it is a bit early to tell yet, but I am not overly excited by this preview. I mean, there was a little bit of this: Oooo, pretty! A little too much of … More Burda Early Preview – January 2012
Since I didn’t spend this weekend purchasing fabric as I had planned, I spent it reading instead. And, although I have been working through several books for quite some time, I instead decided to ignore all of them and read the entirety of Brandon Sanderson’s The Alloy of Law instead. The completely spoiler free review: In … More Book Review: The Alloy of Law
Well, Saturday shopping trip didn’t turn out as I had hoped. In fact, it didn’t turn out at all. There had been a plan to go to the LA Garment District (can you say fabric heaven?), but it got unscheduled sort of last minute. So all of my planning was for naught, and my Black … More Saturday Shopping Bust
The snake print trench coat is finally finished! Actually, it didn’t take as long as I had imagined, at least once all the pieces were cut out. Although this is probably the most complicated pattern I have used so far, just because it has so many small detail pieces: BWOF 01-2006-101B Although I made the … More Pattern Review: BWOF 01-2006-101B
So I know that since joining the sewing blog-o-sphere I have read many a great tale about the wonders of Black Friday fabric sales. So I thought I would post a list of what is on sale, where, and when to help keep track of the deals. I haven’t listed all of the sales, but … More Sewing Related Black Friday Sales!
On Monday, November 21, Anne McCaffrey, author of over 100 books and first female winner of Hugo and Nebula Awards, passed away. Though I can’t say I have read a large selection of her work, her contribution to science fiction and fantasy cannot be ignored. She will be missed by fans the world over.
Pardon the rant… I have a warm-up jacket that I use for skating. This past Sunday the zipper pull decided to disintegrate. That’s right. Disintegrate. It is currently in 5 pieces. I really don’t know what happened. One day it was fine. The next it was not. Now, if this were your run of the mill, … More I HATE Making Sewing Repairs!
While I am finishing up the detail work on my trench coat, and watching the world skating online, I thought I would ramble on about some of the other sewing (and skating) related things that occupy my attentions. I believe the fabric stash is a well studied problem amongst sewers of the internets. Let’s face … More Confession Time: My Other Stash
This was my first time placing an order with Atlanta Thread & Supply Company, and I must say overall I am quite pleased with the service. I was really excited when my big box of serger thread arrived: Box stuffed with serger cones! I was looking at the Joann’s thread after I ordered my machine, … More Happy Mail from Atlanta Thread Supply
Though I expect to be thoroughly and completely distracted during the next two weeks now that the world championships is being shown live, I have managed to make some progress on my snake print trench coat. My coat, before adding the collar. The back The sewing hasn’t taken nearly as long as the cutting and … More Trench Coat Progress Report
Doctor T Designs 