This weekend, Friday December 9 – Sunday December 11 Joann will be having some good sales, including a rare sale on Burda patterns! A few of the better deals are: *50% Off Notions Wall*50% Off Red Tag Fabrics*50% Off Gingher Cutting tools*$1.99 Simplicity Patterns*$2.49 Burda Patterns Although my pattern stash is quite full and happy … More Pattern Sales: Simplicity and Burda!
Well, when I started on this merry journey, I hadn’t planned on making it a 10-part post, but I guess that’s how long it took. I FINALLY have a happy combination in my loop skates that has lasted me more than a few days of practice, and on multiple floor conditions. After about two days … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part X
Having only been introduced to Burda this year, I had no idea this was coming, but I thought I would share. The English BurdaStyle website is having a month-long of awesome give-aways. I am hoping they continue to post their giveaways here, but if not it should be able to see what’s offered on the … More BurdaStyle December Giveaways!
So I know that since joining the sewing blog-o-sphere I have read many a great tale about the wonders of Black Friday fabric sales. So I thought I would post a list of what is on sale, where, and when to help keep track of the deals. I haven’t listed all of the sales, but … More Sewing Related Black Friday Sales!
Alright, so I was poking around the internets a bit and I found a website that has live world’s streaming. It isn’t as nice as previous years, with the skater’s name, country, and scores showing up, but still – it is a live feed! Live Streaming of the 2011 Roller Skating World Championships is HERE! … More Newsflash – Live Streaming of Roller Skating World Championships!
The Roller Skating World Championships started today with the Junior World Class Opening Ceremonies. The event was supposed to have been streamed live, but as far as I know, event streaming is still up in the air since the person who was to be in charge of the video has sadly passed away. I have not been … More Newsflash – Possible Live Streaming of Roller Skating World Championships
Well, the new season is officially underway, as our first local meet just happend this past weekend. I was interested in seeing how things went with the new skates, and overall I felt it went pretty nicely: I skated two dance events, three figure events, and one loop event. I did have a fall in … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part IX
In my last post I got to show off my green wool coat, which I made specifically to wear to the Coldest Arena in the World, which happens to be the Citizen’s Business Bank Arena in Ontario, CA. Which also happens to be where Skate America was being held this weekend. Inside the cold arena … More Exciting Event: Skate America 2011
I know – lots of skating posts, not lots of sewing posts, but skating stuff is busy right now. Anyway, for those of you who enjoy watching ice figure skating, USFSA is once again starting their Fantasy Figure Skating Challenge. I really enjoyed playing last year, although I started a bit late in the season … More Fantasy Figure Skating 2011-2012
Alright, I thought I was done playing around with stuff, but after thinking about things (sometimes I think too much) I decided I wanted to try some more experimentation with cushion combos. Since there have been some seminars (thus no lessons what with absent coaches) I thought this weekend would be a good time to play. … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part VIII
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