Ok, so while I will spend hours pawing through the new Burda Style previews each month, I am only giving the announcements and previews of their other product lines a cursory review. The full preview of the Fall/Winter Burda Plus can be seen on the Russian website. This is actually a great issue. Can’t resist showing some … More Newsflash – Burdas Abound
When I go places my favorite things to look for are fabric stores and used book stores. While I was at the regional meet this year, I found an interesting cookbook…. all about cheesecakes. Somehow me acquiring said cookbook resulted in some sort of bet about clothing sizes, which then resulted in me losing said … More Neither Skating Nor Sewing
Ok, so I switched out the figure cushions for the yellow rubber top/blue urethane bottom. Rubber/urethane combo. This was actually quite an interesting experiment. It gave the skates a feeling of stability a bit more like my old skates, but still had the responsiveness of the new skates. It almost felt like the yellow rubber … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part IV
Although I really need to get in gear on that wooly winter coat, I wanted to do a few simple projects to get back in the swing of sewing, and I thought a few “instant gratification” tops would be good projects. I have been doing a lot of sewing for the sister, before she is … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 3842
Ok, so I am really starting to like my new equipment. It still takes me a while to get settled into them (they don’t feel quite natural yet), but I think overall in the lessons today they performed pretty well. After two more sessions on the figure skates, they are starting to feel a bit … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part III
After the death of my twin needle (I know, I know, one should ALWAYS have a spare twin needle, but I had been using the one that came with my machine up to this point. It has served me well. It may now rest in pieces), I decided I needed to get some more so … More Online Order Review: CTS USA
Ok, so I needed to pick up a zipper for a skirt I am working on (well, ok, and some lining because I just really didn’t like the color combo of fashion fabric/lining I had going on), so I went to local (non-Joann) fabric shop to get some stuff. Of course, as we all know, … More Fabric Store Adventures: Encounter of the n00b
I have already done an official pattern review for Vogue 1051 here. This time around I made a few moderate fit changes: * I took in 1/4″ from each side of the back pant leg at the knee *I took in 1/2″ at the top of the side seam on the waistband Since I was making … More More Vogue 1051
This weekend (Friday August 19 – Sunday August 21) Joann will be having a 50% off sale on all thread (regardless of brand) and a 5 for $5 sale on Simplicity patterns. I am only looking for one pattern, but regardless I may get some more thread. Really, what I will be needing soon is … More Joann Sales – Patterns and Thread
Ok, so I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to practice on my new skates the day after they were mounted. This is good, because it gives me a week of adjustment period before I have any more lessons, so I can hopefully get them somewhat stable, if not actually completely correct, in terms … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part II
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