The first year of sewing I made a LOT of practice dresses for skating. I wrote a lengthy pattern review a long while ago, so I don’t really feel the need to write anything too much, but I thought I would show off my latest. The first is possibly the practice dress from hell. Everything … More More Skating Dresses
Though I have been finishing up a few projects from last year, I have been super excited to start my year-long sewing plan for 2012, and I have been debating which projects I should do first. Ever since the magazine was published, I have been dying to make the October BurdaStyle pants: BS-10-2011-127 So I … More Starting the Sewing Challenge
As usual, the folks at Burda Fashion Russia are on top of things and have posted the preview for the new Burda Plus magazine. Although, well, it might be something of a stretch to call it “new.” I don’t spend as much time staring at the plus sized fashions in the regular Burda mags as … More Newsflash – Burda Plus Spring/Summer Issue Posted
So I have finally finished what I had thought would be a quick easy project that could be whipped up during the holiday craziness. Hahaha. Simplicity 3563 Actually, I would have had this project totally finished but for the fact that I forgot to cut out the back neck facing and was 100 miles away from … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 3563
Once again Burda Fashion Russia has speedily posted the full preview of the next Burda Style magazine. Like January, I would have to say that, overall, I am not super impressed with this issue. While I do think it is nice that there are maternity clothes making an appearance in the magazine, I really don’t have any … More Newsflash – February Burda Preview Posted
A return to sewing! I am happy to report that after the long holiday weekend shipping has resumed and my serger replacement blades have arrived! Huzzah! I have ordered two sets so that I won’t have to suffer bladeless should another pin incident occur in the future. Simple things make me happy. So this means … More Happiness is…
The past few weeks haven’t been the most productive in terms of sewing – first I had to relocate the machines, then holiday festivities were keeping my busy, and lastly I accidentally broke my serger blade on a pin, which has put quite a stopper in my productivity this past week since all of my … More Sewing Update
Happy New Year! Best way to start off the new year – new patterns! Especially from Burda! The German Burda website has posted a preview of their Spring/Summer 2012 Catalog (Envelope patterns). I usually find more to my liking in the Fall/Winter collections (this is true of all the pattern companies), but I might have … More Newsflash – Burda Spring/Summer Envelope Collection Preview Posted
One thing I have noticed about my sewing – I seem to make a lot of things I would NEVER buy from a store. I don’t think I would ever spend money on things like a green wool coat (too expensive), a snake print trench (too frivolous), or a very fitted party dress (because I would … More Sewing Plans 2012: The Tim Gunn 10 Essential Items Challenge!
Yesterday I did a recap of my Best/Worst sewing projects from 2011. Looking ahead to the new year, I thought it would be a good time to actually *gulp* catalog my stash. Ok, well, I have been working on this for a while because it is so darned big. Other than elastic, I don’t really … More 2011 Stash Stats
Doctor T Designs 