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The first look at the Spring/Summer 2015 Burda Easy magazine has been posted on both the German and Russian websites. So far this is impressing me about as much as the rest of the Burda issues thus far this year – which is to say, not much. Of course, I’m waiting to see the the … More Newsflash: Burda Easy Spring/Summer Early Preview Posted
The Russian Burda website is on top of it – the April preview is posted here, and the full preview of the Spring/Summer Burda Plus is here. I have to say, the early preview for April wasn’t too inspiring. I went to P-an-da in the hope that there might be more to get excited about, … More Newsflash: April Burda Early Preview and Burda Plus Spring/Summer Full Preview Posted
The latest spring collection of McCall’s patterns is up on on the BMV website. Overall, not super impressed by this collection. A lot of voluminous designs, and simple silhouettes. A few interesting styles, but, mostly a lot of misses for me. Let’s take a look: M7121 – Simple design, but makes effective use of the … More Newsflash: New McCall’s Patterns
In case any non-fantasy fans have been living under a rock the past few weeks, there is a lot of hullabaloo surrounding the Wheel of Time TV “pilot” produced by Red Eagle Entertainment that “aired” during a paid infomercial time-slot at 1:30am on FXX. The Wertzone has a fairly succinct account of the affair, and … More Nerd Rage: Wheel of Time TV Pilot Rant
The latest Simplicity patterns can be seen on their website. Between the Vintage reprints and the new designer patterns, it is actually a fairly interesting release. There are a lot of basic looks and crafty items, but the other designs more than make up for it. S1155 – Love this vintage reprint. Close-up of the … More Newsflash: New Simplicity Patterns
The new New Look patterns are up on the Simplicity website. Overall I have to admit it is not the most exciting release. It seems like many of these patterns are pretty basic and fairly similar to previous pattern releases. Let’s take a look: NL 6341 – Probably the cutest/most interesting design in this release. … More Newsflash: Spring New Look Patterns
The German and Russian Burda sites have both posted early preview pictures of the Burda Plus for Spring/Summer 2015. Most of the images are clear re-prints from many previous year’s issues. There are a few new photos, but the patterns might be repeats. In any case, I don’t think I will be needing this issue, … More Newsflash: Burda Plus Spring/Summer Early Preview
The full preview of the March issue is up on the Russian Burda website, and a fun promo video is up on the German site. I have to admit that I wasn’t overly excited by the early preview photos, but I’m actually pretty excited for this issue now that I’ve seen previews for the whole … More Newsflash: March Burda Full Preview
Ok, somehow, despite being on the mailing list AND obsessively checking the Butterick website, I managed to totally miss when the new Butterick patterns came out a few weeks ago. Work’s been more than a bit crazy of late, what can I say? Anyway, looking through this collection, it seems that I haven’t missed out on … More Newsflash(ish): New Butterick Patterns
The early preview of the March issue of BurdaStyle Magazine is up on the German website. Overall I have to say I’m a bit… lukewarm over what I’m seeing so far. There is some good, some odd, and some boring. Definitely going to have to wait for the full preview before making a call on … More Newsflash: March BurdaStyle Early Preview Posted
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