Burda Style For people who sew

26 December, 2011

• 05:36 PM

  sabrina commented on the article Holiday Giveaway: Day 22 - Win a Tailoring Supply Kit from A Fashionable Stitch!

  Twill tape in the UK. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s an American product and we have to us…

  

14 December, 2011

• 11:13 AM

  sabrina commented on the article Holiday Giveaway: Day 13 - Win a 5234PRW Project Runway™ Limited Edition Serger from Brother!

  When I was a child I always wanted to sew, getting excited by anything to do with sewing, knittin…

  

• 11:13 AM

  sabrina commented on the article Holiday Giveaway: Day 13 - Win a 5234PRW Project Runway™ Limited Edition Serger from Brother!

  When I was a child I always wanted to sew, getting excited by anything to do with sewing, knittin…

  

10 December, 2011

• 11:49 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Backstitch round the corner

  I just have the needle at a 45 degree angle to the edge (when the point is underneath), just like…

  

7 December, 2011

• 03:48 PM

  sabrina ’s status has been updated to:
  10 blog members and counting!

  

• 01:53 PM

  sabrina commented on the article Holiday Giveaway: Day 6 - Win the BERNINA Holiday Gift Basket!

  There are a few reasons I have never taken a sewing class, the first being the lack of them. The …

  

5 December, 2011

• 05:02 PM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic shoulder seam zipper?

  Maybe you could use hooks and eyes on the shoulder (it would be better to make thread bars instea…

  

22 November, 2011

• 05:09 PM

  sabrina commented on the article Comment to Win ONE MORE "My Double Deluxe" Dress Form from Dritz!

  A pinable, catwalk style, petite dress-form at an affordable price (e.g. under £120).

  

18 November, 2011

• 02:48 PM

  sabrina commented on the project Sailor Dress (Pretty Little Dresses Pattern 32101)

  Thank you!

  I fixed the link; I had missed out the http:// bit. : )

  

17 November, 2011

• 03:42 PM

  sabrina commented on the article Comment to Win ANOTHER "My Double Deluxe" Dress Form from Dritz!

  I made my first sewing project when I was about 7. It was just about the only sewing class I ever…

  

14 November, 2011

• 12:35 PM

  sabrina added the project called Sailor Dress (Pretty Little Dresses Pattern 32101)

  

  This is a test garment of a pattern I made to sell but I’m not sure how to go about that. It’s sized for a three-year-old with a chest measurement of 22".

  The dress is also for sale at £24.95 pl…

  Read on

  

11 November, 2011

• 02:33 PM

  sabrina commented on the article Comment to Win a "My Double Deluxe" Dress Form from Dritz!

  A seam ripper is essential, but something else I would not consider my sewing kit complete withou…

  

7 November, 2011

• 02:10 PM

  sabrina ’s status has been updated to:
  9 blog members and counting!

  

31 October, 2011

• 11:53 AM

  sabrina posted a message on kathleenfasanella’s wall

  I didn’t know you were on BurdaStyle! Welcome to the club (even if you have been here for two yea…

  

• 11:48 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Help finding or making a pattern for this skirt please.

  Simplicity has a pattern for mermaid costumes. It isn’t quite as nice looking as the one at Amazo…

  

24 October, 2011

• 11:20 AM

  sabrina ’s status has been updated to:
  8 blog members and counting!

  

18 October, 2011

• 11:04 AM

  sabrina posted a message on sabrina’s wall

  Thank you! I hope they enjoy it. : )

  

15 September, 2011

• 10:02 AM

  sabrina ’s status has been updated to:
  7 blog members and counting!

  

10 September, 2011

• 11:08 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic My first sewing machine

  Hi Dawn,

  I did a lot of online shopping for my new sewing machine (which I have now had since …

  

6 September, 2011

• 10:49 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Hip line

  I assume you mean trousers and not panties (I’m British and you can’t hear accents in writing : )…

  

• 10:42 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Going crazy!

  I don’t know which pattern you are talking about, but if you got it out of BurdaStyle magazine, i…

  

• 10:38 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic How to buy a good sewing machine?

  I did quite a lot of shopping around (on the Internet for convenience) for my current sewing mach…

  

12 August, 2011

• 10:45 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Upsizing a cut vintage pattern

  I should think you would have to do it differently if you bought a pattern that is not multisized…

  

5 August, 2011

• 11:07 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic sewings terms

  Hi Tifany!

  If you mean “seam allowances” that means the distance between the edge of the fabric …

  

2 August, 2011

• 09:42 AM

  sabrina favorited the technique Sailor Collar: How to draft and construct - "Fiskars Unzipped"

  

28 July, 2011

• 10:21 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Books for beginners

  Hi patclark,

  : ) I found this book at Amazon. It might be just what your daughter-in-law is look…

  

26 July, 2011

• 10:04 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Hi I am looking for some new hemline ideas instead

  You could use pulled thread work and drawn thread work. You could scallop the edges. If you have …

  

• 09:46 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic French curve and curve stick - what is the difference?

  A French Curve is a smallish ruler that looks rather like a number 6; it’s for drawing armscyes a…

  

• 09:39 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Putting a puffed sleeve head on a coat

  Here is the link for VintageSewing.info — it’s on Google’s WayBack Machine.

  http://web.archive….

  

• 09:37 AM

  sabrina commented on discussion topic Top-stitching tension, what am I doing wrong?

  Have you tried re-treading your sewing machine with the presser foot up?

  

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