With the mindset of focusing more on sewing on this blog, I’ve decided to break up my look back at last year’s goals and my look forward to plans for 2019. My upcoming plans will be posted on the 31st, as is my tradition January 1 (because I need to finish my Sew Your Kibbe … More Sewing Goals 2018 – How Did I Do?
As we come to the close of yet another year, it means we have another full year of BurdaStyle Magazines to look back on for patterns and inspiration! This year started off with a bang; I really feel that January-May have some of my favorite designs of late. I think things were generally positive through … More A Year in Review: BurdaStyle Magazine 2018
Typically I spend the last week of the year I taking a look back at what I’ve read, how my skating year went, how much Burda impressed us, how successful my sewing has been, and what I want to do next year. I’ve followed this schedule every year since I started blogging. This tradition harkens … More A Non-Sewing Look Back at 2018
For an introduction to the Sew Your Kibbe Series, please see this post. The posts in this series are intended to be a well researched and thorough investigation of the Kibbe style recommendations, along with several example patterns for each “level of dress.” The posts in this series will be picture heavy and quite lengthy. … More Sew Your Kibbe: Flamboyant Natural
The holidays haven’t even passed yet, so it’s a bit hard to be thinking of pre-spring sewing, but either way the Early Spring release from Simplicity is here. I’m a bit late posting this because pre-holiday events have overwhelmed me, but there’s enough of interest here that it’s still worth a review. Let’s take a … More Simplicity Patterns Early Spring 2019
It’s hard to believe that the Early Spring looks are already here, but McCall’s is hot on Simplicity’s heels with the release of the Early Spring looks. (I’m a bit slow on the Simplicity release – I’ll post on that shortly). On the whole I feel like I’m giving most of this release a pass … More McCall’s Patterns Early Spring 2019
For an introduction to the Sew Your Kibbe Series, please see this post. The posts in this series are intended to be a well researched and thorough investigation of the Kibbe style recommendations, along with several example patterns for each “level of dress.” The posts in this series will be picture heavy and quite lengthy. … More Sew Your Kibbe: Soft Gamine
For an introduction to the Sew Your Kibbe Series, please see this post. The posts in this series are intended to be a well researched and thorough investigation of the Kibbe style recommendations, along with several example patterns for each “level of dress.” The posts in this series will be picture heavy and quite lengthy. … More Sew Your Kibbe: Flamboyant Gamine
It’s a bit crazy, but the first BurdaStyle magazine of 2019 is here! While I was a bit disappointed with the end of the year issues, I’m happy to report that the January 2019 issue looks like it is going to be awesome! There are so many great patterns in this issue I can’t wait to … More January 2019 BurdaStyle Magazine
The winter Butterick patterns have finally arrived! It’s a decent mix of party dresses, casual tops, and work appropriate jackets. There’s a bit of something for everyone, so let’s take a look: B6625 – This is a nice dress for a winter holiday party. The deep pleating gives it some nice structure, and it looks … More Winter 2018 Butterick Patterns
Doctor T Designs 