Ok, so the Russian website is really on top of things and has posted their own full preview with garment and model photos, as well as the line drawings. On the whole, I think this may be the best Burda magazine of the year. There is still some of the crazy, but on the whole the designs … More Newsflash – October Burda Style Preview Posted
Somehow I missed the Butterick Royal Wedding pattern releases. Like everyone else on the internet I ooohed and aaaaaahed over the dress after the wedding. At the time everyone was trying to figure out the best way to copy the designs with available patterns. Well, the Big4 have caught up at last. I saw the patterns advertised in … More Somehow I missed these pattern announcements…
This is another project made for my sister. She found the fabric while we were at skating regionals, and decided she wanted some sort of skirt “with pleats.” After looking through my virtual pattern catalog, she decided on the A-Plus A Line which is free as a downloadable pattern from Burda Style. Line drawing of the skirt. … More Pattern Review: BSDL-D-01 A-Plus-A-Line
Full preview of the October issue is now posted on the German site. Well, actually, it is posted on the Russian site, but links to the German site. Crazy. In any case, I will refrain from my analysis until all the line drawings and model pictures are available, but I will say that there are at … More Newsflash – October Burda Style Full Preview Posted
I guess since September is National Sewing Month the sewing gods have answered my prayers and Joann will be having a 3 day pattern sales that inclue the Burda envelope patterns! I plan on using that 10 pattern limit in as many stores as possible, because who knows when there will be another Burda sale? … More Joann Sales – Simplicity and Burda!
My sister plans to do a lot of traveling around Europe in the coming year. Apparently, many European flights allow only one carry on bag. My sister has never been a light traveler (currently trying to trim down her selection of 11 pairs of shoes to take to Europe…), so this news was slightly dismaying. … More Pattern Review: BS 08-2011-113
The BurdaStyle early preview for October is posted on the German website here. Usually I refrain from posting comments until the full preview (with line drawings) is available, however, this issue looks like it could be a good one. Normally I am not a vest person, but wow I really like this: Also, These pants, I … More Burda Early Preview
Have you ever had a project where you decided you were going to finish it tonight, no matter what? Well, I just had one of those projects. I have three more items I am wanting to sew before the sibling heads overseas. However, I know that the black coat is going to take quite a bit … More Obsessive Sewing
Ok, so I don’t usually (well, ever) buy things on Ebay. But I had heard it was a good place to look for Burda back issues, so I thought I would check it out. What I found was an advertisement for 11 “like new” issues from 2006. Now, I haven’t been sewing that long, but … More What I bought on Ebay
More new patterns! I have only really been following the pattern release cycles for a few months, so I was rather unaware of how often new patterns are released by the Big4, but I will say that because they are all released at different times, there do seem to be new patterns rather frequently. Which … More Newsflash – Winter McCall’s Patterns
Doctor T Designs 