Geeky seamstress with too many ideas and not enough time. Costumes, cosplay, reading, cooking, crafting.
Tamora Pierce is an author I have been reading since I was eleven years old. I realize I have somewhat grown out of the target age group for her writing, but I continue to read her books anyway, because I enjoy seeing what happens in the worlds I loved so much as I was growing … More Book Review: Tortall and Other Lands
The full preview of the November Burda has been posted to the Russian website. After the early preview came out my thoughts were “editorial, but not necessarily great wardrobe builders.” After looking through the full preview I think I may have to reverse my sentiment a bit. Some of the model photography made things look … More Newsflash: November Burda Preview Posted
Catherine Daze recently had an interesting post about her relationship with Burda over on her website. We all know I am a huge Burda fan, though I haven’t been terribly excited by their fall fashions this year. I have also amassed a rather large collection of back issues, mostly because of the awesome that is … More Burda Stats
I have been reading the works of Brandon Sanderson ever since he was announced as the author who would complete the epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. At that time he had four adult-length fantasy novels published – Elantris and the Mistborn trilogy. I devoured those within the space of about two months and I have been … More Book Review: Steelheart
This is yet another project that I planned to make earlier this year, but got put off until recently. Then lack of availability made photo taking a bit delayed as well. But finally, as we head into mid-October, I present you with a really lovely spring/summer dress. My sister bought some pretty cotton voile last … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 1801
The latest patterns from Simplicity and New Look are posted to the Simplicity website. I have to say I am a bit surprised because I actually like quite a few of the New Look patterns (or, well, I at least think they are well styled on the envelopes), where Simplicity was a total snooze fest. … More Newsflash: New Simplicity and New Look Patterns Announced
I don’t know why, but I can never find a digital preview of the Burda Style Classics online. I order the magazine anyway even though it requires a bit of faith that the patterns will turn out well. (I know last year a lot of people were disappointed with the patterns, since many of them … More Newsflash: Burda Classics 2013 Is Here!
The latest collection of McCall’s patterns can be seen here. Mostly a bunch of party dresses, with a few basic pants and skirts, and a lot of baggy tops. I don’t think this is quite as stylish as the Burda preview we saw yesterday (I was feeling a bit grumpy when I wrote it, so … More Newsflash: New McCall’s Patterns Announced
The German Burda website has posted the early preview of the November issue. I was hoping that we would be getting something that is a bit more interesting than the patterns from the previous few months. I think the preview images look somewhat interesting in an editorial sort of way, but I don’t know that … More Newsflash: November Burda Early Preview Posted
Ok, so a few days ago I showed off my first attempt at a figure dress for the season. It turned out alright, but it wasn’t quite as impressive as I wanted it to be, so I decided to make a second dress for nationals. Earlier this year I bought this fabric from the LA … More 2013 Figure Dress #2 – The Galloping Peacock
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