Burda Style For people who sew

29 January, 2012

• 12:08 AM

  usherwoodc commented on the project First coat

  I don’t know if it is just me, put I can’t see the picture for your project. It’s a blank photo w…

  

14 January, 2012

• 11:01 PM

  usherwoodc commented on the project Procrastination Blouse

  Thank you :-) fortunately the fabric is slightly stretch so I didn’t need a zip. I thought I migh…

  

• 03:09 PM

  usherwoodc commented on the project Not a Leather skirt

  Your sewing is improving loads! I love ths skirt! I think you are doing great alone, your Grandma…

  

• 03:00 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called Procrastination Blouse

  

  In the name of procrastination I made a blouse (I was supposed to be tidying the house… yuk!)

  My aunt bought over 3 large black bin bags of clothes she had worn ranging from some very funky 70…

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31 December, 2011

• 12:52 AM

  usherwoodc commented on the article Holiday Giveaway: Day 30 - Win a Prize Pack from Westcott!

  Perfect timing :-) I realised how important sharp scissors are this week when I noticed mine are …

  

27 December, 2011

• 10:19 AM

  usherwoodc commented on the project Earring Travel Case

  Yes there is! I made a few of these the other day as gifts for family members and took photos as …

  

23 December, 2011

• 07:05 PM

  usherwoodc commented on the article Holiday Giveaway: Day 23 - Win a Spoonflower $100 Credit!

  I would use upholstery weight fabric with my own art of my little brother climbing an overhanging…

  

9 November, 2011

• 09:16 AM

  usherwoodc commented on the project Marcelin grove

  Beautiful! Well made, great design and it hangs wonderfully!

  

7 November, 2011

• 10:25 AM

  usherwoodc commented on the project Goodbye Dress Hello Pencil Skirt

  Go for it!! I realised that if I didn’t do something to it, it would probably just become a home …

  

3 November, 2011

• 06:27 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called Blues Denim Skirt

  

  After an unsuccessful shopping trip with my mum I came home pretty low. My loving fiance sat me in front of my sewing machine with a meter of denim which I had picked up for a cheap price from Brig…

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• 06:08 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called Wild Strawberry Dress

  

  I bought some cute stawberry patterned cotton from Lincoln in the summer and made this dress with it to wear to Nottingham Splendour Festival. It was a lovely hot day fortunatly so I was pleased I…

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• 05:40 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called Goodbye Dress Hello Pencil Skirt

  

  I had a dress from H&M that I wore to Fureaventura last year but haven’t worn since. It was a simple dress with a halterneck style top but unfortunatly didn’t fit very well on the top half and nigg…

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• 04:49 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called Aye Aye Matey Bunting

  

  This is bunting made to go camping with! My fiance and I go camping a lot over the summer months. We like to decorate our tent with pirate flags and bunting which stems from our first trip camping …

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• 02:32 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called A Trip Through Portabello Market Cusions

  

  My fiance and I moved in with each other over a year ago and both came with rather worn out looking sofa cusions. We had been looking for new ones for ages in places like Dunelm Mill but both the f…

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2 October, 2011

• 12:04 PM

  usherwoodc commented on discussion topic BSC Edinburgh?

  It would be great to go to a burda sewing club in Edinburgh. I am moving up next summer and I can…

  

18 July, 2011

• 02:39 PM

  usherwoodc commented on the project Polka Dot Bag Tidy

  Fortunatly because I used heavy weight cotton, the bag is stiff enough to hold itself up when I t…

  

• 02:33 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called Warm me up heat bag

  

  I was looking through my sewing photo album and found this. I made this lavender hot wheat bag at Christmas as a present for my boyfriends grandma :-) she liked the way I packaged it up with the ta…

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• 01:51 PM

  usherwoodc ’s status has been updated to:
  has had a great week, 4 projects complete :-D

  

• 01:49 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called Polka Dot Bag Tidy

  

  A handbag organiser to prevent my purse and keys from falling to the bottom of my bag whenever I take my iPad out, I wanted something to keep everything in position and tidy so when I need somethin…

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• 01:20 PM

  usherwoodc commented on the project Sail Away Purse

  Thank you, the images were part of the fabric design, I just selected bits of fabric specifically…

  

11 July, 2011

• 12:10 PM

  usherwoodc added the project called Sail Away Purse

  

  I made this purse after being inspired by Liz’s wallet tutorial on her blog confessions of a fabricaholic.
  I needed a bigger purse and fancied playing with the fabric I bought in Lincoln last week…

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