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Category Archives: Books/Magazines
BurdaStyle USA: Meh
Fifty percent more expensive($15!); 200% less interesting, and page after page of seriously lackluster content. I was so thrilled to see this in a USA bookstore, and so utterly disappointed when I went through it. Costly AND boring; it’s a … Continue reading
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Threads Wardrobe Storyboard
Chez Noile is still in chaos, so I needed some quickie sewing projects that would chew up stash and require minimal space in the sewing room. Also, I need summer clothes, since I’ve done little about acquiring any for years. … Continue reading
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Project Records For My Serger
I vowed that I’d really get to know my new serger this go-round, and have been devouring various resources. Much to my surprise, my low-bump Baby Lock Lauren serger came with an excellent DVD, which I’ve watched, and found very … Continue reading
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Burda in Budapest
After discovering that it’s possible to buy the current issue of Burda’s pattern magazine virtually anywhere in Budapest, Hungary (gas stations! magazine kiosks! hole-in-the-wall newsstands!), I took special notice of an ad in the back of one of the Burdas … Continue reading
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Burda Score – Times Two
I’m in Hungary right now — yeah, I’m surprised, too — and guess what I found at a gas station on the day I arrived: Yes, at a GAS STATION! I can hardly find Burda Style in the United States, … Continue reading
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We Wear Clothes Oneself: Japanese Pattern Book
I fell in love with this book at Kinokuniya in New York last summer: Google translates the title as “we wear clothes oneself“, with the subtitle “when you change from a three dimensional plane“. (No wonder I loved it!) To … Continue reading
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