I am the winner of the BurdaStyle Holiday Giveaway Day 12! Ok, so maybe this is sort of old news, but I didn’t want to report anything here until I actually received my prize, and finally it is here! Lots of books and a tote bag! Now, I know one should not look a gift … More I won!
The German Burda website has posted the full preview of the Spring/Summer 2012 collection! In general, I usually find I like more in the fall/winter collections but I have actually found quite a few nice pieces in this collection (what can I say, I am a Burda fanboi… fangurl? Whatever, I loves me my Burda!). … More Newsflash – Burda Spring/Summer Envelope Collection Posted
Though I have been finishing up a few projects from last year, I have been super excited to start my year-long sewing plan for 2012, and I have been debating which projects I should do first. Ever since the magazine was published, I have been dying to make the October BurdaStyle pants: BS-10-2011-127 So I … More Starting the Sewing Challenge
As usual, the folks at Burda Fashion Russia are on top of things and have posted the preview for the new Burda Plus magazine. Although, well, it might be something of a stretch to call it “new.” I don’t spend as much time staring at the plus sized fashions in the regular Burda mags as … More Newsflash – Burda Plus Spring/Summer Issue Posted
Once again Burda Fashion Russia has speedily posted the full preview of the next Burda Style magazine. Like January, I would have to say that, overall, I am not super impressed with this issue. While I do think it is nice that there are maternity clothes making an appearance in the magazine, I really don’t have any … More Newsflash – February Burda Preview Posted
The past few weeks haven’t been the most productive in terms of sewing – first I had to relocate the machines, then holiday festivities were keeping my busy, and lastly I accidentally broke my serger blade on a pin, which has put quite a stopper in my productivity this past week since all of my … More Sewing Update
Happy New Year! Best way to start off the new year – new patterns! Especially from Burda! The German Burda website has posted a preview of their Spring/Summer 2012 Catalog (Envelope patterns). I usually find more to my liking in the Fall/Winter collections (this is true of all the pattern companies), but I might have … More Newsflash – Burda Spring/Summer Envelope Collection Preview Posted
Burda’s pattern envelopes are now available on the Simplicity website! Â Other than the Russian Burda website (which doesn’t remove the OOP patterns as I found out at a recent Joann’s sale), there isn’t anywhere online that has a consistent view of the Burda envelope patterns, so this is sort of exciting. Â Maybe this means there … More Newsflash – Burda on Simplicity Website
The German Burda website has posted the early preview of the February issue here. February looks like it will have an interesting mix of styles… Casual “winter” beachy styles… Asian influence (I am sort of excited for this section)… Bright colors… Modern styles… Maternity clothes… And pretty dresses for the plus sizes… So far I … More Newsflash – February Burda Early Preview Posted
As followers of my blog know, one of my favorite things to ramble on about is my analysis of the BurdaStyle Magazine early previews. How my obsession with Burda all started was detailed in this post quite a while ago. I have posted my analysis of every magazine since the May issue: May Preview June Preview … More BurdaStyle Magazine: A Year in Review
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