Happy dance! My first Burda subscription is here, and it is October! So super excited. While I don’t want to make everything, I do want to make a lot from this issue. Several dresses, most of those lovely blouses (especially style 121), some jackets and coats, the vest, and those pants! Actually several of the … More It Came!
Or, well, I got one! On PatternReview. I did notice some people had them, but I never really knew how they were given out. Guess they just sort of pop up one day according to lots of math-stuffs. Don’t know if it is good manners to speak of such things, but I was really excited … More I am a Star!
In the days before my sister left for Europe we made an excursion to Forever 21, because she couldn’t bear the thought of living with shoe remorse for a year. Confession time: this was my first experience in a Forever 21. That’s right, I had never been in one of these stores before. Well, I … More Foray to Forever 21
Alrighty, after a good many hours of sleep I finally feel refreshed enough to actually do a real post of the finished coat. This coat was quite an adventure. I had been planning it since back in February, with fabric selections and pattern selections occurring around May, and the finished project happening mid-September, the last … More Pattern Review: Vogue 8626
Well, it is done. The winter coat for my sister’s Europe adventure that I have been planning since February is finished. Obviously, making a coat is a long and involved process. Even more difficult when the person you are making it for can only be fitted once or twice a week. And, of course, it … More Post-Sewing Exhaustion
I am super excited about the October Burda Style, and did my usual preview analysis. I was lamenting the fact that the pair of pants I was dying to make were not part of the preview on the non-German sites (which show the line drawings). Well, happy day, the previews have been updated to include the … More October Burda Style Preview Update
A few weeks ago the diamond planet (Spectra!) was found. Today, a news blurb about a Tatooine-like planet orbiting binary stars. Now we need to find Hoth and the Moon of Endor…
Alright, so I was supposed to be sewing up the coat for my sister. Of course, I really really wanted to make a dress for me for a party instead. So I did. It ended up… a little crazy though. But I like it. I just don’t know if I can wear it and not look ridiculous. … More Pattern Review: BS 05-2011-104
Sadly, at the previous Big4 pattern sales I was unable to acquire the latest fall patterns (6 Joann stores in the area and NONE of them have the new patterns for at least 3-4 weeks after they are announced), so I am hoping to polish off my wish lists with this round of sales. In … More JoAnn Pattern Sales – Vogue/McCall’s and Butterick
Ok, so I wasn’t planning on more skating updates, but there have been some interesting recent developments. Somehow with skating “interesting” often develops into “expensive” but it has been a while since I have updated equipment, so I suppose that was to be expected? In any case, you can read about Part I, Part II, Part III, … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part VI (Or The Importance of a Properly Adjusted Pivot Pin)
Doctor T Designs 