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It’s the Year of the Flounce (as well as the Year of the Sleeve) and I’m just going with it.   Blouse with a tie, raglan cap sleeves, and a cut-on flounce, which means the fabric needs to be drapey, light and double-sided. There are no closures, so the waist needs to be large enoughContinue reading “Burda 5/2017 Blouse 109: Flounce Forever”

This skirt tested my fitting abilities to the limit. Such a pretty pattern– –and so many opportunities for the fit to go disastrously wrong, most of which I found on version #1. So: Version 1 To tweak the fit with something low-risk, I made the shorter variation out of some leftover wool. And promptly discoveredContinue reading “Burda 01/2017 skirt #114: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, t”

(They’re all the same block with variations in sleeves, collars and ruffles, so let’s stick ’em all in one big post, eh?) This is a super simple darted blouse with a yoke and an ease pleat. You’ve seen and sewn it before. But the flounce and ruffle variations looked like fun, so: Version 1: Basic,Continue reading “Burda 8/2016 Shirts 102 – 104: Three is probably enough for now”

I’ve wanted to make this dress for ages, but could never find a fabric I thought it would work well in. It’s a regular jersey dress, yes; but the twist meant I wanted something with a bit of body that would hold the shape. Or at least, hold it longer than something soft and drapeyContinue reading “Burda 6/2014 Dress 102: Works Best if You Hold Still”

This is one of those projects where a well-timed Burda issue, a Fabricland sale and a nice fabric on the ends table combined to make a skirt project that I in no way need but will wear a lot anyway. It’s sewn up twice in the magazine; the floral version looks pegged, and the solidContinue reading “Burda 5/2017 Skirt 108: Nearly a Pencil Skirt”

You’d never know from reading here, but I’ve never had an extravagant wardrobe. Ok, enough, pick yourselves off the floor and stop laughing already. I’m serious. All four seasons of clothes have always fit in one small closet and a dresser. I bought my first-ever raincoat and pair of rain boots in my thirties. IContinue reading “Burda 11/2016 Skirt 102: Identity Crisis Version”

I’m trying to remember when sewing changed from being a way to make myself and Frances clothes that were practical, comfortable and fit properly, and became a way instead for me to figure out how a dress like this gets put together. PEPLUM POCKETS! Genius. Functional and decorative at the same time. No seamlines to breakContinue reading “Burda 10/2016 Dress 104: Thanks, it has pockets!”

I decided to make this one in the midst of Fabricland’s annual December members’ sale, but wouldn’t you know it, I couldn’t find a jersey that seemed meant for this dress: too patterned, too poly, too thick, too sheer, too whatever. I ended up settling on this bright pink poly/rayon jersey. It is unbelievably soft;Continue reading “Burda 12/2016 Dress 118: Hi-Low (or is that low-hi?)”

Winter is a tough season for skirts. One thinks, on the one hand, “I want to be warm” (or maybe more accurately “I am so fucking sick of being so fucking cold goddammit why is it only February?”). On the other hand, one thinks, “If I wear the same pants again I may set themContinue reading “Burda 8/2016 Skirt 123: An Anti-Winter Project”

I actually ordered a back issue of the magazine just to get this skirt pattern and it still took me a year to make it. I love the seam lines on this. I love the way the darts have been rotated into those seams. And I love the way the seamlines work with the godetContinue reading “Burda skirt 11/2015 #105: One Day I’ll Fly Away”