Geeky seamstress with too many ideas and not enough time. Costumes, cosplay, reading, cooking, crafting.
The German Burda website has put up their own preview of the July Burda. I am not too impressed. If you are looking for shorts or loose button-down shirt you might be in luck. Otherwise… meh. I still hold out hope for the full preview, but I am not holding out too much hope at this … More More Burda July Preview Pictures
If a sewing-obsessed person can’t sew up the patterns they are dreaming of, they apparently buy fabric to make up for it. A lot of fabric. A lot a lot of fabric. Too much fabric. So, um, yeah, I bought a lot of fabric from Fabric Mart… But to be fair, they were having a … More If One Can’t Sew…
Double header today – both the July Early Preview AND the Summer Butterick Patterns have been announced. As for the Burda announcement, well, I wasn’t too excited by the assortment of large, shapeless sacks I saw in many of the photos: Sack dress strikes again! Those shorts are not attractive. But then I saw this … More Newsflash – Burda July Early Preview AND New Butterick Patterns Announced!
The old French Burda website is soon to be no more, and they have moved to a new web address: http://www.burda.fr I can’t say I am a fan of the new website – it looks like they have very limited previews (only a few pictures and the table of contents). I am hoping that this … More New Burda France Website!
This past week has been crazy! Presentation at school/work/real life thing that I do (I don’t know how to describe grad school… it is not a job but it isn’t really school… oh well, whatever) occupied a lot of time. And then preparing for upcoming skating competitions (we are heading into the major part of … More Totally Stoned
Joann’s will be having a pattern sale for Mother’s Day weekend: Friday May 11 – Sunday May 13. A good chance to find those new Vogue patterns for $3.99! And McCall’s will be on sale for $1.99 as well.
So the June issue preview is up – you can check out the line drawings and the garment photos on the German Burda website. And the Russian website, despite the coming changes, has a preview of the model photos up as well! Overall this issue is pretty ok for me – a lot of easy summer … More Newsflash – Full Burda June 2012 Preview Posted
This post will be full of links only, in case people are worried about spoilers… Anyway, in the wake of JordanCon 2012 (which I didn’t get to go to, but Tor has been very kind in forcing Leigh Butler, re-read recapper extraodinaire to summarize here – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), there has been … More Wheel of Time News
The latest round of New Look patterns can be seen here. We are definitely headed into summer, with most of the patterns being easy dresses, though there are a few wardrobe and skirt patterns, and lots of patterns for children and babies too. I don’t usually buy New Look unless I find something fabulous (for … More Newsflash – New New Look Patterns Announced!
Sometimes you are just having one of those weeks… where you start out feeling like you are going to conquer the world, but halfway through you feel like whimpering and hiding in a corner… And then you get a lovely card via Royal Air Mail that completely explains everything…
Doctor T Designs 