Ah, yes. I am still aglow over the October preview and super excited over the pattern sales. And, luckily, my fearful anticipation of the swarming masses of home seamstresses duking it out of the Burda drawers was for naught. Indeed, the few people who were there for patterns were all looking at Simplicity. And, unlike all of … More A Very Burda Weekend
While my sister is making her preparations to head overseas, she has been thinking a lot about the best way to pack and transport her stuff. She recently asked for an iPod case that would be simple but protect it from getting scratched up while in her bags. Although there are a plethora of iPod … More The iPod Pouch
Ok, so the Russian website is really on top of things and has posted their own full preview with garment and model photos, as well as the line drawings. On the whole, I think this may be the best Burda magazine of the year. There is still some of the crazy, but on the whole the designs … More Newsflash – October Burda Style Preview Posted
Somehow I missed the Butterick Royal Wedding pattern releases. Like everyone else on the internet I ooohed and aaaaaahed over the dress after the wedding. At the time everyone was trying to figure out the best way to copy the designs with available patterns. Well, the Big4 have caught up at last. I saw the patterns advertised in … More Somehow I missed these pattern announcements…
This is another project made for my sister. She found the fabric while we were at skating regionals, and decided she wanted some sort of skirt “with pleats.” After looking through my virtual pattern catalog, she decided on the A-Plus A Line which is free as a downloadable pattern from Burda Style. Line drawing of the skirt. … More Pattern Review: BSDL-D-01 A-Plus-A-Line
Full preview of the October issue is now posted on the German site. Well, actually, it is posted on the Russian site, but links to the German site. Crazy. In any case, I will refrain from my analysis until all the line drawings and model pictures are available, but I will say that there are at … More Newsflash – October Burda Style Full Preview Posted
I guess since September is National Sewing Month the sewing gods have answered my prayers and Joann will be having a 3 day pattern sales that inclue the Burda envelope patterns! Â I plan on using that 10 pattern limit in as many stores as possible, because who knows when there will be another Burda sale? … More Joann Sales – Simplicity and Burda!
My sister plans to do a lot of traveling around Europe in the coming year. Apparently, many European flights allow only one carry on bag. My sister has never been a light traveler (currently trying to trim down her selection of 11 pairs of shoes to take to Europe…), so this news was slightly dismaying. … More Pattern Review: BS 08-2011-113
Alright, I wasn’t planning on buying any more fabric until I had worked down my current stash a bit (difficult because I have been taking on time consuming projects more than fabric consuming projects), but the Joann labor day sale tempted me. I did show some restraint though. I did put one bolt back before … More A slightly larger stash…
Apparently September is National Sewing Month, and with Labor Day weekend first thing, Joann is having some decent sales.  Of particular interest: *$0.99 McCall’s (usually sale price is $1.99, so this is good!  Although probably too much to hope for having the new winter patterns in, but we shall see…) *$3.99 Vogue (hoping to pick up … More JoAnn Labor Day Sale – Vogue and McCall’s
Doctor T Designs 