Normally it takes me a while to make anything out of my Burda magazines, but for some reason the March issue seemed to grab me and scream – make me right now! Perhaps I wanted to get away from my sewing challenge for a bit, or maybe I just wanted some quick knit projects, or … More Pattern Review: BS 03-2012-108B
The second item completed in my bout of spontaneous sewing is style 122 from the March Burda. This was one of the patterns I liked right away, and it grew on me the longer I looked at it in the magazine. Even better, the top uses the same pieces as shirt 121, which I also … More Pattern Review: BS 03-2012-122
Alright, so I am taking a bit of a break from my sewing challenge (and making skating dresses) to sew up a few things because I decided I wanted to make them now. Also, because they are fast knit projects and won’t take up a lot of time. This is the first of these quickie … More Pattern Review: BS 03-2012-121A
Finally I have a raincoat! And pictures to prove it! This was the first of my “Bonus Items” in my sewing challenge. It took a bit longer than I had anticipated since my first pattern choice ended up failing at the muslin stage. And applying all the seam sealing tape made pressing take longer than … More Pattern Review: Burda 7360
So far I think things have been going quite well for my year-long sewing challenge – this dress is the third essential item completed. I knew I wanted to make this dress as soon as I saw it in last July’s Burda, but it took me a while to gather the materials and get around … More Pattern Review: BS 07-2011-131
This is yet another of my older projects that I wanted to post to my blog in order to keep a more complete catalog of finished items. Since I am obsessed with The Wheel of Time book series, I have long wanted to make myself costumes from these books. One of the most recognizable costumes … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 9887
Alright, so this is a project I completed quite some time ago, while I was still in my “everything I sew must be a costume” phase. But in an effort to have a mostly complete record of my sewing adventures posted to this blog I thought I would post this pattern review. Simplicity 5840 When … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 5840
I am excited to be posting the official review for my first completed project of my 2012 sewing challenge! BS-10-2011-127 Readers of my blog know I have been obsessing over these Burda pants since last October, and finally I have a pair of my own: My grey pants! My attempt at posing… Another front view … More Pattern Review: BS 10-2011-127
So I have finally finished what I had thought would be a quick easy project that could be whipped up during the holiday craziness. Hahaha. Simplicity 3563 Actually, I would have had this project totally finished but for the fact that I forgot to cut out the back neck facing and was 100 miles away from … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 3563
Now that holiday gift-giving time is over, I can finally show you what I stitched up – bathrobes! Not the most inventive of gifts, but it doesn’t require a lot of fitting and I could use cute prints without the outside world being subjected to crazy clothes… In any case, from the hundreds of possible … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 1946
Doctor T Designs 