The early spring McCall’s patterns are here! On the whole the collection is pretty simple – a lot of basic silhouettes, easy to fit knits and boxy tops, with a few party dresses thrown in for good measure. My thinking is that they are trying to entice people who just got sewing machines for the … More New Early Spring McCall’s Patterns
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The German Burda website has the catalog preview for the Spring/Summer envelope patterns up on their website. You can look at the full catalog, starting with the newest patterns here. Overall I have to say there are some cute patterns, but also a lot of rather generic basics. Basics are good for wardrobe purposes, but … More Newsflash: Burda Spring/Summer Catalog Patterns Announced
This has definitely been an up and down year for me as far as skating is concerned. While I did accomplish many things I had been working towards for a long time, I also had quite a few failures as well. Costume sewing stress had combined with it all to produce a… less than favorable … More Skating Accomplishments 2014
So… I haven’t been doing a lot of (blogable) sewing lately. Which is probably because I have been doing waaaaaaaaaay too much baking for the holiday festivities. I’ve been trying a lot of new recipes, both from new cookbooks (that I really should review, because they are fabulous), and from the internet, with mixed results. … More I Haven’t Been Sewing, But I’ve Been Baking!
The full preview of the Fall/Winter 2014 Burda Easy Magazine has been posted on the Russian website. I was obsessed with several designs in the early preview, and although I think Burda pretty much used the preview to show us the good stuff, overall I have to say this is a pretty awesome issue, especially … More Newsflash: Burda Easy Fall/Winter Full Preview Posted
Long time readers of my blog may recall that I visited the National Museum of Roller Skating back in 2012 – the last time nationals was held in Lincoln, Nebraska. I managed to get a quick visit in this trip too, and it was really fun to see the changes and new exhibits. Even the … More National Museum of Roller Skating – 2014 Visit
A bit of roller skating news – the USARS Regional/National draw for the 2014 dance and figure requirements has been announced. You can see it by CLICKING HERE. Any skaters out there? Are we happy with the picks? Looks like it is time to start living at the rink again. Happy skating!
This was an interesting year for me and skating. I partially feel like I haven’t accomplished quite as much as I wanted in terms of passing tests, but I also am quite pleased with how I did competitively, especially at the National Championships. I moved into a new event this year, so my success was … More Skating Accomplishments 2013
A little over a month ago Clio was celebrating a birthday, and posted a link to this very cool pumpkin pie cupcake recipe. Well, I like cupcakes, but I love pumpkin pie. A lot. Like a lot a lot. Like when I was growing up I didn’t really like pie unless it was pumpkin (happy to … More Paleo Pumpkin Pie-ish Cupcakes
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