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
Joann’s will be having a $0.99 pattern sale on Butterick Thursday March 1 – Saturday March 3. At that price I don’t know if I can pass up at least a few of the new spring releases! Also, for anyone who is looking for the latest Simplicity patterns (and wasn’t lucky enough to find them … More Pattern Sales: Butterick and Simplicity
BurdaStyle Germany has posted the early preview of the April edition. My first impression: meh. Very meh. I mean, some things look ok, but nothing looks spectacular. This is fine, but not as pretty as the similar dress in the previous issue. The skirt is fine, but boring. Pants might be ok, but the shirt … More Newsflash – Burda April Early Preview Posted
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
After all the other pattern releases, it was about time for Butterick to join in with their spring releases. If you love dresses – you are in luck! Or maybe out of luck if you aren’t looking to buy any new patterns. If you were hoping for anything other than a dress, too bad maybe … More Newsflash – New Butterick Patterns Announced
Simplicity has just released their latest patterns for spring – you can see the full collection here. As this is a spring collection, the offerings are full dresses and children’s clothes, with a few wardrobe patterns thrown in the mix. Simplicity is certainly upping its “designer” offerings – in addition to the ever popular Cynthia … More Newsflash – New Simplicity Patterns
The full preview of the March issue of the BurdaStyle magazine has been posted to the Russian BurdaStyle website. March is the wedding issue and, as I suspected, some of the designs draw heavy inspiration from last year’s royal wedding. The Burda designs aren’t quite as literal with the interpretation as some of the other … More Newsflash – March Burda Style Preview Posted
PatternReview has announced the Best Patterns of 2011. This is one of the most popular posts each year, highlighting the previous year’s most popular patterns. For 2011 the top spots have gone mainly to dresses and tops. It is no surprise that Vogue 1250 (sisterhood of the magical dress pattern) took the top spot, and I … More Newsflash – PatternReview Best of 2011
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