This is another project made for my sister. She found the fabric while we were at skating regionals, and decided she wanted some sort of skirt “with pleats.” After looking through my virtual pattern catalog, she decided on the A-Plus A Line which is free as a downloadable pattern from Burda Style. Line drawing of the skirt. … More Pattern Review: BSDL-D-01 A-Plus-A-Line
Full preview of the October issue is now posted on the German site. Well, actually, it is posted on the Russian site, but links to the German site. Crazy. In any case, I will refrain from my analysis until all the line drawings and model pictures are available, but I will say that there are at … More Newsflash – October Burda Style Full Preview Posted
My sister plans to do a lot of traveling around Europe in the coming year. Apparently, many European flights allow only one carry on bag. My sister has never been a light traveler (currently trying to trim down her selection of 11 pairs of shoes to take to Europe…), so this news was slightly dismaying. … More Pattern Review: BS 08-2011-113
The BurdaStyle early preview for October is posted on the German website here. Usually I refrain from posting comments until the full preview (with line drawings) is available, however, this issue looks like it could be a good one. Normally I am not a vest person, but wow I really like this: Also, These pants, I … More Burda Early Preview
Have you ever had a project where you decided you were going to finish it tonight, no matter what? Well, I just had one of those projects. I have three more items I am wanting to sew before the sibling heads overseas. However, I know that the black coat is going to take quite a bit … More Obsessive Sewing
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
After the death of my twin needle (I know, I know, one should ALWAYS have a spare twin needle, but I had been using the one that came with my machine up to this point. It has served me well. It may now rest in pieces), I decided I needed to get some more so … More Online Order Review: CTS USA
