The early preview for the May 2012 BurdaStyle magazine can be viewed here. So far I don’t see anything super inspiring, but also nothing hideous. Seems like most of the preview pictures are following the big trends this season: More color blocking Maxi dress I like the relaxed looking shirt and these pants too! I … More Newsflash – Burda May Early Preview Posted
Joann will be having a $0.99 pattern sale on Simplicity Thursday March 29 – Saturday March 31. Great chance to pick up some of the newest patterns at sale prices!
It seems like I am doing nothing but writing up posts on new pattern releases this week (quite literally, as I have been a bit sick), and today McCall’s has joined the lineup – with their new (early summer?) pattern releases. This release had a lot of kids and crafts patterns, along with another collection … More Newsflash – New McCall’s Patterns
BurdaStyle Russia has the full preview of the latest Burda Easy Fashion up for viewing. In general, there is nothing that I am super excited about, so I don’t think I will actually try to find this issue. But that doesn’t mean we can’t look at some of the designs inside… I think this skirt … More Newsflash – Burda Easy Fashion Spring/Summer 2012 Announced
Simplicity has announced yet another round of new patterns for Summer. You can check out the new collection here. In general there are lots of summery dresses, though in general most of them seem a bit bland. Simplicity has also jumped on the peplum bandwagon with this Project Runway pattern: And I did rather like … More Newsflash – New Simplicity Summer 2012 Patterns Announced
The full preview of the April Burda Style has been posted to the Russian website here. And, well, I have to say I am actually more excited now that I have seen the full preview. I don’t know that there is anything that will cause me to rip out the pattern sheets upon arrival as … More Newsflash – April Burda Style Preview Posted
The creators of My Image Magazine (and Young Image for those of you who sew for kids) have launched their own individual pattern line called Imagewear Patterns. I have only made one thing from the magazine, but so far everyone who has tried them seems to love the pattern drafting. While I have to say that … More Newsflash – My Image Imagewear Patterns Now Available
When my sister came home from Europe for the holidays, she brought back a stack of new sewing magazines, with the (at the time) full set of My Image among them. I am excited by a number of the patterns in the My Image magazines, but decided that the first thing I wanted to sew … More Pattern Review: My Image M1003
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
While I am waiting for the full preview of the April edition (German Burda has put the garment photos here, but I like to wait until I can see the garments, line drawings, and model photos before I pass judgement), Burda has also announced a special kids issue (you can see previews here and here), … More Burda Easy and Burda Kids – Spring/Summer 2012 Announced
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