Well, since the events of last week were a bit devastating for me, I was a bit bummed this weekend. The sewing machine and serger have been moved to my parents house (perhaps a blessing in disguise? As I will be home quite a bit the next few weeks due to the holidays), but have not been … More Confessions of a Stash: December Weekend Haul
This weekend, Friday December 9 – Sunday December 11 Joann will be having some good sales, including a rare sale on Burda patterns! A few of the better deals are: *50% Off Notions Wall*50% Off Red Tag Fabrics*50% Off Gingher Cutting tools*$1.99 Simplicity Patterns*$2.49 Burda Patterns Although my pattern stash is quite full and happy … More Pattern Sales: Simplicity and Burda!
The full preview has been posted to the Russian website here! As I suspected, I am not quite as enthralled with this issue as I was with the past few months (October through December really were quite fabulous), but there are still a few things in this issue worth sewing. Not a lot, but a … More Newsflash – January Burda Preview Posted
German Burda has posted all of the garment photos here. So far I haven’t seen anything that I love and absolutely must have, but there are a few interesting dresses. I need to see how they look in the line drawings and model photos first though, before I do my typical review post.
Well, I have been spending the past few weeks of sewing time finishing holiday gift projects for other people. So I am just itching to get back to sewing for me. So many things I am wanting to sew, can’t really decide what I want to try to finish before the end of the year. … More End of the Year Sewing Plans
Having only been introduced to Burda this year, I had no idea this was coming, but I thought I would share. The English BurdaStyle website is having a month-long of awesome give-aways. I am hoping they continue to post their giveaways here, but if not it should be able to see what’s offered on the … More BurdaStyle December Giveaways!
Hard to believe, but the first glimpses of the 2012 Burda have been posted on the German Burda website today. Of course, it is a bit early to tell yet, but I am not overly excited by this preview. I mean, there was a little bit of this: Oooo, pretty! A little too much of … More Burda Early Preview – January 2012
The snake print trench coat is finally finished! Actually, it didn’t take as long as I had imagined, at least once all the pieces were cut out. Although this is probably the most complicated pattern I have used so far, just because it has so many small detail pieces: BWOF 01-2006-101B Although I made the … More Pattern Review: BWOF 01-2006-101B
Though I expect to be thoroughly and completely distracted during the next two weeks now that the world championships is being shown live, I have managed to make some progress on my snake print trench coat. My coat, before adding the collar. The back The sewing hasn’t taken nearly as long as the cutting and … More Trench Coat Progress Report
I did a bit of a marathon cutting session, so I have a some of the coat underway! I made a couple of decisions regarding the coat construction: (1) I am going to underline the fashion fabric with muslin, just so it is a bit more weighty and a bit more wind proof. I have … More Snake Trench – Progress!
Doctor T Designs 