I bit the bullet….

…. I bought my first Burda magazine!!

I have been in a sewing rut the last few weeks after project after project got tossed into the Abyss aka the Closet of No Return… the place that all the projects that I either fall out of love with somewhere in the production process or finish and try on, only to immediately pull off with my face all twisted up like something stinks!

Since there is no store we can return bad sewing projects too for refunds, they get tucked away never to be seen again...

So, me being me, I say to myself "...Self, maybe what you need is a greater challenge. Maybe something completely different that will make you feel like you're really doing something new…."

Enter Burda.

Although I have been looking at these magazines for a while now, this is the first issue that actually had enough individual pieces that made we want to fork over a 10'er and bring it home.

I love this dress!! And this top too…Part of the appeal is definitely the fabrications that they are using to make these pieces look so fresh and on point for this season…

From all that I've read, there is a pretty steep learning curve with these patterns so I'm sure I'll be reaching out to sewing blogiverse asking for answers and tips…

I think I'll start small and maybe go for this skirt… I made a BurdaStyle skirt earlier this year and used my skirt sloper to refit it… it work out pretty well….

This is the same pattern as the one above, but I'm loveing knee length right now...

Something else that has been tickling my fancy latest is… ((inhale))……((exhale))…

Quilting.

Once upon a time I looked a quilting as something my Nana (grandmother) would do in the back room, tucked up in her comfort chair, glasses perched at the edge of her nose, splitting time watching the needle and the soaps on the TV…

It just wasn't something that I was ever really interested in. I felt like it was so… 'Old timey' and shabby (BEFORE it was chic.)

But! since I started sewing again and opening up to more and more craft arts, I have seen some really fantastic creations that I would love to be able to try…

I found a few new sites this weekend that totally had me entranced….

Lazy Gal Quilting

A Stitch in Dye

Quilt While Your Ahead

I guess its really about seeing shapes and color combinations differently than I had previously given a chance.

Holla!