This was actually the first garment I sewed up after returning from nationals (though first I spent a week cleaning my sewing room, and then waited a few more days to start sewing after that), but the photo taking got delayed a bit. Of course, then I got distracted sewing dresses to wear to some … More Pattern Review: BWOF-02-2006-128
Continuing in my attempts to get my blogging up to date, I have another book review, this time from a book I finished back in May. It wasn’t a long read – it is a book written for a younger audience – but at this point I am pretty much willing to try any book … More Book Review: The Rithmatist
In my previous pattern review post I showed off my other knit dress that I made from this year’s February Burda Magazine. I have to say I was really excited about this issue when it came out, and I am even more excited about it now that I have made some of the patterns. There … More Pattern Review: BS-02-2013-115
Ok, I feel a bit bad about taking so long to post this review – I finished this book back in the beginning of March. And I loved it so much that I read the thousand page sequel in just under a week! I have just been so danged busy that I have been rather … More Book Reviews: The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man’s Fear
First I want to thank everyone for the encouraging comments on my Butterick dress post! I don’t hate my dress, I am just not as excited with it as I would like to be, and so I think my tone was a bit more dour than I intended in the post. I also think it … More Pattern Review: BS-02-2013-114
Burda Russia has just posted the early preview of the October issue, which you can look at here. After what I felt was a rather lackluster September, I was really hoping for a knockout issue in October. But now that I have seen the early preview? Well, I’m not holding my breath. Honestly, some of … More Newsflash: October Burda Early Preview Posted
Ok, so you may remember my first (and thus far only) installment of “What The Fabric?” where we collectively scratch our heads over some truly terrible fabric options. Well, it seems that someone has made a dress from it, and posted their creation to the English Burda Style website. If you want to look at … More Wait… Someone made a dress out of it?!?!
Ok, so this was supposed to be my birthday dress. My birthday was well over several months ago. So, umm, yeah. Ooops. The silly thing is that it remained unfinished because of a zipper insertion. And I was on the fence about hemming it (the fabric doesn’t fray and probably hangs better un-hemmed) and after having … More Pattern Review: Butterick 5886
The early preview of the 2013 Fall/Winter Burda Style has been posted to the Russian website, which you can check out here. It looks like most of the Burda Style Easy previews – lots of basic tops and skirts, but I do like some of the coats in the preview. It seems like color blocking … More Newsflash: Early Preview of Fall/Winter Burda Style Easy
Butterick has announced their latest collection of patterns – you can check them out here. All in all I have to say this is the best Big 4 collection we have seen for fall this year. There are a lot of cute dresses, some nice coat and jacket options, and possibly the only maternity pants … More Newsflash: New Butterick Patterns Announced
Doctor T Designs 