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ooobop! review: Burda Style October 2012
Octobers issue of Burda Style presents many a contrasting style with some drastic variations on a theme. Lots of snuggly autumnal makes, some very stylish shapes and of course the usual couple of red...
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50s pin up silk knickers
Well Bridget Jones, eat your heart out. Mine are big and all silk! There has been a lot of knicker making activity going on in blogworld recently. For example these pretty French knickers by Kat at...
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Burda 11/2010 Jacket #130
Oh where to start? Well, from the very beginning would probably be a good idea! I started this jacket way back in February but was wearing it in my head from the first time I saw it in Burdastyle mag...
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ooobop! review: Burda Style November 2012
A little later than usual but I do hope that November 2012′s Burda Style magazine serves to whet your appetite and make your sewing list longer all the same! I’m going to jump straight to the Vintage...
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Pinstripe Spencer Jacket: the inside story
finished jacket by the fountains First I must thank you all for your lovely comments on my initial post about the finished jacket. I’m so touched and I love that warm and fuzzy feeling I get when they...
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ooobop! Lucky Hat
I had the perfect sewing window today – Little Miss O at a party for 4 whole hours and a day far too chilly to hang outside for my liking! But I wont dis the weather – that would be far too...
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The Norman Hartnell telephone blouse
I love a 50s style blouse and this pattern was a definite sell the moment I saw it. The pattern itself was a freebie with Woman’s Day (about 55 years ago!) and as luck would have it, the gift...
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A cape for Poison Ivy
Meet my biggest little girl! Hardly a villain but seriously rocking the whole Poison Ivy thing! It’s not often I get asked to contribute to her wardrobe. It is in fact never! So I was very honoured by...
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ooobop! review: Burda Style December 2012
Was beginning to get a bit anxious about the late appearance of this issue on the shelves of Smiths! But was it worth the wait?…. In my humble opinion, if there is just one great pattern in there it’s...
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ooobop! review: Burda Style January 2013
One might be advised to take the following review with a pinch of salt. I am ill and grumpy and should never have ventured out on this cold, wet miserable day to get hold of my belated issue. Belated,...
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Black pencil skirt and a learning curve
Not the most ground-breaking make but as usual, there is a continued method in my madness! I have hundreds of really lovely vintage and modern dressmaking patterns and a serious desire to make and wear...
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ooobop! review: Burda Style February 2013
February’s issue opns up with the Land of Dreams, where Bohemian and eastern traditions fuse for some pretty original styling. Not exactly my thing but I do appreciate the sentiment. However, I’m not...
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Old throw, new skirt
The sun came out today. And the sky was blue. But it turned out to be a big trick and it was still bloomin’ freezing! But hey! Still managed to make good use of that light . . . in our ‘local’! The...
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Pin-up pants and procrastination
I made my first pair of pin-up pants last September 2012 and I knew I would have to make more. For one, that stretch silk doesn’t come cheap and I WILL use every last piece! But moreover they are...
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ooobop! review: Burda Style March 2013
If springtime Burda loveliness is what you are after then you should go grab yourself a March issue right now! The cover pic itself says it all. The goodies far outweigh the oddities this month. But...
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Party skirt for Princess Gabrielle
You may have seen me whinging (and crying) on Twitter about this skirt. And now I’m looking at it I really am bemused by how a tiny skirt for a 3 year old could have given me so much jip! The skirt is...
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ooobop! review: Burda Style April 2013
And so, as I sit, still in the depths of winter, double wrapped for good measure, It’s small wonder that I am less inspired by this month’s Burda than usual. This is April’s edition for goodness...
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First summer dress of 2013
What a gorgeous day it was in London today. I couldn’t believe that I actually didn’t need a coat for the first time this year. I can even feel a little after-sun tingle on my skin. And what perfect...
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How my Elisalex ‘test garment’ happened!
So much has happened over this last week. Starting with last Saturday when Rachel hosted her massive meet up! There have been plenty of fine reports of that wonderful day so I am going to cheat big...
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ooobop! review: Burda Style May 2013
Well this review very nearly didn’t happen. Firstly because I was in a grump when I bought May’s issue – there was no way that anything was going to impress me that day – and secondly the usual...
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