Firstly, for those of you celebrating – Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all have a great holiday surrounded by friends and family. Secondly, for those of you not celebrating (or, well, even if you are), you can get excited about the early preview for the January 2014 Burda! Or, well, ok, maybe excited might be … More Happy Thanksgiving and a Burda Preview!
So a few weeks ago I published my not-a-pattern-review of my accidental steampunk jacket. I was too excited to not post pictures right away. But that was actually my second attempt at this jacket. My original version was very much like the garment photographed by Burda – a lightweight cotton/linen combination that will be perfect … More Pattern Review: BS-06-2012-121 Lightweight Linen Jacket
The Butterick holiday patterns have been announced. During the previous round of pattern releases I think we were all pleasantly surprised when Butterick had the least boring collection of fall patterns. Sadly, their hot streak doesn’t seem to have extended to the winter collection. There are a few patterns I think are really nice, a … More Newsflash: New Butterick Patterns Announced
When the November Burda came out I was quite taken with this simple cowl neck knit dress: BS-11-2013-112 I had already made an attempt at a knit cowl dress a while ago – using the ubiquitous Vogue 1250 – which pretty much ended in a quasi-salvaged failure. So I was a bit more cautious heading into … More Pattern Review: BS-11-2013-112 Teal/Black Plaid Knit Dress
The preview of the final Burda magazine issue of 2013 has been posted to the Russian website. It seems like a lot of the recent issues have produced a rather lackluster response (except November, which was in general quite well received), but I am happy to say that I think Burda is going to end … More Newsflash: December Burda Preview Posted
Ok, so last month on the sewing front I managed to make two jackets. Or, well, I made one jacket and finished most of a second one. The only thing I haven’t finished on that jacket – the bound button holes. To be more specific, the inside of the bound button holes. That jacket also … More Not a Pattern Review: Accidental Steampunk Jacket
Ok, so I was doing really well about not buying fabric. And then there were a bunch of sales on a lot of fabric I had been thinking about for upcoming projects. At the same time. So I may have increased my stash a little bit… From Fashion Fabrics Club: I am always on the … More Fabric Confessions
Dear sewing enthusiasts, Please stop sewing over us! Love, Your pins Ouch.
Ok, so I know I wrote my sewing plans a while ago, but I think my new goal is to do a monthly update – that should let me account for the projects I actually finished, see how my whims and fancies have changed and put things on hold in the event of being busy … More November Sewing Plans
I have been planning to make this jacket a long time. A really long time. Like, I saw this jacket in an online database of old Burda magazines and it caused me to go to Ebay and start buying old issues of the magazine long time. It took me a while to gather the fabric … More Pattern Review: BWOF-08-2006-101
