It’s hard to believe that the Early Spring looks are already here, but McCall’s is hot on Simplicity’s heels with the release of the Early Spring looks. (I’m a bit slow on the Simplicity release – I’ll post on that shortly). On the whole I feel like I’m giving most of this release a pass … More McCall’s Patterns Early Spring 2019
For an introduction to the Sew Your Kibbe Series, please see this post. The posts in this series are intended to be a well researched and thorough investigation of the Kibbe style recommendations, along with several example patterns for each “level of dress.” The posts in this series will be picture heavy and quite lengthy. … More Sew Your Kibbe: Soft Gamine
For an introduction to the Sew Your Kibbe Series, please see this post. The posts in this series are intended to be a well researched and thorough investigation of the Kibbe style recommendations, along with several example patterns for each “level of dress.” The posts in this series will be picture heavy and quite lengthy. … More Sew Your Kibbe: Flamboyant Gamine
It’s a bit crazy, but the first BurdaStyle magazine of 2019 is here! While I was a bit disappointed with the end of the year issues, I’m happy to report that the January 2019 issue looks like it is going to be awesome! There are so many great patterns in this issue I can’t wait to … More January 2019 BurdaStyle Magazine
The winter Butterick patterns have finally arrived! It’s a decent mix of party dresses, casual tops, and work appropriate jackets. There’s a bit of something for everyone, so let’s take a look: B6625 – This is a nice dress for a winter holiday party. The deep pleating gives it some nice structure, and it looks … More Winter 2018 Butterick Patterns
Thanks to awesome blog readers Isi and cameliadb, I got a tip that the Burda movie would be available on the German public TV site for streaming. And thanks to cleaver people on Instagram, I got a tip that if you turn on closed captioning (it is the “UT” button in German) in a browser … More Burda Movie Update – Watch it Now!
For an introduction to the Sew Your Kibbe Series, please see this post. The posts in this series are intended to be a well researched and thorough investigation of the Kibbe style recommendations, along with several example patterns for each “level of dress.” The posts in this series will be picture heavy and quite lengthy. … More Sew Your Kibbe: Soft Classic
Ok, so this isn’t really part of any of my Sew Geeky plans for the year. I still have a lot of pieces I want to make from my wardrobe plans inspired by The Magicians, and technically I should start working on my plans inspired by Doctor Who, though actually actually I should be making … More Pattern Review: Burda 6476
For an introduction to the Sew Your Kibbe Series, please see this post. The posts in this series are intended to be a well researched and thorough investigation of the Kibbe style recommendations, along with several example patterns for each “level of dress.” The posts in this series will be picture heavy and quite lengthy. … More Sew Your Kibbe: Dramatic Classic
It’s hard to believe that the winter season is upon us! When I started my Sew Geeky project back in January, I was quite ambitious with my goals for the year. My spring capsule was fairly well rounded out, though I’m still excited by a few of those plans that never quite got started, my … More Sew Geeky Plans – Winter 2018
Doctor T Designs 