The German Burda website has posted the full preview of the Spring/Summer 2012 collection! In general, I usually find I like more in the fall/winter collections but I have actually found quite a few nice pieces in this collection (what can I say, I am a Burda fanboi… fangurl? Whatever, I loves me my Burda!). … More Newsflash – Burda Spring/Summer Envelope Collection Posted
Though I have been finishing up a few projects from last year, I have been super excited to start my year-long sewing plan for 2012, and I have been debating which projects I should do first. Ever since the magazine was published, I have been dying to make the October BurdaStyle pants: BS-10-2011-127 So I … More Starting the Sewing Challenge
As usual, the folks at Burda Fashion Russia are on top of things and have posted the preview for the new Burda Plus magazine. Although, well, it might be something of a stretch to call it “new.” I don’t spend as much time staring at the plus sized fashions in the regular Burda mags as … More Newsflash – Burda Plus Spring/Summer Issue Posted
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
Once again Burda Fashion Russia has speedily posted the full preview of the next Burda Style magazine. Like January, I would have to say that, overall, I am not super impressed with this issue. While I do think it is nice that there are maternity clothes making an appearance in the magazine, I really don’t have any … More Newsflash – February Burda Preview Posted
Happy New Year! Best way to start off the new year – new patterns! Especially from Burda! The German Burda website has posted a preview of their Spring/Summer 2012 Catalog (Envelope patterns). I usually find more to my liking in the Fall/Winter collections (this is true of all the pattern companies), but I might have … More Newsflash – Burda Spring/Summer Envelope Collection Preview Posted
One thing I have noticed about my sewing – I seem to make a lot of things I would NEVER buy from a store. I don’t think I would ever spend money on things like a green wool coat (too expensive), a snake print trench (too frivolous), or a very fitted party dress (because I would … More Sewing Plans 2012: The Tim Gunn 10 Essential Items Challenge!
Yesterday I did a recap of my Best/Worst sewing projects from 2011. Looking ahead to the new year, I thought it would be a good time to actually *gulp* catalog my stash. Ok, well, I have been working on this for a while because it is so darned big. Other than elastic, I don’t really … More 2011 Stash Stats
I already did a post on what I considered to be the best and worst Burda patterns of the year, but I thought I should also give a look at what were the best and worst of my personal sewing adventures in 2011. Although I had hoped to finish a few more projects (which are … More Sewing Year in Review
Burda’s pattern envelopes are now available on the Simplicity website! Â Other than the Russian Burda website (which doesn’t remove the OOP patterns as I found out at a recent Joann’s sale), there isn’t anywhere online that has a consistent view of the Burda envelope patterns, so this is sort of exciting. Â Maybe this means there … More Newsflash – Burda on Simplicity Website
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