I was wasting time on YouTube and found this video about making costumes for ballroom dance. If you can get past the cheesy dancing in the intro, you can see some fabulous gowns being made. Enjoy!
I am the winner of the BurdaStyle Holiday Giveaway Day 12! Ok, so maybe this is sort of old news, but I didn’t want to report anything here until I actually received my prize, and finally it is here! Lots of books and a tote bag! Now, I know one should not look a gift … More I won!
Ok, well, I wasn’t planning on buying quite so much fabric at the end of the year, but for some reason the end-of-year sales offered up better options to me than any of the Black Friday or pre-Christmas sales did. Most of my family gave me “fabric money” as holiday gifts, and so I went … More The Last Great Fabric Haul of 2011
The German Burda website has posted the full preview of the Spring/Summer 2012 collection! In general, I usually find I like more in the fall/winter collections but I have actually found quite a few nice pieces in this collection (what can I say, I am a Burda fanboi… fangurl? Whatever, I loves me my Burda!). … More Newsflash – Burda Spring/Summer Envelope Collection Posted
The first year of sewing I made a LOT of practice dresses for skating. I wrote a lengthy pattern review a long while ago, so I don’t really feel the need to write anything too much, but I thought I would show off my latest. The first is possibly the practice dress from hell. Everything … More More Skating Dresses
Though I have been finishing up a few projects from last year, I have been super excited to start my year-long sewing plan for 2012, and I have been debating which projects I should do first. Ever since the magazine was published, I have been dying to make the October BurdaStyle pants: BS-10-2011-127 So I … More Starting the Sewing Challenge
As usual, the folks at Burda Fashion Russia are on top of things and have posted the preview for the new Burda Plus magazine. Although, well, it might be something of a stretch to call it “new.” I don’t spend as much time staring at the plus sized fashions in the regular Burda mags as … More Newsflash – Burda Plus Spring/Summer Issue Posted
Not that this will be of much interest to anyone who actually reads this blog, but the rulebook for the new skating season has been posted by USARS. They have also posted an update to the Figure and Dance Requirements. USARS Rulebook 2012 CIPA Rulebook 2012 Figure Draw Update 2011-2012 A few changes: (1) Previously, … More Newsflash – USARS 2012 Skating Rules Posted
So I have finally finished what I had thought would be a quick easy project that could be whipped up during the holiday craziness. Hahaha. Simplicity 3563 Actually, I would have had this project totally finished but for the fact that I forgot to cut out the back neck facing and was 100 miles away from … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 3563
Once again Burda Fashion Russia has speedily posted the full preview of the next Burda Style magazine. Like January, I would have to say that, overall, I am not super impressed with this issue. While I do think it is nice that there are maternity clothes making an appearance in the magazine, I really don’t have any … More Newsflash – February Burda Preview Posted
Doctor T Designs 