Newsflash: McCall’s Special Pattern Release and Thoughts on June Burda

McCall’s just announced a special new pattern release: M7000 – The “Winter Princess” Pattern Clearly, McButtVogue realized they were missing out on a crap-ton of money by not having an obvious Frozen knockoff costume pattern.  I would be fascinated to see the sales stats on this pattern – from what I’ve heard it has been … More Newsflash: McCall’s Special Pattern Release and Thoughts on June Burda

Vintage Burda Buys

Ebay has been the greatest enabler in my quest to fill out my Burda back order wish list.  I mostly look for more recent issue – pretty much only for the last decade or so – but once in a while I get excited by some older issues.  I have bought several magazines from the … More Vintage Burda Buys

Burda Style Collection Kit, or, Why I Love the Magazines

So I recently got an email from Burda Style about a new “Pattern Collection Kit,” which is essentially a set of patterns from a magazine section sold as a bundle of downloads.  The most recent email contained some of the fantastic patterns from the 2013 March issue. My email looked a bit like this… Normally I … More Burda Style Collection Kit, or, Why I Love the Magazines

Newsflash: Burda Easy Spring/Summer 2014 Full Preview Posted

The Russian Burda website now has a full preview for the Spring/Summer 2014 Burda Easy!  (Bonus: They also have the early preview of the Burda Knitting Magazine.  I am not a knitter, so I won’t be doing a review, but you guys can check out the pictures if you want – there is a knit … More Newsflash: Burda Easy Spring/Summer 2014 Full Preview Posted