Double header today – both the July Early Preview AND the Summer Butterick Patterns have been announced. As for the Burda announcement, well, I wasn’t too excited by the assortment of large, shapeless sacks I saw in many of the photos: Sack dress strikes again! Those shorts are not attractive. But then I saw this … More Newsflash – Burda July Early Preview AND New Butterick Patterns Announced!
The old French Burda website is soon to be no more, and they have moved to a new web address: http://www.burda.fr I can’t say I am a fan of the new website – it looks like they have very limited previews (only a few pictures and the table of contents). I am hoping that this … More New Burda France Website!
This past week has been crazy! Presentation at school/work/real life thing that I do (I don’t know how to describe grad school… it is not a job but it isn’t really school… oh well, whatever) occupied a lot of time. And then preparing for upcoming skating competitions (we are heading into the major part of … More Totally Stoned
So the June issue preview is up – you can check out the line drawings and the garment photos on the German Burda website. And the Russian website, despite the coming changes, has a preview of the model photos up as well! Overall this issue is pretty ok for me – a lot of easy summer … More Newsflash – Full Burda June 2012 Preview Posted
First off, I was really excited when I got my May Burda magazine this past week. Then, as I was reading through I saw that my favorite dress is in TALL SIZES! Damn it Burda! Stop putting the best design in tall sizes! Burda I shake my fist at you and your glamazon models! This … More More Sewing Stuff
The German Burda website has posted their preview here, and the Russian website has a slightly different preview here. Overall there is a lot of boring easy summer blah, but there are a few pieces I seem to have taken a liking to… Typical summer boring-ness Pants are maybe – I need to see the … More Newsflash – Early June Burda Preview Posted
So, as I have been mentioning, I now have a team dance partner for skating. Which means I am now attempting sewing men’s skating patterns. My first attempt was the ever popular Jalie 2802: Perhaps the best part of this pattern is that it exists. Which sounds dumb, but, really, it is the ONLY men’s … More Sewing for Guys
Well, earlier this week I found (by doing a google search, finding a blog, clicking a link – you know how it goes) the biggest time suck of all time! Time suck #1: All of the Burda Issues (Russian Editions) from 1987 – 2011 – where you can click through EVERY SINGLE PAGE! Time suck … More Where Did the Time Go?
It seems that the Russian website is content linking the announcement to the German website, which only has the garment photos and the line drawings – in separate posts – so it is a bit difficult to assess. I am hoping it won’t stay this way, but with their upcoming “website transition” I won’t be surprised … More Newsflash – May Burda Preview Posted!
I had a most excellent experience at the Hancock pattern sale – and by that I mean I got all but one pattern on my list, and said pattern was probably the lowest priority of them all, so I really did get all of the patterns I was totally craving. Also, Hancock is next to … More Patterns!
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