As a heads-up, Joann will be having a $0.99 Butterick pattern sale all week, July 17-23! The usual sales price for Butterick is $1.99, so this is a great time to stock up or get patterns that you are on the fence about. Sadly, I don’t have any Buttericks in my wish list at the … More Pattern Sales: Butterick
I know that the first preview was posted on on the German website about a day ago, but I prefer to reserve judgement until I can actually see the model pictures and get a full perspective from the garment pictures, the model pictures, and the line drawings. Luckily, Burda Fashion Italia, as well as the Russian Burda website … More Newsflash – August Burda Style Preview Posted
For those of you attending the 2011 National Championships, or planning to watch the live video streaming, the latest schedule has been released. This should be a finalized schedule as all of the regional championships have been concluded. You can look at the main event page here. The new schedule is available here. In addition, the Indoor … More Newsflash: 2011 Roller Skating National Championships Schedule Update
JoAnn is having a $1.99 Simplicity pattern sale tomorrow through Saturday. (Thursday, July 14 – July 16). I know some people were able to snatch up the latest patterns over the Fourth of July weekend, but for those of us whose local stores don’t stock patterns until at least 2 weeks after the release date, … More Pattern Sales: Simplicity
Vogue has just released their fall patterns, which you can view here. Overall, I say they have quite a few winners in this round. There are a lot of patterns I have fallen in love with. Firstly, so many draped knit dresses! And I am in love with all of them. Well, most of them. Although … More Newsflash – Fall Vogue Patterns
This was my first non-skating sewing project that I made this year, a simple knit top, Simplicity 3536. Simplicity 3536 I made view D, the sleeveless ruched shirt. The fabric was from a JoAnn’s 50% off red tag event, and the “buttons” (really sew on plastic jewels, but JoAnn applies button sale policy to them) … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 3536
One of my goals for this blog is to post about all of my sewing projects. Since I have only been sewing for a short time, I think it should be possible to post about the projects I made last year, as the quantity was far fewer than what I have been attempting this year. … More Pattern Review: Butterick 5295
Continuing my theme of posting projects that I completed in time for June, I thought next I would show my most disappointing project: the Burda 8292 coat. Now, I don’t think my disappointment stems from the pattern itself, but rather my poor choice of fabrics and impatience to make this coat in time for the wedding. I really wanted … More Pattern Review: Burda 8292
Ok, I am still super happy with this dress that I made, and I can’t wait any longer to post it. As you may recall, I was invited to a (most excellent and absolutely lovely) wedding in June. My fourth wedding ever, and third in recent memory, I was determined to wear something other than … More Pattern Review: BS 04-2011-109
July is here and that means everyone is obsessing over the upcoming National Roller Skating Championships. So it is with every summer. The final regional meet has just concluded, and the National website has posted results for those qualifying to the National meet. Here are the results: South Central Southern North Central Northwest Pacific Southeastern … More Skating Update: 2011 Regional Results Posted
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