The early preview of the March issue of BurdaStyle Magazine is up on the German website. Overall I have to say I’m a bit… lukewarm over what I’m seeing so far. There is some good, some odd, and some boring. Definitely going to have to wait for the full preview before making a call on … More Newsflash: March BurdaStyle Early Preview Posted
The Vogue Spring collection is here! I’m actually finding quite a few patterns that have interesting seam details and really flattering shapes. There are also a lot of simple basics with nice details, so, a lot of great pieces that could be very practical for use in a wardrobe. Love the seam details on the … More Newsflash: New Vogue Patterns Announced
The German Burda website has the catalog preview for the Spring/Summer envelope patterns up on their website. You can look at the full catalog, starting with the newest patterns here. Overall I have to say there are some cute patterns, but also a lot of rather generic basics. Basics are good for wardrobe purposes, but … More Newsflash: Burda Spring/Summer Catalog Patterns Announced
The full February preview of BurdaStyle Magazine is up at the Russian website. You can also see a video sneak peak on the German site. Based on the early images, I wasn’t too excited for this edition, but I was hoping that line drawings and garment photos would convince me otherwise. I have to admit, there … More Newflash: February Burda Preview Posted
These are really more what I would consider to be hand-made crafts, rather than actual sewing, though I did use my sewing machine a bit. I also used Heat-n-Bond fusible web, and the internet to find images to use as the patterns. Oh, and fleece. Lots and lots of fleece. Rainbow stack of fleece! Green … More Holiday Gift "Sewing"
I don’t know how I missed it, but the latest Simplicity releases came out sometime in the past few weeks. Overall I’m not too inspired by the latest collection, though there are a few cute dress patterns, and a really fun doll’s pattern for Disney fans. S1194 – I know it’s a basic dress, but … More New Simplicity Patterns and February Burda Early Preview
Last year I had such grand plans. I thought I would tackle some of my most coveted designs, have a fabulous wardrobe, and love my sewing life. Of course, reality was quite different. The past several years have started with me being excited, optimistic, and rather ambitious with my sewing ideas. But, well, after a … More (Lack of) Sewing Plans 2015
This was, yet again, another year of sewing surprises – at least in terms of what was produced. I had oh-so-grand plans at the start of the year – I was finally going to tackle all of the styles I’d been dreaming about for years now. What I actually managed to sew… was quite different. … More A Year of Sewing: 2014
I have to say, this has been quite an awesome year for BurdaStyle magazine. We’ve had some truly outstanding issues, full of some fantastic patterns, designs, and styling. I’ve been very excited about a lot of these designs (though this hasn’t translated to actual sewing, for several reasons that will likely be discussed in tomorrow’s … More A Year in Review: BurdaStyle Magazine 2014
This has definitely been an up and down year for me as far as skating is concerned. While I did accomplish many things I had been working towards for a long time, I also had quite a few failures as well. Costume sewing stress had combined with it all to produce a… less than favorable … More Skating Accomplishments 2014
