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
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
The new New Look patterns are up on the Simplicity website. Overall I have to admit it is not the most exciting release. It seems like many of these patterns are pretty basic and fairly similar to previous pattern releases. Let’s take a look: NL 6341 – Probably the cutest/most interesting design in this release. … More Newsflash: Spring New Look Patterns
The German and Russian Burda sites have both posted early preview pictures of the Burda Plus for Spring/Summer 2015. Most of the images are clear re-prints from many previous year’s issues. There are a few new photos, but the patterns might be repeats. In any case, I don’t think I will be needing this issue, … More Newsflash: Burda Plus Spring/Summer Early Preview
The full preview of the March issue is up on the Russian Burda website, and a fun promo video is up on the German site. I have to admit that I wasn’t overly excited by the early preview photos, but I’m actually pretty excited for this issue now that I’ve seen previews for the whole … More Newsflash: March Burda Full Preview
Ok, somehow, despite being on the mailing list AND obsessively checking the Butterick website, I managed to totally miss when the new Butterick patterns came out a few weeks ago. Work’s been more than a bit crazy of late, what can I say? Anyway, looking through this collection, it seems that I haven’t missed out on … More Newsflash(ish): New Butterick Patterns
The early preview of the March issue of BurdaStyle Magazine is up on the German website. Overall I have to say I’m a bit… lukewarm over what I’m seeing so far. There is some good, some odd, and some boring. Definitely going to have to wait for the full preview before making a call on … More Newsflash: March BurdaStyle Early Preview Posted
The Vogue Spring collection is here! I’m actually finding quite a few patterns that have interesting seam details and really flattering shapes. There are also a lot of simple basics with nice details, so, a lot of great pieces that could be very practical for use in a wardrobe. Love the seam details on the … More Newsflash: New Vogue Patterns Announced
The full February preview of BurdaStyle Magazine is up at the Russian website. You can also see a video sneak peak on the German site. Based on the early images, I wasn’t too excited for this edition, but I was hoping that line drawings and garment photos would convince me otherwise. I have to admit, there … More Newflash: February Burda Preview Posted
These are really more what I would consider to be hand-made crafts, rather than actual sewing, though I did use my sewing machine a bit. I also used Heat-n-Bond fusible web, and the internet to find images to use as the patterns. Oh, and fleece. Lots and lots of fleece. Rainbow stack of fleece! Green … More Holiday Gift "Sewing"
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