Butterick has announced their latest collection of patterns – you can check them out here. All in all I have to say this is the best Big 4 collection we have seen for fall this year. There are a lot of cute dresses, some nice coat and jacket options, and possibly the only maternity pants … More Newsflash: New Butterick Patterns Announced
Well, I was planning to sew from and NOT add to my stash. Ooops. Silly online sales of awesome tempted me. And amazing fabric finds from LA. What can I say. I am weak. Of course, to be entirely fair, my posting is also a bit backlogged, so this is really several months worth of fabric buying. … More Fabric Gluttony: So Much for Minimizing the Stash
I have been posting photos of my trip to and from Albuquerque. Of course, being me, while I was there I had to visit every fabric store in the city! Oh, and I managed to get in a side trip to Santa Fe as well. All in all I managed to visit four fabric stores, … More Tales from the Road: New Mexico Fabric Finds
Ok, I don’t think this has been officially announced (since I have been stalking the Simplicity website, and the main page of the German website only mentioned the early preview), but as has been indicated by the inside cover of the most recent Burda magazines, it seems that the full collection can be seen on … More Newsflash: Burda 2013 Fall/Winter Pattern Collection
Burda Russia has posted the full preview of the September issue. And I am sad you guys. Really sad. This year on the whole has got to be the worst fall pattern releases I have seen since I have started sewing. Fall is always my favorite time of year (I love the cool crisp feel to the … More Newsflash: September Burda Full Preview Posted
The latest collection of New Look patterns has been released on the Simplicity website. Even though this collection is a lot smaller than the Simplicity set, and even though about half of the patterns are for children, it is still infinitely more interesting. Which isn’t to say there are a lot of patterns I here … More Newsflash: Fall New Look Patterns Released
So sorry that the conclusion to this tutorial has taken so long! I have had the post written since forever ago, but I never found time to take and upload photos. In case you need a refresher you can find the earlier parts of this skating dress tutorial here: Part I: General Sewing Stuff Part … More Skating Dress Tutorial Part VI: Attaching the Skirt
Simplicity has just posted their latest collection on their website. If you are looking for costumes or pajamas you are in luck! So many pajamas you guys – so so many… If you are looking for patterns for fabulous fall clothes, well, might be you have to keep looking. As far as regular clothes go… … More Newsflash: Simplicity Autumn 2013 Collection Announced
The Russian Burda website has just posted the full preview of the Fall/Winter Burda Plus Magazine. My overall impression: not terrible, but not exciting. I don’t know, maybe I am just on pattern overload, but it seems like there aren’t a whole lot of the fall fashions I am falling in love with this year. … More Newsflash: Fall/Winter Burda Plus Full Preview Posted
At the beginning of the year I thought about all the things I needed in my wardrobe, I plotted, I planned, I gave myself a year-long sewing challenge. I did something similar last year, and I really enjoyed thinking about making clothes that work in a wardrobe, for multiple occasions, or fill a need in … More Throwing in the Challenge Towel: Sewing for ME!
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