Burda

The Little Black Skirt (Burdastyle Jenny #6058)

February 2, 2012
By Patty The Snug Bug
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Good morning carnivorous plants! I’ve actually got a REVEAL post today, although it is a cheater reveal and nearly two months overdue! So let’s cut the small talk and get down to business, shall we? What I’ve got for you today is a black wool skirt. I know, super exciting, right? Here it is – the...
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I’m back! With unintentional holiday PJ’s!

December 5, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
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Morning turkey gizzards! My, my, how time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was posting grainy photos of my not-too-exciting long sleeved T-shirt, and yet here we are and it’s been nearly two weeks since my last post. I’ve missed you. Turns out that blogging, which started out as a fun way to...
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Add a yoga style waistband to a woven skirt

July 13, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
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Greetings giant soft-shelled turtles. I know you think you’re cool, spending most of your life buried in sand and all, but I think you’re sorta lazy. Also, you totally look like a member of one of the lounge bands in the Star Wars movies. Whatever. Grow a shell. I did some actual sewing today!...
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The May dress… the tribal maxi dress or the Mrs. Roper dress? You decide…

June 6, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
maxi

Morning dragonflies! It’s a late, late post today. I spent the weekend obsessing about quilt strips, obsessively cleaning the house and engaging in various other obsessions that don’t immediately come to mind, but avoiding winged insects such as yourselves was up there on the list. But it’s Monday and here I am, back at...
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Finally! A coat for Mr. Bug! Burda 7780

March 8, 2011
By Patty The Snug Bug
Finally! A coat for Mr. Bug! Burda 7780

Morning beanstalks and affiliated vegetables! I’m happy to report that after a year-long standoff I have finally conquered Burda 7780 and provided a coat for Mr. Bug so that he no longer is forced to scamper off to work with his poor suit coat sticking out from under his much-shorter Carhart. He not only...
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Better late than never… a Mondo tribute outfit.

November 24, 2010
By Patty The Snug Bug
Better late than never… a Mondo tribute outfit.

So folkses. I’ve actually had this sweater in my possession (unhemmed, of course) since a few days after the terrible event that I still can’t talk about without tearing up. Freaking amazon hipster stealing the win from Mondo, he of the kneesocks and tapdancing… It took me forever to finish the skirt (and hem...
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Jenny’s weird cousin, Bertha.

November 7, 2010
By Patty The Snug Bug
Jenny’s weird cousin, Bertha.

Anyone who avidly reads my blog posts and sporadic comments on other blogs will know that I have a reluctance to assemble my Burda Jenny pattern that borders on pathological (even with excellent suggestions of paper cutters!) So I did the laziest thing possible. I cut out the waistband from the Jenny pattern and...
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Sewing for the man. A muslin.

October 29, 2010
By Patty The Snug Bug
Sewing for the man. A muslin.

I pounced on Dan (figuratively, of course) the minute he walked through the door tonight and got him to pose in the muslin for his man-coat, Burda 7780. He insisted on the first pose being the traditional greet-the-dog pose. That dog is a traitor. I love sewing for Mr. Bug. No pattern alterations needed....
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My boudoir photo shoot

October 6, 2010
By Patty The Snug Bug
My boudoir photo shoot

So I put a sweater on and artfully exposed one shoulder to show the elastic spaghetti strap of my self drafted cami (with matching PJ bottoms.) I can report after a night of sleep that swimwear material is very comfy to sleep in and not the cause of night-sweats that I feared! The PJ...
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The Lady Grey Sewalong! Fabric choosen

September 8, 2010
By Patty The Snug Bug
The Lady Grey Sewalong! Fabric choosen

Gertie at Gertie’s New Blog for Better Sewing is hosting a Sewalong this month for the Lady Grey coat from Colette patterns. I’ve lusted over this coat a little in the past, but wasn’t sure if it would really be that flattering on me – there’s an awful lot of fabric over my hip area where I already...
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