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
The raincoat is practically done (I still need to finish the lining hems – I am doing those by hand so there are lots of TV watching plans for the rest of the week…) and I should be posting my review within the week. In the meantime I was able to sew up the muslin … More Burda Dress Muslin and Some More Fabric
I only got around to posting the coat update yesterday, but I actually got a bit further along than I thought I would (sick again… means more sewing time). Now that my raincoat project is nearing completion (need to finish facings, linings, buttons, etc), I am starting to think about what my next few projects … More Sewing Challenge – Planning the Next Phase
I thought I would do an update post about my raincoat project. While I had hoped to be almost finished by now, a change in patterns did push the project back a bit. However, I thought it might be good to show a bit of my progress so far so you can see the innards … More Sewing Challenge Update – Raincoat Progress
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
After my pants I was planning on working on my raincoat, but a bad first choice of patterns delayed that a bit. While I was working on tracing and muslining my second version, I decided I would make one of the quicker items on my sewing challenge list – the any occasion top. What made … More 2012 Sewing Challenge – Item Number 2 Completed
BurdaStyle Germany has posted the first preview of the March 2012 issue! As expected, March is the transition to spring, with lots of florals and pastel colors. Although it is often hard to tell from the preview, I have to say that, so far, I am liking this issue! I haven’t seen anything I love, … More Newsflash – Burda March Early Preview Posted
My Image is one of the newer European sewing magazines, so I don’t know how many people are die-hard followers as of yet. I was lucky enough to get the first three issues from my sister when she came back from Europe for the holidays. I haven’t made anything as of yet, but I must … More Newsflash – My Image Spring/Summer 2012 Announced
Alison Dahl, the Creative Director and Editor of the BurdaStyle website (English version) is leaving.  You can read her good-bye post here.  She has been working with BurdaStyle since 2007, and was the author/creative director of the BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook. A few thought about what this could mean for us Burda fans: (1) She mentions “structural … More Newsflash – English BurdaStyle Website Creative Director is Leaving
Doctor T Designs 