Geeky seamstress with too many ideas and not enough time. Costumes, cosplay, reading, cooking, crafting.
Marfy is one of those pattern companies where I admire a lot of the designs, and I love when other people make things from their patterns, but I just can’t bring myself to shell out the cash for a single-sized pattern without instructions. I keep thinking about it, and maybe sometime I will find a … More Newsflash: Fall/Winter Marfy Patterns Announced
I wouldn’t call myself an expert in the kitchen, but I do like to cook and I also enjoy baking from time to time. And this seems to be the summer of blueberries. First I saw these awesome muffins over on Clio’s blog. And then The Curious Kiwi made some excellent looking scones. And then … More A Little Bit of Baking
Yet another back-logged book review post, this time for a book I finished in early June – Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded by John Scalzi. This book is a collection of posts from his blog (called “Whatever”) from 1998-2008. It covers an interesting assortment of topics, from personal relationships and nerdy interests, to politics and … More Book Review: Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded
The Russian Burda website has posted the full preview of the Fall/Winter Burda Easy Magazine. There aren’t as many patterns since it is the Easy magazine, and I actually feel like I already saw most of the good stuff when I looked at the early preview, so I won’t bother re-posting the same images. However, … More Newsflash: Burda Style Easy Fall/Winter 2013 Full Preview Posted
This was actually the first garment I sewed up after returning from nationals (though first I spent a week cleaning my sewing room, and then waited a few more days to start sewing after that), but the photo taking got delayed a bit. Of course, then I got distracted sewing dresses to wear to some … More Pattern Review: BWOF-02-2006-128
Continuing in my attempts to get my blogging up to date, I have another book review, this time from a book I finished back in May. It wasn’t a long read – it is a book written for a younger audience – but at this point I am pretty much willing to try any book … More Book Review: The Rithmatist
In my previous pattern review post I showed off my other knit dress that I made from this year’s February Burda Magazine. I have to say I was really excited about this issue when it came out, and I am even more excited about it now that I have made some of the patterns. There … More Pattern Review: BS-02-2013-115
Ok, I feel a bit bad about taking so long to post this review – I finished this book back in the beginning of March. And I loved it so much that I read the thousand page sequel in just under a week! I have just been so danged busy that I have been rather … More Book Reviews: The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear
First I want to thank everyone for the encouraging comments on my Butterick dress post! I don’t hate my dress, I am just not as excited with it as I would like to be, and so I think my tone was a bit more dour than I intended in the post. I also think it … More Pattern Review: BS-02-2013-114
Burda Russia has just posted the early preview of the October issue, which you can look at here. After what I felt was a rather lackluster September, I was really hoping for a knockout issue in October. But now that I have seen the early preview? Well, I’m not holding my breath. Honestly, some of … More Newsflash: October Burda Early Preview Posted
Doctor T Designs 