My sister loves her back shirt with the “twentyone” label. It is simple, drapey, comfy… what’s not to love? However, like a lot of clothing these days, it hasn’t stood well to wear and now is getting holes and tears. She is so in love with the style, she asked me to copy it for … More A Return to Sewing: Black Twentyone Copycat Shirt
When I had originally started this blog, I was intending to mostly post about my adventures in sewing, with occasional updates and news posts about the goings on of the artistic skating world, and a few book reviews. I had not planned on detailing my daily or weekly triumphs and tribulations at the rink. Honestly … More Fancy Italian Footwear, Part I
Simplicity has released another new set of patterns that you can look at here. Mostly this release includes children’s clothing and Halloween costumes of the crazy/generic/cheap looking variety. The non-costume and non-child patterns are totally boring. Although Simplicity 2053 gave me pause, inspecting the actual garment photos leads me to believe that this pattern won’t be … More Newsflash – More Fall Simplicity Patterns
So those Burda September designs were really depressing. Also, depressing: the August issue hasn’t arrived yet, so I will have to wait until the mail starts up again Monday. Sigh. I was a little bit depressed over this, so I bought fabric. Or, well, my mom bought fabric for me (yay mom!). My mother is … More Fabric Therapy
This time Burda Russia wins out as the first website to have the full preview with model and garment photos and line drawings. If you think you stand it, you can take a look here. Since one can never be entirely sure of Google Translate (it tells me “Puff Pastry!” when I want to click through … More The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Burda (aka Newsflash – September Burda Style Preview Posted)
The latest round of fall patterns have been announced by Butterick! You can take a look here. My overall impression: some decent wardrobe staples, but very few wow patterns. There are some nice dresses, but nothing that I really need to get… I feel like I could make something similar with many of the patterns I … More Newsflash – Fall Butterick Patterns
I know that what with A Dance with Dragons having just been released, and what with the new HBO series making quite the splash this year, many people have started reading or re-reading the A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R. R. Martin. So I don’t want to spoil things for the people … More Book Review: A Game of Thrones
The event results for the 2011 National Roller Skating Championships have been posted here. The results include ALL placements from ALL events, not just the medal winners or finalists. The last event has just finished and another skating season has ended for the skaters not continuing on to the Pan American Games in October or the … More 2011 National Championships – Event Results
Ok, I really can’t resist a pattern sale! At this point I have polished off my wish list for all of the Big4 pattern companies except Vogue, as, even at sale price, they add up much more quickly than the other guys. However, I have been looking critically at my Vogue pattern wish list and … More Pattern Stash – New Additions!
For those of us who have been drooling over the latest Vogues – good news! Today through Sunday (August 5 – 7) Joann will be having a pattern sale for $3.99 Vogue and $1.99 McCall’s. As this is the fist sale after the release of the fall patterns, I expect there may be some difficulty … More Pattern Sales: Vogue and McCall’s
Doctor T Designs 