Burda #121 – For the Thanksgiving Holiday

Normally we don’t travel over Thanksgiving, but this year we’ll be with John’s family in Bucks County and we also have en engagement party that weekend for a cousin of mine.    Its an afternoon event so no need for a cocktail dress. That part of Pennsylvania is really beautiful and it will be [...]

Oh Snap!

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The snaps, I will admit, were kind of a pain, because, being such a conspicuous detail, they really need to (1) be sewn on well and attractively and (2) they need to aligned properly so that jacket overlaps correctly.  No 1. was much [...]

Burda #119 – Fixing Some Problems

My Burda jacket is nearly done, although yesterday I noticed some problems that need to be fixed.  When I first saw this pattern I could not really understand by they rated it “thee dots” Burda’s highest difficulty level.  Well now I know why.  90% of the jacket is like any other jacket, but [...]