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The string of new pattern releases continues – the new summer Vogue patterns can be seen here. Overall I have to say I’m not really loving this year’s patterns – everything has gone to much simpler and more voluminous styles; not really my favorite flavor of ice cream. Usually the designer Vogue patterns have some … More Newsflash: Summer Vogue Patterns
This past week saw several new pattern announcements, including the May Burda Early Preview, spring Kwik Sew patterns, and spring Marfy releases. May Burda Early Preview The May Burda is typically the spring-summer transition dress issue, and as such is typically one of my favorite issues of the year. This year’s magazine looks to be … More Newsflash: Assorted Pattern News
The full preview of the Spring/Summer 2015 Burda Easy magazine is up on the Russian website. Although I don’t think this is a must-buy issue, there are a couple of patterns that might be fun to sew. First, the designs I’m liking from this issue: My favorite! I love this hoodie – perfect for the … More Newsflash: Burda Easy Spring/Summer 2015
The full preview of the April 2015 BurdaStyle Magazine is now up on the Russian website. Although I wasn’t overly excited by the early preview, I have to grudgingly admit there may be a few designs that are sort of interesting this time around. Not a lot, but enough that I’m at least thinking about … More Newsflash: April Burda Preview Posted
This project was finished a while ago, but I haven’t had much time to do a write-up post. And since it was commissioned as a gift I wanted to make sure there was plenty of time between the delivery and posting to avoid spoilers. I haven’t really heard how well the gift went over… It’s … More Captain America: Winter PJs
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
