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
The BurdaStyle early preview for October is posted on the German website here. Usually I refrain from posting comments until the full preview (with line drawings) is available, however, this issue looks like it could be a good one. Normally I am not a vest person, but wow I really like this: Also, These pants, I … More Burda Early Preview
Ok, so this may be the last skating update for a while. I wore the yellow rubber upper/blue urethane lower cushions for a week, but by the end decided I didn’t really like it all that well, at least not for the big figures. Whereas the all urethane felt fairly stable on the large figures, … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part V
Have you ever had a project where you decided you were going to finish it tonight, no matter what? Well, I just had one of those projects. I have three more items I am wanting to sew before the sibling heads overseas. However, I know that the black coat is going to take quite a bit … More Obsessive Sewing
Ok, so I don’t usually (well, ever) buy things on Ebay. But I had heard it was a good place to look for Burda back issues, so I thought I would check it out. What I found was an advertisement for 11 “like new” issues from 2006. Now, I haven’t been sewing that long, but … More What I bought on Ebay
I don’t know how many of you have read this news blurb about the newly discovered diamond planet, but to those of us who watched Rainbow Bright and the Star Stealer religiously as children, this comes as no surprise. Now we just have to be on the lookout for evil princesses who want to keep the sparkly for themselves…. … More Real Life Spectra!
More new patterns! I have only really been following the pattern release cycles for a few months, so I was rather unaware of how often new patterns are released by the Big4, but I will say that because they are all released at different times, there do seem to be new patterns rather frequently. Which … More Newsflash – Winter McCall’s Patterns
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
