burda

3 min read 2023-05-13 15:00:00

Blue trousers

A while ago I made royal blue satin jogging bottoms on a whim, and then last year I was inspired by the all-blue outfit in the photo below to make a

1 min read 2023-03-21 09:16:00

Recently I placed a couple of orders with Lyrical Fabrics and I am so happy with both ordersThe fabric today is Cotton Sweater Waffle in

5 min read 2023-02-21 07:49:00

Finally it's time to show the finished coat. And well past time, as I finished it back in November so Heather could take it on a Thanksgiving trip to

5 min read 2023-02-14 08:55:00

Time to show the rest of the construction of this coat so I can post the finished look. Here's the first post on this project. Let's skip ahead to

5 min read 2023-02-07 05:35:00

If you read my previous post you saw that I am stuck at home now recovering from a foot surgery. It's going well and I should be back to being out

2 min read 2022-09-17 15:00:00

My 80s wardrobe plan has been on hold for a few months because all the pieces are unbearably hot to wear in summer, and we had a lot of summer this

4 min read 2022-09-10 15:00:00

My last post was about a grey jumpsuit. So obviously the next thing I made was another grey jumpsuit. This one is Burda 130 09/2011, a drapey style

6 min read 2022-09-02 12:34:00

Each year since I started the blog I have typically made a new dress for my birthday which comes just around Labor Day (our end of summer holiday

7 min read 2022-07-18 11:59:00

Here's my finished dress and I am really happy with the combination of fabric and pattern. Sometimes that just works out perfectly and this is such a

6 min read 2022-07-03 11:30:00

So much for my resolution to blog more this year, but now that summer is here and I have some free time I hope to get back to it. I've been busy

2 min read 2022-04-30 15:00:00

This top may look a little familiar. It’s Burda 112 11/2015 and I made an almost identical version in March 2021 as part of a wardrobe plan. It

9 min read 2022-04-13 01:30:00

In a previous post I said this year was shaping up to be really difficult and it seems to be continuing in that direction. Last week was really hard

9 min read 2022-04-13 01:30:00

In a previous post I said this year was shaping up to be really difficult and it seems to be continuing in that direction. Last week was really hard

2 min read 2022-04-02 15:00:00

A couple of weeks ago I posted about the top in these pictures, which was made purely to go with these very shiny joggers that I made last year.

6 min read 2022-03-16 02:30:00

When last I blogged, I didn’t really think I would have a lot to post this month, as February wasn’t very productive for me sewing-wise, and I