Geeky seamstress with too many ideas and not enough time. Costumes, cosplay, reading, cooking, crafting.
Alright, so I thought I would post an update on the progress of things for my 2012 sewing challenge. I finished the muslin for the Burda pants, and the fit was pretty good. I have decided I don’t like the patch pockets – they are too stiff and make the pants pucker funny around my … More Sewing Challenge Update
Normally I am not a huge fan of the New Look collections, but I do think there are some cute designs in the new spring collection. A few of my favorites: I don’t know if I will be buying any of these (New Look just tends to not fit me particularly well and I have … More Newsflash – Spring New Look Patterns Announced
In an effort to have this blog be as complete a list of sewing projects as possible, I thought I would post some of my older projects that I haven’t shown off yet. When I fist started to sew I just wanted to make “fun” things – skating dresses, costumes, toys. Of course, now I … More Old Sewing Projects – Toys
I was wasting time on YouTube and found this video about making costumes for ballroom dance. If you can get past the cheesy dancing in the intro, you can see some fabulous gowns being made. Enjoy!
I am the winner of the BurdaStyle Holiday Giveaway Day 12! Ok, so maybe this is sort of old news, but I didn’t want to report anything here until I actually received my prize, and finally it is here! Lots of books and a tote bag! Now, I know one should not look a gift … More I won!
Ok, well, I wasn’t planning on buying quite so much fabric at the end of the year, but for some reason the end-of-year sales offered up better options to me than any of the Black Friday or pre-Christmas sales did. Most of my family gave me “fabric money” as holiday gifts, and so I went … More The Last Great Fabric Haul of 2011
The German Burda website has posted the full preview of the Spring/Summer 2012 collection! In general, I usually find I like more in the fall/winter collections but I have actually found quite a few nice pieces in this collection (what can I say, I am a Burda fanboi… fangurl? Whatever, I loves me my Burda!). … More Newsflash – Burda Spring/Summer Envelope Collection Posted
The first year of sewing I made a LOT of practice dresses for skating. I wrote a lengthy pattern review a long while ago, so I don’t really feel the need to write anything too much, but I thought I would show off my latest. The first is possibly the practice dress from hell. Everything … More More Skating Dresses
Though I have been finishing up a few projects from last year, I have been super excited to start my year-long sewing plan for 2012, and I have been debating which projects I should do first. Ever since the magazine was published, I have been dying to make the October BurdaStyle pants: BS-10-2011-127 So I … More Starting the Sewing Challenge
As usual, the folks at Burda Fashion Russia are on top of things and have posted the preview for the new Burda Plus magazine. Although, well, it might be something of a stretch to call it “new.” I don’t spend as much time staring at the plus sized fashions in the regular Burda mags as … More Newsflash – Burda Plus Spring/Summer Issue Posted
Doctor T Designs 