Geeky seamstress with too many ideas and not enough time. Costumes, cosplay, reading, cooking, crafting.
Seeing as how this is (supposed to be) a sewing blog, I feel that it is about time I start actually posting some sewing projects to it. So far this year I have sewn five skating dresses for myself (well, one of them was actually started, and mostly finished, two years ago, so it doesn’t … More 2014 Skating Dress(es)
Brandon Sanderson has become one of my favorite authors over the past few years. Although I enjoy all of his works, I really look forward to his long epic fantasies. He is fantastic at creating fascinating worlds and unique magic systems. So I had very much been looking forward to returning to Roshar in the … More Book Review: The Words of Radiance
A few weeks ago (at the end of July) the digital preview of the Fall/Winter Burda Catalogue Collection was announced on the German website. Individual patterns can be seen here. As of the time of this writing, the new patterns aren’t up on the Simplicity website yet, or on Pattern Review. Hopefully they will be … More (Very Outdated) Newsflash: Fall/Winter 2014-2015 Burda Catalogue Patterns Announced
Burda posted the first look at the September issue on their German website while I was gone last week – definitely enough there to pique my interest. P-an-da has got a full preview up (with line drawings!) and I have to say I’m not entirely as excited as I thought I was going to be, … More Newsflash-ish: September Burda Early Preview Posted
Aaaaaaaand I’m back! I’ve been away at the Roller Skating National Championships these past few weeks, with limited free time and spotty wifi, so blog posting went out the window pretty quick. Which was unfortunate because there have been several pattern releases/announcements/previews since I’ve been gone. Not to mention the fact that I managed to … More Newsflash: Fall Butterick Patterns Announced
The Fall/Winter 2014/2015 issue of My Image Magazine has been released! And it’s good. So good that I snapped up my own copy after glancing at the line drawing overview. While My Image doesn’t have as many patterns as Burda, it has a nice mix of tops, bottoms, dresses, and jackets, and this issue is … More Newsflash: Fall/Winter My Image Announced
The Russian Burda website has posted the full preview of the August issue. Although the July issue was rather disappointing, it seems that August is getting back on the track of awesome. Although I don’t think it is quite as good as some of this years earlier issues, I do think there are some really … More Newsflash: August Burda Preview Posted
Vogue has announced their fall pattern collection here. First impression on my initial cursory glance: me likey. Me likey a lot. Upon closer inspection I wasn’t as in love with everything as I had at first thought, but there were still a significant number of patterns that I have added to my wish list. Now, … More Newsflash: Fall Vogue Patterns Announced!
I (finally) managed to finish the dress I started making way back when I did my skating costume tutorial. Yeah, finishing school and moving shoved it to the UFO pile for a while, but it is finished now! Definitely not even close to my best work, but at a certain point you just want to … More Another Skating Practice Dress
Yes, yes, I know. I should sew fabric instead of buying it. But silly Fabric Mart sucked me in with more awesome sales. And I need to stop looking at the New Arrivals section. Seriously. The fact that Jo-Ann Fabrics strategically had a 50% off Red Tag at the same time as a major pattern … More I Have A Stash Problem
Doctor T Designs 