Ok, so I don’t usually (well, ever) buy things on Ebay. But I had heard it was a good place to look for Burda back issues, so I thought I would check it out. What I found was an advertisement for 11 “like new” issues from 2006. Now, I haven’t been sewing that long, but … More What I bought on Ebay
More new patterns! I have only really been following the pattern release cycles for a few months, so I was rather unaware of how often new patterns are released by the Big4, but I will say that because they are all released at different times, there do seem to be new patterns rather frequently. Which … More Newsflash – Winter McCall’s Patterns
Ok, so while I will spend hours pawing through the new Burda Style previews each month, I am only giving the announcements and previews of their other product lines a cursory review. The full preview of the Fall/Winter Burda Plus can be seen on the Russian website. This is actually a great issue. Can’t resist showing some … More Newsflash – Burdas Abound
Although I really need to get in gear on that wooly winter coat, I wanted to do a few simple projects to get back in the swing of sewing, and I thought a few “instant gratification” tops would be good projects. I have been doing a lot of sewing for the sister, before she is … More Pattern Review: Simplicity 3842
Simplicity has released another new set of patterns that you can look at here. Mostly this release includes children’s clothing and Halloween costumes of the crazy/generic/cheap looking variety. The non-costume and non-child patterns are totally boring. Although Simplicity 2053 gave me pause, inspecting the actual garment photos leads me to believe that this pattern won’t be … More Newsflash – More Fall Simplicity Patterns
This time Burda Russia wins out as the first website to have the full preview with model and garment photos and line drawings. If you think you stand it, you can take a look here. Since one can never be entirely sure of Google Translate (it tells me “Puff Pastry!” when I want to click through … More The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Burda (aka Newsflash – September Burda Style Preview Posted)
The latest round of fall patterns have been announced by Butterick! You can take a look here. My overall impression: some decent wardrobe staples, but very few wow patterns. There are some nice dresses, but nothing that I really need to get… I feel like I could make something similar with many of the patterns I … More Newsflash – Fall Butterick Patterns
Ok, I really can’t resist a pattern sale! At this point I have polished off my wish list for all of the Big4 pattern companies except Vogue, as, even at sale price, they add up much more quickly than the other guys. However, I have been looking critically at my Vogue pattern wish list and … More Pattern Stash – New Additions!
For those of us who have been drooling over the latest Vogues – good news! Today through Sunday (August 5 – 7) Joann will be having a pattern sale for $3.99 Vogue and $1.99 McCall’s. As this is the fist sale after the release of the fall patterns, I expect there may be some difficulty … More Pattern Sales: Vogue and McCall’s
I know that one of the complaints of many of the older BWOF lovers is that there is no way to search through the patterns online. Well, the complaints have been heard, and the patterns are now searchable! Well, sort of. At least, dating back to 2009. But the patterns are searchable by style (dresses, … More BurdaStyle Russian Archives – New Navigator Feature!
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