Geeky seamstress with too many ideas and not enough time. Costumes, cosplay, reading, cooking, crafting.
The full preview of the April Burda Style has been posted to the Russian website here. And, well, I have to say I am actually more excited now that I have seen the full preview. I don’t know that there is anything that will cause me to rip out the pattern sheets upon arrival as … More Newsflash – April Burda Style Preview Posted
Even though I am working on skating costumes, and I expect I will keep working on skating costumes for the next few weeks, I can’t help but think about all the other projects I am wanting to sew when I am done, and what I want to do next for my year-long sewing challenge. Mostly, … More Button Down Shirt Version 1.0 and Other Things
The creators of My Image Magazine (and Young Image for those of you who sew for kids) have launched their own individual pattern line called Imagewear Patterns. I have only made one thing from the magazine, but so far everyone who has tried them seems to love the pattern drafting. While I have to say that … More Newsflash – My Image Imagewear Patterns Now Available
This weekend I have been doing a lot of (ugly) skating muslins in leftover floral print lycra, the utter hideousness of which would render my lovely readers blind, I am sure. And I have been toying with some gloves, but they are too tight and my fingers are too long, so I might post a … More Another Practice Dress
When my sister came home from Europe for the holidays, she brought back a stack of new sewing magazines, with the (at the time) full set of My Image among them. I am excited by a number of the patterns in the My Image magazines, but decided that the first thing I wanted to sew … More Pattern Review: My Image M1003
Normally it takes me a while to make anything out of my Burda magazines, but for some reason the March issue seemed to grab me and scream – make me right now! Perhaps I wanted to get away from my sewing challenge for a bit, or maybe I just wanted some quick knit projects, or … More Pattern Review: BS 03-2012-108B
While I am waiting for the full preview of the April edition (German Burda has put the garment photos here, but I like to wait until I can see the garments, line drawings, and model photos before I pass judgement), Burda has also announced a special kids issue (you can see previews here and here), … More Burda Easy and Burda Kids – Spring/Summer 2012 Announced
After reading Roller Skating for Gold, I was inspired to try to find videos of many of the legends mentioned in the book. Â I have been doing a series of posts on the various dances used on the international level, but I have been quite lax in posting other great skating videos to my blog. … More Artistic Roller Skating – An Overview
Recently, I was wasting time on Amazon (well, I was looking for something, but the stupid incredibly helpful Amazon search engine found lots of other things for me to spend money on), and I found a wonderful book on roller skating that I didn’t even know existed – Roller Skating for Gold by David H. Lewis: Amazon … More Book Review: Roller Skating for Gold
So a while ago I posted about my Fat Tuesday Fabric Haul, and finally the rest of the fabric I had ordered has arrived! Maybe not quite as exciting, but I thought I would share anyway. I have been dreaming about a lot of the pants in the Patrones my sister brought back from Spain, … More The Rest of My Fabric Has Arrived
