Geeky seamstress with too many ideas and not enough time. Costumes, cosplay, reading, cooking, crafting.
Whilest I am in the middle of a few long, intense projects, I thought I would share another one of my early projects, Simplicity 2410. S2410 I don’t often wear skirts, but my sister does, and this was one of the first things I sewed for her. She picked out the fabric from the red … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 2410
Joann’s is having a sale on sewing notions – a great time to stock up! The sale will last all week (July 24-30). A few highlights of the sale are: -50% Off Notions wall – needles, snaps, etc. The stuff that gets used all the time, but not as much fun to buy as fabric. … More Joann Sew & Save Sale – Time to Stock Up
I cannot resist a pattern sale. It is true. Last week I got some of the new Simplicity patterns: Ok, I got the Middleton engagement dress pattern. Costumes… More costumes… And this week I fell into the $0.99 Butterick trap: Shirts More shirts… And yet another costume. But the skirt is so pretty! I think … More I cannot resist….
For those of you who are interested in watching the 2011 Roller Skating National Championships live video feed from Fort Wayne, Indiana, you can see it here: National Championships Live Video Feed – The Skater’s Place This week (July 17 – July 23) is the national indoor speed championships, and you can get the schedule here. … More Newslfash – Live Nationals Video Feed!
As a heads-up, Joann will be having a $0.99 Butterick pattern sale all week, July 17-23! The usual sales price for Butterick is $1.99, so this is a great time to stock up or get patterns that you are on the fence about. Sadly, I don’t have any Buttericks in my wish list at the … More Pattern Sales: Butterick
I know that the first preview was posted on on the German website about a day ago, but I prefer to reserve judgement until I can actually see the model pictures and get a full perspective from the garment pictures, the model pictures, and the line drawings. Luckily, Burda Fashion Italia, as well as the Russian Burda website … More Newsflash – August Burda Style Preview Posted
For those of you attending the 2011 National Championships, or planning to watch the live video streaming, the latest schedule has been released. This should be a finalized schedule as all of the regional championships have been concluded. You can look at the main event page here. The new schedule is available here. In addition, the Indoor … More Newsflash: 2011 Roller Skating National Championships Schedule Update
JoAnn is having a $1.99 Simplicity pattern sale tomorrow through Saturday. (Thursday, July 14 – July 16). I know some people were able to snatch up the latest patterns over the Fourth of July weekend, but for those of us whose local stores don’t stock patterns until at least 2 weeks after the release date, … More Pattern Sales: Simplicity
Vogue has just released their fall patterns, which you can view here. Overall, I say they have quite a few winners in this round. There are a lot of patterns I have fallen in love with. Firstly, so many draped knit dresses! And I am in love with all of them. Well, most of them. Although … More Newsflash – Fall Vogue Patterns
This was my first non-skating sewing project that I made this year, a simple knit top, Simplicity 3536. Simplicity 3536 I made view D, the sleeveless ruched shirt. The fabric was from a JoAnn’s 50% off red tag event, and the “buttons” (really sew on plastic jewels, but JoAnn applies button sale policy to them) … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 3536
Doctor T Designs 