As may or may not have been obvious by all of the old sewing project posts, I haven’t been doing a lot of sewing lately. Mainly, this is due to the fact that I was at the Nationals in Fort Wayne for a week! My skating was not so good, but the rest of the … More Completion Satisfaction
So, I have been talking a lot about skating, what with the dance video posts, and the new updates about regionals and nationals, but I never actually got around to posting the skating costumes I made for this year. My original pattern review was located in this post, so you can see some of my … More Skating Costumes – More Kwik Sew 2601
Ok, so this is really sort of a continuation from yesterday’s post. When my sister was younger, she got one of those American Girl of Today looks-just-like-me dolls. Like most girls, she always wanted to dress like her doll, but this never really happened. I thought since I was making her the New Look rainbow … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 0581 (4364)
Due to lack of sewing at the moment – blame skating nationals and the live video feed – another older project pattern review. This is the first (only) New Look pattern I have made so far, New Look 6966: NL6966 I have made two views off of this pattern – view B for my sister … More Pattern Review: New Look 6966
Whilest I am in the middle of a few long, intense projects, I thought I would share another one of my early projects, Simplicity 2410. S2410 I don’t often wear skirts, but my sister does, and this was one of the first things I sewed for her. She picked out the fabric from the red … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 2410
Joann’s is having a sale on sewing notions – a great time to stock up! The sale will last all week (July 24-30). A few highlights of the sale are: -50% Off Notions wall – needles, snaps, etc. The stuff that gets used all the time, but not as much fun to buy as fabric. … More Joann Sew & Save Sale – Time to Stock Up
I cannot resist a pattern sale. It is true. Last week I got some of the new Simplicity patterns: Ok, I got the Middleton engagement dress pattern. Costumes… More costumes… And this week I fell into the $0.99 Butterick trap: Shirts More shirts… And yet another costume. But the skirt is so pretty! I think … More I cannot resist….
For those of you who are interested in watching the 2011 Roller Skating National Championships live video feed from Fort Wayne, Indiana, you can see it here: National Championships Live Video Feed – The Skater’s Place This week (July 17 – July 23) is the national indoor speed championships, and you can get the schedule here. … More Newslfash – Live Nationals Video Feed!
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
