Ok, even I have to admit that the weather is changing and eventually I will want to wear something other than a lightweight knit tank top. I decided to make a few more dresses (one for me, one for my sister) that are more suitable for spring than fall, since I have had the patterns … More Sewing Plans: The Transition to Fall Sewing
When the preview for the March issue came out I saw this photo and I fell in love with her entire outfit. I thought the colors and the lace combo looked fantastic, and I wanted to make the whole thing. I started by making the skirt, figuring it was the easier piece of the two. Then … More Pattern Review: BS-03-2013-107
I think this will be the last top for my summer binge sewing that I have been doing recently. I had agreed to make my sister a top from the July 2009 Burda, and while I was looking through the issue this top caught my eye: BS-07-2009-124A It was a pattern I had ignored initially, … More Pattern Review: BS-07-2009-124A
My sister was looking through some of my Burdas and decided she wanted me to make a few things for her to wear. She bought her own fabric a few months ago, and I finally got around to making it for her. BS-07-2009-109B This was an easy pattern to make, and I think it turned … More Pattern Review: BS-07-2009-109B
Another quick and easy summer top! Ok, maybe not “easy” (there was some cursing at Burda instructions and stitch unpicking), but quick. And lightweight. And still summer appropriate. I seem to be on quite the Burda tear of late – it has been sort of torturous to keep getting good issues (well, at least up … More Pattern Review: BS-05-2013-103
So I’ve been reading a lot of science fiction and fantasy lately. And I continued that trend when I picked up Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. However, it was going a bit slow (I don’t think it is possible to read that book fast), and the heat has been putting me in a lazy yet antsy mood. … More Book Review: Julie and Julia
Although I started this book close to the beginning of the year, I only recently finished reading Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. Mostly because I got really really distracted by lots of other things. I love reading Jane Austen, and though I didn’t enjoy this story quite as much as Pride and Prejudice, I did … More Book Review: Sense and Sensibility
It is a well known fact that Robert Jordan is one of my favorite fantasy authors of all time. So, when he listed some of his favorite authors I sat up and took notice. At books signings he often credited John M. Ford as being his favorite contemporary author, and I have been on the search … More Book Review: The Last Hot Time
The Russian website has put up the full preview of the October issue. Looks like Mara Jade made the cover, at least for the Russian edition. Like I said, Star Wars chic is always in fashion. Anyway, this is the last of this year’s fall issues (November is usually a transitional issue, but tends to be … More Newsflash: October Burda Full Preview Announced
I am finally getting around to posting reviews I read in more recent months! I actually read this book while I was at the Roller Skating National Championships, so I finished it at the beginning of August. It was a book my sister had been bugging me to read for months, so I decided it … More Book Review: Neuromancer
Doctor T Designs 