I have made this pattern several times before, and consider it a TNT, but this time I made one for my sister. I had to trace a different size, but even with tracing, cutting, and sewing the top only took a little over two hours to complete. It was a bit of an excuse to … More Not a Pattern Review: Another McCall’s 6078
The first images from the July Burda have been posted to the Russian website. As I suspected, so far this issue doesn’t look to be quite as exciting as June. However, it also doesn’t look to be a total waste of pattern paper either. So far I am liking about half of the preview designs, … More Newsflash: July Burda Early Preview Posted
Butterick has released their summer patterns, which you can see here. I would say there are some fairly cute dress patterns, and a few good basics. Also some really boring shirts, generic sleepwear, and oversized ponchos, but you can check those out on your own. Not really anything outstanding, but probably at least a few … More Newsflash: New Butterick Patterns Announced
Last time we cut out our skating costumes, so that means we are finally ready to sew! I will be sewing my costumes using my regular techniques, with a mix of the serger and sewing machine. You can use straight pins to hold things together, but I wouldn’t recommend sewing over them – it tends … More Skating Dress Tutorial Part IV: Sewing the Bodysuit
Before I go on with the rest of my tutorial I feel I may need to have a bit of preface or disclaimer. First of all, I realize that there are a lot of “body issues” in skating. Anytime you have girls (or boys) wearing spandex and comparing themselves to each other there will be … More Skating Dress Tutorial Part III: Preparing the Pattern and Cutting Fabric
I have been meaning to do a rhinestone post for a while now, but it seems to work well in the context of my skating costume tutorial, so here we go. One of the most fun parts of skating costumes have to be the flashy brilliance and sparkle. Most costumes use rhinestones to achieve this, … More Skating Dress Tutorial Part II: All That Sparkles
I don’t remember how I found this page, but I thought roller skating fans would enjoy seeing a rink getting pimped-out with a brand new hardwood floor: See the pictures here. With so many rinks being sold and destroyed, it makes me happy to see a rink getting a facelift. And isn’t that floor gorgeous? … More Hardwood Floor Love
My joining the Russian Burda website is working rather well, as it seems that only logged in members can view the previews of the new magazines? Anyway, you might get to see the new designs here with any luck. Overall I have to say I am quite pleased with this issue. I think there is a … More Newsflash: June Burda Preview Posted
Ok, so today’s post is about what we are going to need to make our skating costumes. Since we are sewing something of a specialty item, there are a lot of particulars, but I expect you will probably already have a lot of them about your sewing space if you already sew. If you don’t … More Skating Dress Tutorial Part I: The Info Dump
So a few (well, more than a few…. sorry about that) months ago one of my readers had asked a few questions about my skating costumes, which I could have answered easily enough had I not been so busy at the national championships at the time. A question from one reader turned into a few … More Preface: Skating Dress Tutorial
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