So a few weeks ago I published my not-a-pattern-review of my accidental steampunk jacket. I was too excited to not post pictures right away. But that was actually my second attempt at this jacket. My original version was very much like the garment photographed by Burda – a lightweight cotton/linen combination that will be perfect … More Pattern Review: BS-06-2012-121 Lightweight Linen Jacket
When the November Burda came out I was quite taken with this simple cowl neck knit dress: BS-11-2013-112 I had already made an attempt at a knit cowl dress a while ago – using the ubiquitous Vogue 1250 – which pretty much ended in a quasi-salvaged failure. So I was a bit more cautious heading into … More Pattern Review: BS-11-2013-112 Teal/Black Plaid Knit Dress
I have been planning to make this jacket a long time. A really long time. Like, I saw this jacket in an online database of old Burda magazines and it caused me to go to Ebay and start buying old issues of the magazine long time. It took me a while to gather the fabric … More Pattern Review: BWOF-08-2006-101
This is yet another project that I planned to make earlier this year, but got put off until recently. Then lack of availability made photo taking a bit delayed as well. But finally, as we head into mid-October, I present you with a really lovely spring/summer dress. My sister bought some pretty cotton voile last … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 1801
I have had this review written for quite a while, sitting in the draft pile. Its been months since I actually sewed up this dress, but getting photos proved to be more difficult than I anticipated… Vogue 2960 – A Vintage Vogue reprint pattern. Last year my sister had asked me to make her a … More Pattern Review: Vogue 2960
When the preview for the March issue came out I saw this photo and I fell in love with her entire outfit. I thought the colors and the lace combo looked fantastic, and I wanted to make the whole thing. I started by making the skirt, figuring it was the easier piece of the two. Then … More Pattern Review: BS-03-2013-107
I think this will be the last top for my summer binge sewing that I have been doing recently. I had agreed to make my sister a top from the July 2009 Burda, and while I was looking through the issue this top caught my eye: BS-07-2009-124A It was a pattern I had ignored initially, … More Pattern Review: BS-07-2009-124A
My sister was looking through some of my Burdas and decided she wanted me to make a few things for her to wear. She bought her own fabric a few months ago, and I finally got around to making it for her. BS-07-2009-109B This was an easy pattern to make, and I think it turned … More Pattern Review: BS-07-2009-109B
Another quick and easy summer top! Ok, maybe not “easy” (there was some cursing at Burda instructions and stitch unpicking), but quick. And lightweight. And still summer appropriate. I seem to be on quite the Burda tear of late – it has been sort of torturous to keep getting good issues (well, at least up … More Pattern Review: BS-05-2013-103
Yet another quick and easy piece of my cram-it-in-end-of-summer-sewing series. I don’t usually go for the boxy tunics or dresses from Burda, but there are just some days in summer when it is just so hot and miserable that the thought of wearing tightly fitted clothing is too much to bear. I made this last … More Pattern Review: BS-05-2013-101
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