Category Archives: Books/Magazines

BurdaStyle USA: Meh

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Noile

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

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Noile

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

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Noile

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

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Noile

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

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Noile

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

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Noile

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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