My time is tight right now, between skating, finishing costumes, and eating and sleeping, but I wanted to mention that there are a LOT of new pattern releases in the past few days.
Firstly, the September Burda early preview can be seen on the
German and
Russian websites. I have to say, so far, I am impressed. Or, at least intrigued. I see a lot of things I think I might like, so I am excited for the full preview of the magazine to come out.
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| Trench coat love! |
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| Dress with potentially interesting seaming. |
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| I also like this dress. |
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| Cute jacket in the plus sizes. |
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| Cute Burda Plus dress. |
Also, the full preview of the Fall/Winter 2012 Burda Plus can be seen
here. I am not seeing anything drool worthy, and a fair number of the patterns can be found in the regular monthly magazines, but there look to be a lot of good basics, so it could potentially be a good addition to a pattern collection.
Finally, the
Fall Simplicity Collection has been announced. This collection looks to have a lot of crafty looking patterns and easy Halloween costumes for kids, but there were a few interesting new patterns:
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| New Leanne Marshall pattern - I think this dress is super cute! |
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| Ok PR dress pattern. |
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| New Cynthia Rowley jacket. Not wild about the cut-outs. |
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| PR coat pattern. Perhaps a bit butch for me, but still a classic shape. |
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| Odd cape and fuzzy vest... I am not such a fan of this one. |
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| I do like this costume pattern though. |
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| This new steampunk one looks sort of uninspired though. |
Overall I am liking the Leanne Marshall pattern, and the Snow White 1773 costume pattern. I can probably live without the others.
So - what's the verdict? Are we excited about September Burda? Anything you are dying for from the new Simplicity line? Feel free to discuss in the comments!
The August Burda issue was a good one, and fingers crossed the September will be good too.
ReplyDeleteNothing in Simplicity caught my eye. The LeeAnn Marshal dress is interesting, but in the end I probably wouldn't sew it.
I agree! August Burda was a step in the right direction after such a disappointing July! I have high hopes for Sept.
DeleteI'm feeling a bit "meh" about the Simplicity offerings.
Since I don't subscribe to Burda, I can only comment on the Simplicity patterns. Overall, I think their release was rather dull and lacked creativity. I like the Leanne Marshall pattern but that is about all from the release. I don't sew costumes and the PR coat looks dull to me. Hopefully this is early fall and there will be some more to come! :]
ReplyDeleteI thought the Simplicity patterns were kinda boring and so what. Absolutely nothing that even remotely interested me. I really didn`t care for the Leanne Marshall pattern, but that is probably my age talking.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately Burda is unavailable where I live so I for once, have no opinion 8-).